6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
John Timpson reports live from the Republican Convention in Detroit.
In London Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV COLIN RICHARDS
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Four programmes in which Tony Lewis looks at some spectacular acts which take place at the fair and showground, and talks to the men and women involved.
McKeown's Boxing Academy, and the Mid-Wales Axe Racing Team
The first of two programmes on wildlife in Sweden Killers in the North
In Swedish Lapland many of the new-born reindeer calves mysteriously disappear. Are they taken by lynx, wolverine, brown bear, wolf or golden eagle? Recent field research on large carnivores has revealed an unexpected culprit.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
This 12-week series concentrates on the success stories of people who come out on top.
3: The Upottery Festival
Derek Robinson discovers how actress Penelope Lee managed to bring together a glittering array of artistic talent, national and international, to this small Devon village. Producer ROBIN HICKS BBC Bristol
nim, p 93; Blessed Jesus, at thy word (BBC HB 257); Psalm 90, vv 1-12; 1 Corinthians 9, vv 24-27 and 10, vv 1-5 and 11-13 <*v); Behold the temple of the Lord! (BBC HB 171)
The Moon in the Cloud (4)
A dozen cautionary tales from Phil Smith
8: DIY Spells Disaster
Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
Jllly Cooper
Robert Gittings
Christopher Matthew and Terry Wogan
Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer ALAN NIXON
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only
Presenter Brian Wldlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
with Sue MacGregor Talking Point.
Reading Your Letters.
Shameless, Unblushing, Insolent ... : that's how the founder members of the Family Planning Association were described in 1926. MAUREEN GALVIN reviews the last 50 years. Beyond the Green Baize Door!: SARAH EDINGTON cooks for special occasions.
The House In Paris by ELIZABETH BOWEN abridged In 11 parts by SALLY SKRIMSHIRE Read by Stan Thomas (1)
Two children wait in a house in Paris - one to meet his mother for the first time. the other to catch a train.
Story: Constantinople or The Elephant Who Didn't Like Baths by JANEY GORDON and PETER ASHLEY
by Colin Haydn Evans
"But lover, you're the star attraction. The brilliant young scholar down from Oxford, the red carpet of a career stretched before him - who blows the whole works for the simply marvellous opportunity of teaching English at our sparkling new, neon-lit Comprehensive. They keep coming to see just what sort of a freak would even consider such a choice."
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN. BBC Bristol
with David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
No Survivors by jo GILL
Read by Rosalind Knight Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
with Robert Williams and Janet Cohen
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Written by TIM ROSE PRICE
BBC Birmingham
Presenter John Wain
Readers DIANA BISHOP , GEOFFREY COLLINS and JOHN WAIN . Producer ALEC REID
directed by SALVATORE ACCARDO and JOSÉ-LUIS GARCIA
Rossini Sonata No 1. In G: for strings
Haydn Violin Concerto in c (H Vila 1)
(Salvatore Accardo )
What is the fascination of young people today with the First World War? Lyn MacDonald , whose own obsession has already resulted in two books - They Called it Passchendaele and The Roses of No Man's Land - has just returned from an anniversary visit to the Somme. In this talk she speculates why she, and so many others, are discovering what they are too young to remember.
Part 2 Bach Concerto for two violins, in D minor (bwv 1043)
Mozart Symphony No 29, in A (K 201)
(Promoted by English Heritage Concerts. Sponsored by The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, Imperial Tobacco Ltd and the English Tourist Board)
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer CLARE SELERIE
Stephen Milligan reports
The Sign of Four (9)
long wave only
Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
