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Presenter John Timpson With LIBBY PURVES
8.45' Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.9. 8.0 Today's News
Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.36, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Unload your query on to Neil Laridor. Producer
BARBARA CROWTHER
Questions, on a postcard, to: Enquire Within, BBC, London W1A 4WW long wave only
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Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE
NEM, p 50; Judge eternal (BBC bb 393); Psalm 86; James 2, w 1-17 (rsv): To thee, 0 Comforter Divine (BBC HB164)
by ERIC WILLIAMS (5) long wave only
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Portraits of five women writers - some respected, others ridiculed - all pro, lific, immensely popular, and legends in their own lifetimes.
1: Ouida (1839-1908) by JANET HITCHMAN
Directed by ALEC REID long wave only
Peter Brookes ' View: p 82
The great tit, with Its bold markings, is easily identified by the bird-watcher, but with 70 different songs and calls it presents a problem to the ' bird-listener . Jim Flegg seeks a solution. long wave only
Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only
Presenter Brian WIdlake
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Introduced from Northern Ireland by Diane Harron In Conversation: Margaret Atkins , wife of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, talks about her public responsibilities and private pressures.
Zula the Greek: a Greek army captain came to Ireland, married a Dublin girl and established a Moravian community in a small village in County Down. bishop foy recalls the intriguing story of Captain Basil Patras Zula. Still Illicit: Poteen (Dictionary definition: Irish whiskey illicitly distilled). BARRY COWAN uncovers the chequered history of moonshine.
Journey to Amritsar (5) long wave only
Story: Ru[us has a Problem by NANCY SCOTT
Presenters patricu GALLI-MORE and SEAN BARRETT Written by MARY HAYDON Producer DAVID bell
Black Marsden by MARGARET HARRIS loosely based on the novel by WILSON HARRIS with John Graham and Stephen Murray
Black Marsden is a kind of Svengali - his influence may appear benign but has it a dangerous side too?
Directed by KAY Patrick BBC Manchester
In the Welsh valleys any Italian coffee shop is called a ' bracchi '. This programme tells how the Bracchis - and other families fired with the spirit of adventure-made their fortunes in a strange land and of the strong link that still exists between Wales and the small town of Bardi in northern Italy. Compiled and produced by HERBERT WILLIAMS
Guns by MICHAEL A. PEARSON. Read by Timothy Kightley. Producer
PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
with Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
with Richard Hudson-Evans Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard Producer DAVID EPPS
George Melly
' On stage he is horrific and beguiling - always both.' That's one man's description of GEORGE MELLY - writer, critic and jazz singer extraordinary. Presented by Russell Davies
Producer DAVID POWELL
Andrew Alexander Frank Chapple Tim Brinton , mp and Tess Gill tackle the issues raised by the audience in Bough-ton, Kent
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
with Sheridan Morley Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
9.59 Weather
Stephen Milligan reporting
Fit the fifth: In which all is resolved, everyone lives happily ever after and pigs fly.
Short Stories by WILLIAM TREVOR
5: The 47th Saturday long wave only
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by MAX INDIA
In order to spend the weekend with his mistress, Tim provides himself with a complicated alibi. When his wife announces that she is returning early, it proves almost impossible to unravel.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
