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Presenter John Timpson With LIBBY PURVES
5.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

We all have niggling little Questions in the corners Of our minds that we Jean to follow up some day - when we have the time. Now you can unload your query on to Neil Landor and let the BBC Reference Library and other experts find the answer for you.
Producer BARBARACROWTHER Questions, on a postcard, to: Enquire Within, BBC, London WIA 4WW long wave only

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BBC Correspondents throughout the world talk about the countries they work in. Producer PADDY O'KEEFPE long wave only

NEM. p 38: Thy kingdom come. 0 God (BBC HB 27); Canticle 12; John 7. vv 37-52 (AV); How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (BBC HB 142)

by ERIC WILLIAMS (15) abridged for radio in 15 Parts by BARRY CAMPBELL Read by DAVID MARCH Producer GERRY JONES long wave only

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Portraits of five women writers - some respected, others ridiculed - all prolific, immensely popular and legends in their own lifetimes.
3: Colette (1873-1954)
Written and introduced by Roger Snowdon
Ursula Hanray as Colette Antipathy towards the male, coupled with a strong sense of female superiority figures largely in Colette's writing, so much so that the male reader sometimes feels shut out. Perhaps this stems from her upbringing ... with the voices of: PAUL LAVERS , ALAN MOORE , SIMON SHAW and PHILIP SULLY Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol long wave only Preview: page 25

The mistle thrush can be heard singing defiantly in the teeth of a winter's gale, thus earning itself the alternative name of storm-cock.
Introduced by Jim Flegg BBC Bristol long wave only

Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Brcckon

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Presenter Brian Widlake

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Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Chemical Victims: DR RICHARD MACKARNESS believes chemicals in food, household products, and even in the air we breathe, are damaging our health. Suffragettes in Somerset: a look back to life at Eagle House, Batheaston, which provided peace and comfort to many famous suffragettes in the early 1900s.
Sex and Sense: how do parents react today to the growing sexual awareness of their teenage children? CHERYL ARMITAGE hears how some families cope. A Taste for Tea: BILL DAVIES talks to some well-known names in the tea trade.
BBC Bristol
The Lost Stradivarius (3) long wave only

Story: Black Dog Follows His Nose by Elizabeth Robinson
Presenters Alison McMorland and Tony Aitken Written by Valerie McCarthy
Producer DAVID BELL

James Cameron tells the story of Five Days in 55 (The Gilberdyke Diaries) by ALAN PLATER with Bernard Cribbins and Barbara Mullaney
Edited highlights from Mrs X's breathtakingly tedious verbatim account of events which might have taken place in a Yorkshire town when a new lodger moved in - just at the time that Burgess and Maclean were moving out.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY
BBC Manchester
(A revised version of the programme first broadcast in June 1976)

A lighthearted anthology of new words and old-time music, introduced by Peter Wheeler with Ronald Baddiley Bob Grant and Kathleen Helme
Music-hall songs sung by TONY BATEMAN with TOM STEER (piano) Producer KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester
(Postponed from 12 Dec)

The Last of the Bouncers written and read by Harry Towb
' This building overlooks Lord's.... Nobody moves in for another fortnight. Except us.'
Kerry Packer isn't the only one who can make money out of cricket.
Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland
(Harry Towb is a National Theatre player)

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. Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD

(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)

Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television programmes. Producer HELEN FRY

A personal portrait

Lord Parry Dr Tessa Blackstone Patrick Cosgrave and Michael Clayton tackle the issues raised by the audience in Hadleigh, Suffolk Chairman
Michael Charlton
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)

America shows gratitude to Canada after it was revealed that the Canadian embassy in Tehran rescued six US diplomats during the seizure of the US embassy on 4th November 1979.

by Alistair Cooke

A Sense of Ireland
The largest festival of the Irish arts ever to be held outside Ireland began its six-week sojourn in London last week. The Abbey Theatre, in its 75th anniversary year, is presenting a new play by Hugh Leonard at the Old Vic ; there is a season of Irish films at the National Film Theatre; and the first appearance in London of the Irish Bal let Company. Mark Storey reports on these events and reflects on the reasons behind the Festival. Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

Stephen Milligan reporting

with Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel David Jason and THE DAVID FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , JEREMY BROWNE , ANDY WILSON , RICHARD QUICK, BRIAN BETHELL
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE (Repeated: Sat at 5.25)

The World is a Wedding Written and read by BERNARD KOPS abridged in ten parts (10) Producer
BERNARD KRICHEFSKI long wave only

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A series of plays for late-night listening. The Winner by BETTY PAUL
Julia McKenzie as Edna David McAlister as Mr Stupendous
Haydn Jones as Fred Edna 's house is filled with luxury items won from entering competitions. It has become an obsession with her-then one day she wins the Most Winning Winner of the Year Competition, and there on the door-step is her prize.... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

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