Producers
LESLIE COTTINGTON and KEN POLLOCK
with Gerald Priestland
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Producer KEN FORD BBC Manchester
with Norman Tozer
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Tony Lewis presents today's programme direct from Aintree where this afternoon the world's greatest steeplechase. the £60.000 Sun Grand National, is s run over the famous 41-mile , course.
A Radio Sport, and ob production
with Barry Norman
Helen Palmer sets sail for the Canary Isles on board The Beagle and samples a holiday running up the ratlines and exploring the fauna and flora with the naturalist installed on board.
Cheap London: Jenny Marshall reports on places where visitors can spend time but not too much money.
Producer DEBORAH CHRISTIE Editor ROGER MACDONALD
For information sheets, send a large sae to: [address removed] long wave only
Geoffrey Smith reviews the weekly magazines.
Producer WALTER WALLICH long wave only
with Elinor Goodman
Producer JOSHUA ROZENBERG long wave only
New Every Morning, page 58: Father of heaven, whose love profound (BBC HB 290); Canticle 2; John 18, vv 25-38 (AV); Hark how the adoring hosts above (BBC HB 489) long wave only
with Anne Catchpole
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Most conflicts are in the news in their early stages. But after a year or two. they tend to slip out of the headlines. Ronald Robson examines the forgotten wars - those in the Ogaden. Eritrea, the Philippines and other areas too.
A Radio News production by RICHARD ANTHONY BAKER long wave only
Presenter Louise Botting A Financial World Tonight production
(Rcpeated: Mon 10.5 am)
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The last seven days put in a questionable way by Barry Took to
Rob Buckman , Alan Coren John Craven , Ann Leslie Compiled and produced by ALAN NIXON
(Repeated: Mon 10.30 pm)
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Arthur Scargill
Nicholas Winterton , HP Patricia Hewitt and Wilf Proudfoot from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Chairman David Jacobs
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JOHN CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON , MALCOLM COE and KEITH CORBETT discuss more listeners' questions.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol long wave only
Questions to: Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
The Fighter by ROBIN SMYTH with Alan Lake and Alex Marshall
'There's 30-odd boxers on Mitchell's circuit, good 'uns. gutsy, brave. And not one of 'em has got a Board of Control ticket.'
Directed by PETER KING long wave only
For disabled listeners
Presenter Marilyn Alan Reporter KEVIN MULHERN
Citizens' Advice Bureau Phone-in: Mon 2.0-4.0 pm
01.[number removed], Ext 2531
Correspondence address: BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
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The second of four programmes in which Robert Foxcroft , an Anglican priest, looks at the ways we mark moments of transition in life, from birth to death. 2: Growing Up Researcher
TONY BRETHERTON
Producer SUZAN DAVIES long wave only
A personal selection of poems compiled and presented by Dannie Abse Readers Freda Dowie David Brierley and Brian Carroll
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Harry Mortimer , the doyen of the brass-band world, talks to William Relton about his involvement with orchestras and bands over the last 70 years, and his campaign to persuade composers to write music for a medium that was only just beginning to be taken seriously. With recorded illustrations of his career as player and conductor and of his contribution to the brass-band movement.
Producer ANDREW MUSSETT long wave only
with Bill Wallls. David Tate Sheila Steafel , David Jason and THE DAVID FIRMAN TRIO long wave only
(Hear The Jason Explana tion: Thurs 12.27 pm)
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Producer MICHAEL EMBER
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with Richard Baker Producer RAY ABBOTT
(Repeated: Wed 11.5 am)
by James Follett.
The Southern Atlantic, 10 November 1941: U-boat 395 has been patiently waiting for a month to torpedo a British cargo ship, the Southern Pearl, due out of Rio de Janeiro. Things do not go according to plan and eventually the U-395 undertakes an epic journey of 2,500 miles, towing six lifeboats to the safety of Brest.
'It was, and will remain for many years, the longest rescue operation in maritime history.' (Karl Donitz, Flag Officer, U-boats, 1941)
Admiral Donitz's assertion still stands.
(Repeated: Mon 3.15 pm)
Encore with Michael Billington Editor ROSEMARY HART
Prior to the Passover celebration. the Chief Rabbi, Dr Immanuel Jakobovits , reflects on the ancient message of the Exodus in the light of contemporary events.
Things Bright and Beautiful
Records of some shining moments in grand opera Introduced by Peter Pratt Producer RONALD COOK
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
