A regional view of farming in the week ahead.
Presented from the North by Ken Ford BBC Manchester
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Presenters John Timpson and Ltbby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ALEC GILMOBE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by JOHN MARSH
7.30. 8.3Q News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day Thoughts. Prayers. Reflections, a collection of short talks, £1.35, available from bookshops
A look ahead with Christopher Slade
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archfves but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
(Repeated: Fri 11.45 pm)
The live talk programme which takes its own unpredictable look at some of the topics and personalities who will be in the news this week.
Producer PETER ESTALL
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NEM. p 30; Take up thy cross (BBC HB 369); Canticle 5; Genesis 12, vv 1 and 5, and 13, vv 5-17 (AV); Just as'l am; without one plea (BBC m 292) long wave only
Towards the End of the Morning (11)
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Some of the poetry requested by listeners. Presented by - Charles Tomlinson
Readers WILLIAM SQUIRE and MARTIN JARVIS
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Requests: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR lorig wave only
(William Squire is in ' The Streets of London at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
Presenter Bill Bfeckon Editor DAVID HARDING
by Dorothy L. Sayers, adapted in eight episodes by Alistair Beaton
with Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter and Peter Jones as Bunter, Timothy Bateson as Superintendent Blundell, Philip Latham as The Rev Theodore Venables and Stephen Greif as Nobby Cranton
(Repeated: Wed 10.30 pm)
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Presenter Brian Wldlake
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor -
Sounds Mouthwatering (6).' MARY BERRY demonstrates the art of making short-bread.
With or Without Twinset: JANE FINNIS finds - out about pearls ... the facts and fantasies that surround them. from ancient Egypt to modern Japan. Dear Father Christmas ANNETTE LAWRANCE and TONY WILKINS suggest practical books for the handyman and woman.
Theatre Quiz: listen to the results of the competition and find out if you have won a free day with Woman's Hour at the National Theatre .. or if you haven't, how you can still join them for lunch, a matinee and more.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime by EMMA SMITH Read in 15 parts by PENELOPE LEE (5)
Editor WYN KNOWLES long wave only
The Knightsbridge Memorlal by JOSEPHINE ACHILLINI
Climber and writer, Tom Weir , shares the enjoyment of a favourite walk along the banks of Loch Lomond. BBC Scotland
The Secret Life by DAVID H. WALLACE Read by Jon Glover
Producer MITCH RAPER
Presenters Joan Bakewjell and Jack Regan " Editor DEREK LEWIS
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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 Darrow as Stephen Bradley Francis Matthews as Adrian Tryner Edward de Souza as Jean Pierre Lamanns Jeremy Clyde as Lord James Brigsley and Lesley-Anne Down as Anne Summerton
Narrator Jeffrey Archer 5; Ascot
Four men have successfully retrieved part of the million dollars they lost to the American millionaire Harvey Metcalfe in a' share fraud. Stephen Bradley 's plan has two parts. The first involves the running of Metcalfe's horse in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Nick Hoyd ....... HAYDN WOOD Sir Howard... PATRICK BARR Mellor ....SEAN ARNOLD Sam O'Flaherty. JOHN BOTT
Hairdresser ANTHONY HYDE with PETER O'SULLEVAN and ROBIN GRAY as themselves Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Repeated: Thurs 10.2-am) (Francis Matthews is in' 'Middle Age Spread ', the Apollo Theatre, London)
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
Jilly Cooper, Robert Gittings, Christopher Matthew and Terry Wogan are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous.
.Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer ALAN NIXON
by Larry McCoubrey, adapted for radio by Matthew Walters with Sean Barrett and Sandra Clark
"The leveret is said to be capable of contacting the middle world... it's all superstitious nonsense, of course..."
John Graham's decision to return to live in his native County Down seems to have been a good one: his English wife Ruth loves her new home, and the children seem to have settled in well, too, especially when they are allowed to keep a young, abandoned hare as a pet. In fact, Northern Ireland seemed an idyllic place to live until they found the leveret...
BBC Northern Ireland
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)
A programme from the series Enterprise.
In Salford, a two-year venture, uniting the Education Department, the Social Services Department and the Community Service Volunteers, is weil under way.
Inspired by the work some schoolchildren had done in creating aids for the handicapped, the project Is exploring the possibilities of making the. work part of the school curriculum.
Producer GEOFFREY HEWITT BBC Birmingham (Rev rpt)
with Michael Billington Producer RICHARD DUNN
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
with David Simmons
A weekly review of discoveries and developments Producer ALISON RICHARDS
Ploughman of the Moon by ROBERT W. SERVICE abridged and read in nine parts by Henry Stamper (1) The verses of Robert Service were at one time as popular as any in the English language. Emigrating from Scotland at an early age, he became a bank official in Canada and out of his life among the miners and frontiers-men sprang the body of his work. In his own words, he made poetry pay but readers often forget that the author himself lived through all the elemental experiences he portrayed in his books. Producer.
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
