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Presenter John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES
6.45* Prayer for the Day With FR MICHAEL HOLLINGS
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by COLIN DORAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45*Thought for the Day
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Aldabra Atoil
A colony of 150,000 giant tortoises, the flightless white-throated rail and the brush warbler are all to be found on the Seychelles atoll of Aldabra. So far, Aldabra has survived undisturbed by man. With the Royal Society's research programme coming to an end, what will the future be for this unique ecosystem?
Presenter Peter France Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
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The fifth of an eight-part series about education.
Barry Turner and Maureen O'Connor purvey news about educational issues, respond to listeners' letters, and explore ways of getting the best out of the education system. This week in particular: how to become a parent governor, and how to be effective once on the board.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
Correspondence to: Parent power, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA long wave only
NEM, p 30; Jesu, grant me this, I pray (BBC HB 517); Psalm 31; John 9, vv 25-41 (av); Christian, dost thou see them (BBC HB 339)
by E. ARNOT ROBERTSON (9) long wave only
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Today, Marghanita Laski takes a historical look over one of the ' lungs of London ' - Hampstead Heath. BBC Bristol long wave only
Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket. Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
A series of 13 programmes Written by ROBERT BARK
8: The Birthday Party (2)
Producer MARTIN FISHER
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Presented by Robin Day
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with Sue MacGregor Talking Point.
Reading Your Letters.
Any Other Business: a review of some of the more domestic issues recently raised at Westminster.
The Music of Everyman: baritone BENJAMIN LUXON and pianist DAVID WILLISON demonstrate and discuss the Victorian ballads they enjoy performing. Stepsons (4) long wave only
Story: The King Wants to Sing by MARGARET JOY
Molly Fisher and Her Donkey by MICHAEL DAVIES
--Old Molly Fisher is one of a dying breed of cockle gatherers, living out her life with her family on the Loughor Estuary, South Wales. Over the past years the cockle beds have been reduced to almost nothing, and the end of this way of life is near for the Fisher family. Eleven-year-old Rhiannon, however, has other plans - and these plans can lead to tragedy.
Directed by GERRY JONES
with David Jacobs
BBC Bristol
The School Photograph by JAMES MCGONICAL Read by Michael Mackenzie
Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Written by HELEN LEADBEATER
BBC Birmingham
Faint and sickly winds for ever howl around
Desmond Hawkins explores ways in which poets have written about the desert.
Readers Pauline Wynn and Douglas Leach
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 4.30 pm)
Part 1: Three Impromptus: Fantasie Impromptu, Op 66; Four Ballades
Peter White takes a quizzical look at the way in which the noble art of boxing has inspired poets and writers.
Readers Kenneth Shanley and Garard Green
Producer THENA HESIIEL
Part 2: Four Scherzos
(Recording from a concert given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, on 17 January)
A BBC digital recording: see page 58
Presented by Paul Vaughan Producer JOHN BOUNDY
with Stephen Milligan
The Aran Islands (4) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long tcave only followed by an interlude
