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Presenters John Timpson and Paul Burden
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV EDGAR RUDDOCK
7.6, 8.0 Today's News Read by SUSAN DENNY
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day
2: Grim and Gay
Autumn in the Garden
Now is the time to put the garden to bed for the winter; to thin out and transplant, and generally tidy up. In the studio with advice on flowers, fruit and vegetables are horticultural journalist and writer Ann Bonar and Peter Robinson. Principal of Capel Manor Institute of Horticulture in Enfield.
Jill Burridge in the chair Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
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NEM. p 21; Blessed Jesus, at thy word iBBC HB 257); Canticle 9; 1 Thessalonians 2. vv 1-8 (AV); Hark how the adoring hosts above (BBC HB 489) long wave only
The Pleasure Garden (9)
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Norman Shelley in Tiger by DEREK RABT
The well-known actor Norman Shelley died on 21 August 1980. The rebroadcast of this play, a BBC entry for the Italia Prize in 1974, is in tribute to him.
The Child... JUDY BENNETT Other parts played by NIGEL GRAHAM , ANTHONY HALL and DIANA BISHOP
Directed by BETTY DAVIES
A child strikes up a conversation with a tiger in a zoo. Without making us feel its weight - he has a nice sense o/ the comic - Mr Raby sustains a little philosophical discussion about the meaning of freedom. (THE TIMES) long wave only
Highlights from the wildlife forums recorded before audiences at the Harwell National Wildlife Fair, with David Attenborough, David Bellamy, Richard Brock, Phil Drabble, Peter Parks, Tony Soper, John Sparks.
Presented by Derek Jones
BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat at 2.5 pm)
(David Bellamy is in Any Questions?, Fri 8.30 pm)
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News, views and advice for consumers
Presenter Bill Breckon
Brian Johnston in Brighton
12.55Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines Feature: page 6
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with Sue MacGregor Talking Point.
Wear and Care (4): JILL COCHRANE asks the advice of MURIEL CLARKE on looking after bedding.
Travels on an Elephant: CHRISTINA DODWELL takes her unwilling leave of her elephants and Thailand, Reading Your Letters.
The Probation Literacy Scheme: BERNARD JACKSON on new work among offenders in South London. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (2) long wave only
by JAMES HILTON (2)
on two visits to the north. 1 Hebden Bridge 'It's a remarkable hill settlement in a green gully on the roof of England. AS it was in the first industrial revolution, it is today-poised upon the crucial arguments of the age.....
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON
Once a year Minsterley, a small village in Shropshire, puts on its party clothes for its annual show. Now in its 105th year, it caters for every taste, for the serious competitor and the amateur. But however well-laid the plans there is always an element of the unexpected. Judges who have promised faithfully to attend do not turn up. The home-made wines get pinched. Someone loses their challenge cup. Someone else reckons they have been cheated. A sheep jumps out of its pen and runs amok in the donkey ring. All anyone can hope, is that 'it'll be all right on the day'. BBC Birmingham
The Piece of Material by LESLIE T. BUCKINGHAM Read by Robert Rietty Producer MITCH RAPER
Presenters Robert Williams and Joan Bakewell
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5.55 Weather: programme news
including Financial Report
Hazel Grove High School, near Stockport v. The New Mills School, Derbyshire
Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pin)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and operating theatre, to the dentist's chair and cp's surgery.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
Robin Ray traces, with records, the artistry of German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
The Story of a Friendship Written and narrated by John Westbrook with Jill Balcon as Mrs Gaskell and Hilda Schroder as Charlotte Bronte
From the affection and admiration that these two very different women writers had for each other, sprang one of the most famous literary biographies of all time.
Producer DAVID SPENSER
' I don't want someone to read to me - I want someone to take me out for a walk.'
Today: ways in which sighted people can offer help to the blind or partially sighted.
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
To check information given, or comment on issues raised phone [number removed]after the broadcast until 10.30 pm. Free quarterly bulletin, summarising information broadcast, available from Room 7060, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4AA. Send four large sacs for a year's supply.
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer RICHARD DUNN
Douglas Stuart reporting
The Franchise Affair (2) long wave only
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(piano) plays Grieg and Debussy: record long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
