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John Timpson in London and LIBBY PURVES at the EEC Summit in Dublin
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by JOHN MARSH
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Unload your query on to Neil Landor and let the BBC Reference Library and other experts find the answer for you. Producer SIMON ELMES
Questions, on a postcard. to: Enquire Within, BBC, London W1A 4WW long wave only
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NEM, p 114: 0 praise ye the Lord! (BBC hb 279);
Psalm 42; Matthew 4, vv 18-25 (AV); Lift up your heads (BBC HB 178)
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(Broadcast Sun 6.15 pm; long wave only
Even if your horizons reach no further than the building just outside your window, you will still be within earshot of a singing bird - be it a sparrow or a robin. This series of short programmes, introduced by Jim Flegg , is designed to help you get more from the songs of Sur birds by identifying the songsters and hearing something of their life-styles.
This week the bird of the week is one of the smallest and perhaps loudest of our small birds -
The Wren. BBC Bristol long wave only
Bird Sounds and Their Meaning, book £4.95, and record from bookshops
Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill BrecKon
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presenter Brian Widlake
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from Glasgow, introduced by Mary Marquis
Caledonian Revels: KENNETH MCKELLAR and SIR
ALEXANDER GIBSON recall St Andrews Nights at home and abroad.
Forgotten Flavours: PATRICK GOODMAN tells JOANNA HICKSON about his quest for old recipes from the cook books of Scotland's stately kitchens.
Painting Winners: Border artist, LEESA SANDYS LUMS-DAINE specialises in painting famous race horses. BBC Scotland
The Ginger Tree (2) long ware only
Story: Sam's Woolly Hat by DOROTHY EDWARDS Presenters
ALISON MCMORLAND and TONY AITKEN
Written and produced by MARY HAYDON
What's it Coming To? by NAN WOODHOUSE
Pauline is to play the lead in the University play - Ian is to play opposite her, but Pauline has strong views on art and Ian finds that her defiance makes him take a decision too - to the utter confusion of his family.
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester
A savage axe attack four years ago left a ten-year-old Caerphilly schoolgirl Paula Hughes with brain damage so severe her doctors warned she would never be more than a helpless baby.
Paula's mother refused to believe them and through her determination, and the work of the Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential, Paula is making remarkable progress towards regaining a normal life.
BBC Wales
(First broadcast on Radio Wales)
4.40 Announcements
Rat by JO SALSBY
Read by David Mahlowe ProducerGILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
with Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Richard Hudson-Evans brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport.
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard Producer SIMON ELMES
(Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia, is the man who, 14 years ago this month, declared his country independent. Following UDI, Britain said that Rhodesia would he brought to her knees in weeks rather than months. But what followed is now both history and news.
Henry Kelly talks to Ian Smith about his life and political philosophy.
The Rt Hon Lord George-Brown, Esther Rantzen Patrick Hutber and Tom Jackson tackle the issues raised by the audience in Southampton.
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
with Michael Billington
with Alexander MacLeod
An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with Bill Wallis , David Tate Sheila Steafel Chris Emmett and THE DAVID FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , ROGER WODDIS RICHARD QUICK, JEREMY BROWNE and ANDY WILSON
Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES (Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm) Woddis On ... : page 15
The Widower by GEORGES SIMENON abridged and read in ten parts by GAVIN CAMPBELL (10) translated by ROBERT BALDICK
Producer MAURICE LEITCH long wave only
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by Fay Weldon
with Zena Walker as Martha
The weekend begins. 'Look forward to green fields, growing plants, good food. Two hours' drive to the cottage, two-and-a-half hours back. Martin at the wheel. Happy families. Where's the bus? Seven-thirty is only one hour 50 minutes from now. Be calm, be calm, Martha: you can do anything, everything, in one hour 50 minutes. You always have. Only why does the shopping weigh so heavy tonight? Is it that brown rice weighs heavier than white: is it that natural goodness lies heavy on the heart?'
BBC Bristol
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
