Presented from Scotland by Allan Wright
A regional view of farming in the week ahead BBC Scotland
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenter Brian Redhead with MIKE WOOLDRIDGE including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day CANON BARNEY MILLIGAN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Read by JIM NORTON (2)
Alfresco Eating
Picnics have been part of the British way of life for centuries, but despite our uncertain climate we seem increasingly to be taking to the great outdoors; tenting and caravanning holidays are growing in popularity and sales of barbecues are rising.
D) you need a different attitude of mind as well as a different range o< utensils? Can you still cook the children their favourite food? What kind of barbecue is best? Put your questions on all forms of alfresco eating to Christine Fagg. cookery writer for Caravan, and James Marks , Chairman of the Barbecue Association.
Judith Chalmers in the chair
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and operating theatre to the dentist's chair and gp's surgery.
Producer DEBORAH COHEN
NEM, p 67; God of love and truth and beauty (BBC HB 273); Psalm 93; Acts 2, vv 14-21 (AV); Sing praise to God (BBC HB 18)
Village Diary by ' MISS READ ' abridged in 12 parts by ZOE BAILEY
Read by AVRIL ELGAR 4: April
Producer JENYTH WORSLEY
After India by CHRIS BARLAS
When Mr Bajaj. a minor official responsible for slum clearance in India. is given an opportunity to see something of the English way of life he doesn't react as his hosts expect. with Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY
BBC Manchester Preview: page 21
' Our bats swoop down to take moths off our lounge window. How does their " radar pick out the moths from the glass? '
The team reflects on your wildlife questions.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 2.5 pm)
News, views and advice for consumers
Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Brcckon
Editor DAVID HARDING
Brian Johnston - visits Richmond upon Thames
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only
Presented by Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
JOSEPH HELLER : author of Catch 22, talks about his work.
Talking Point - opinions and ideas....
Reading Your Letters.
Bunk Beds and Baked Beans: RICHARD VAUGHAN celebrates the Golden Jubilee of the Youth Hostels Association.
Nothing Missing But the Samovar and other Stories 2: Nothing Missing But the Samovar
Story: My Great Aunt Lucy is a Mouse.' by URSULA DANIELS
by CHARLES DICKENS 4: The Stranger
4.40 Announcements
The Waistciat by T. A. REID Read by T. P. McKenna
with Robert Williams and Joan Bakewell
S.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Thirteen programmes of stories of crime and detection in London by ROBERT BARR with Ray Brooks as Detective-
Sergeant Brook Christopher Blake as Detective-Constable Maxton 1: A Bit of Tomfoolery
Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
The story of an epic - the second of two programmes compiled by ALAN HAYDOCK
Narrator Frank Windsor
' When I got on the bus the conductor looked at me, and she said, " Are you from Dunkirk? " So I said Yes", and she said " Well I'm not taking any money off you." And she went round the bus with her hat and started a collection.'
When the defeated, weary soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force reached England after the ordeal of Dunkirk, they were welcomed with a unique outpouring of tenderness and affection. More of them had come home than anyone had dared to hope. Within a few days, France would have fallen and Britain would be standing alone against Hitler and the German war machine. The events of the nine days of Dunkirk are remembered now, 40 years later, by some of the men and women who lived through them.
Additional interviews CONRAD NICHOLSON
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK (Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)
Is it better to be born blind or to lose one's sight in adult life? Does someone who has never seen have anything in common with a person who goes blind in middle age? Can the two groups help one another? These are among the questions discussed by Peter White , with David Scott Blackhall. Pat Hart and Hannah Wright.
Producer THENA HESHEL
If you want to check information given on In Touch or comment on issues raised during the programme you can phone [number removed]after the broadcast until 9.30 pm
Handbook (same title), £1.50, available by post
5: The Wind Players
' All performing musicians would have to say that, when it works really well, it is very pleasurable. When it doesn't, it can be terribly frustrating.' (GERVASE DE PEYER) Interviewer Ian Horsbrugh Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
Geoffrey Smith talks to KEN FORD about the week in his and your garden. Producer KEN FORD BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Fri 9.45 am)
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer JOHN POWELL
with Alexander MacLeod Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
The start of the Round 2 series, between the resident London team and challenges from teams in Wales, the Midlands, the North. Scotland, from Ulster, the West of England and from the Republic of Ireland London u Wales
(End of Round 1 Scores: London 13 1/2, Wales 14 1/2)
London: Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas and Professor John B. Mays Wales: Gordon Clough (Chairman) with Dr Mostyn Lewis and Fred Nicholls
Question researcher
BERNICE COUPE. Series producer TREVOR HILL. BBC Manchester
The Lost Domain (7) long reave only
long wave only
Music for the evening by Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Elgar and Malcolm Arnold. gramophone records long wave only
Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
12.15-12.23* am Shipping forecast; Inshore forecast
