6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day With WILLIAM DRUMMOND
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
by D. H. LAWRENCE (2)
What is the best way to learn the craft of writing? Does it help to study other writers' What markets are available? Does fiction or non-fiction sell more readily? How do you select a publisher?
In the studio to answer your questions are Mane Joseph, author of many novels and an autobiography, and Eric Major, managing director of a large publishing house.
Ann Gregg, a practising magazine journalist, is in the chair. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines open from 8.0 am long wave only
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nem, p 38; King of glory (BBC HB 325); Psalm 24; Hebrews 12, vv 14-16, 22-29 (Av); Thy kingdom come! (BBC HB 28) long wave only
Edge of Darkness, Edge of Light (2)
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Uprooted by FREDERICK AICKEN based on the short story by FRANK O'CONNOR with Desmond Cave and Barry McGovern
Two brothers, a priest and a schoolteacher, return to their home in a small fishing village in the West of Ireland. At first it seems their journey is no more than duty, but a visit to a nearby island leaves them with a sense of loss that is both real and acute.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland long wave only
The first of two programmes from the Clifton Hall, Rotherham.
Michael Clegg, Frank Perring and Stephen Sutton untangle some of nature's knots presented by the audience.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat at 2.5 pm) long wave only
Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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from Harrogate, a spa town with a changing image.
Introduced by Sue McGregor - who meets
Brian Sinclair , the real 'Tristan ' of A Creatures Great and Small.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas....
Wear and Care (5): MURIEL CLARKE , home economist, on looking after silver, brass and metal ware.
Women of the Year Silver Jubilee: extracts from the speeches at yesterday's luncheon.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (7) long wave only
by GEORGE ELIOT dramatised in 12 parts by IIALLAM TENNYSON with Elizabeth Bell David Collings Russell Dixon
Judith Arthy and
George Eliot died in 1880 and to mark the centenary of her death this series dramatises one of her finest novels. Middlqmarch reflects the turmoil and change that Was felt throughout English provincial society during the radical period of the 1820s and 1930s. It is seen through the lives and emotions of some of the most vivid characters in English literature. 1: Miss Brooke
TOM STEER (piano) Directed by KAY PATRICK
BBC Manchester
on two visits to the North. 2: Beverlcy
' What does a poor travel writer do when he visits a place and finds nowt wrong with it. It's historic and racy and charming ... no shameful secret in its past; no impending catastrophe facing its future. What do you say ... ? '
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON
The League of Nations was set up 60 years ago to achieve the international peace and security which somehow still eludes mankind.
To mark the occasion, Brian Sibley has conjured up a symposium In which writers, politicians and thinkers through the ages are invited to have a ' frank and useful ' discussion on this topic.
With PATRICK BARR , JOHN BOTT , BRIAN CARROLL , JOHN CHURCH, DENYS HAWTHORNE , MICHAEL MCSTAY and CHRISTOPHER SCOTT. Directed by JOHN THEOCnARIS i Friday is UN Day)
The Bric-a-Brac Love Affair by BRIAN THOMPSON Read by Paul Webster BBC Manchester
Presenters RobertWilliams and Joan Bakewell
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
First round: 6: Wales HOLYWELL HIGH SCHOOL V YSGOL JOHN BRIGHT,
Llandudno Qucstionmasters TIM GUDGIN and PADDY FEENY Questions set by PAUL LIVESEY and NIGEL RICHARDSON. Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Rpfd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? 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 ALISON RICHARDS
Robin Ray traces, with records, the artistry and achievements of Viennese violinist, Fritz Kreisler. Producer
CHRISTINE HARDWICK
Introduced by Brian Thompson
Marina Dennis visits a grey seal colony in north-east Scotland and Bob Danvers Walker finds a seaweed-eating breed of sheep in the Channel Islands. In the Hebrides, conservationist Roger Mit chell checks on the progress of an underwater survey and Kenny Mac-Intyre meets one of the best-known characters of inter-island sailing. Robert Powell has a day on the Medway barges and Keith Allan spends one amongst the sand-dunes and the rabbits of Northumberland's Holy Island. Producer DON MOSEY
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)
Jane Finnis looks at the work prospects for blind telephonists.
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
To check information given, or comment on issues raised phone [number removed]from 8.30 until
10.30 pm.
Free quarterly bulletin, summarising information broadcast, available from [address removed] Send four large saes for a year's supply.
Handbook: In Touch, £1.50, available by post, address is on page 3
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
Douglas Stuart reporting
The Franchise Affair (7) long wave only
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(piano) plays music by Schubert, Schumann and his own Variations on a theme from Bizet's Car-men: gramophone records
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
