A regional view of farming in the week ahead Presented from the South West by Robin Hicks BBC Bristol
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
presented by Brian Red -, head at the Conlederation of British Industry Conference in Brighton
In London: Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ALEC GILMORE 7,0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by CHRISTOPHER SLADE
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with John Marsh
sallies forth into the BBC Sound Archives in search of the sublime and the ridiculous.
who conducts the regular' ensemble with guest soloists who will be playing their part in this week's news.
Producer PETER ESTALL
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NEM, p 110; Christ who knows all his sheep (BBC HB 507); Psalm 138; Genesis 4, vv 1-15 (AV); 0 brother man, fold to thy heart (BBC HB 376) long wave only
Towards the End of the Morning by MICHAEL FRAYN abridged in 15 parts by BAHRY CAMPBELL . " Read by MARTIN JARVIS .producer GERRY JONES
(QMS .JPftl>e onlu";;,
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Presented by Charles Tomlinson
Readers MARTIN JARVIS and WILLIAM SQUIRE
Producer BRIAN PATTEN
BBC Bristol long wave only
(William Squire is in ' The Streets of London ' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
Presenter Bill Breckon Editor DAVID HARDING
(Details: Wed 10.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Sounds Mouthwatering (5) ; MARY BERRY demonstrates the art of making gingerbread.
Reading Your Letters.
My Friend's Sister-in-Law : told ANNE GARVEY some apocryphal stories which she can't wait to pass on. Housing for. the Elderly: staying- put or moving on - coping with the housing needs of the elderly. Unreliable Memoirs
Written and read by CLIVE JAMES. abridged in nine parts by PAT MCLOUGHLIN (9) Editor WYN KNOWLES
(Musfe: Ibert's Flute Concerto): long wave only
A Sense of Touch by E.L. SUMMERS
A new weekly series of programmes in ' Which, eight Scottish personalities share the enjoyment of a favourite walk.
Today: Bill McLaren walks through the autumn countryside of the Scottish borders.
Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland
The Ambassador by T. V. NEWMARK ,
Read by Garard Green Producer MITCH RAPER
The news magazine,
Presenters Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news.
including Financial Report
Jeffrey Archer's novel dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies
with Stratford Johns as Harvey Metcalfe, Paul Darrpw as Stephen Bradley, Francis Matthews as Adrian Tryner, Edward de Souza as Jean Pierre Lamanns and Jeremy Clyde as Lord James Brigsley
Narrator Jeffrey Archer.
Four men cheated out of a million dollars have come up with various schemes to get their money back from, the American con-man Harvey Metcalfe. Jean Pierre Lamanns' plan was a success. Now it is the turn of Dr Adrian Tryner.
(Rptd -Thurs 10.02 a.m)
(Francis Mathews is in "Middle Age Spread" at the Apollo Theatre, London)
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
Larry Adler, Susan Hill, Spike Mullins and Molly Parkin are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous. Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and Presented by Nigel Rees.
(Rpt)
by Chris Curry
with Bob Mason as Tom
Tom Thacker's dad always says that if you can't bring your friends home there must be something wrong with them. Tom knows there's nothing, unacceptable about his new girlfriend; Cath, but he's not so confident about the state of play at home. As he warns her, they're not a 'formal' kind of family.
BBC Manchester
Vincent Kane presents a look at The Lighter Side of Life - the story of a hijack that went hilariously wrong and in verse, Gertrude a devious young lady by any standards!
Written and produced by VINCENT KANE
Programme assistant MARIA SOBEY BBC Wales
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London proposes the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers.
The Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, mp, replies.
Scene described by John Hosken from Guildhall, London
See Woddis On .. page 97
Douglas Stuart reporting Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presented by Karl Sabbagh What is happening in science?
A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories.
Producer GEOF DEEHAM
A Man in the Zoo (6) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
