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Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers. S.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE VEN NIGEL MCCULLOCH 7 0, 8.0 Today's News
Read: by PETER DONALDSOn
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day Book, Thoughts. Prayers, Reflections, £1.35, available from bookshops
Action Desk Edition
In which the Checkpoint team take on bureaucracy and business to solve listeners' problems. presented by Vincent Kane long wave only
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by JEFFREY ARCHER (5)
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NEM, P 50; 0 Holy Ghost, thy people bless (BBC HB 156); Psalm 86; Genesis 18, vv20-33, and 19, v 29 (av); Lord, pour thy Spirit from on high (BBC HB 224) long wave only
Towards the End of the Morning (14) long wave only
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Join Neil Landor for a special bumper edition of the programme which attempts to answer your queries and quibbles about almost anything under the sun.
Among today's special guests are Enquire Within regulars Stanley Ellis , on points of language, and Noël Currer-Briggs, on genealogy.
Producer SIMON ELMES
Questions, on a postcard please, to: Enquire Within BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW long wave only
The traditional ceremony in which Queen, Lords and Commons come together for the formal announcement of the Government's intentions for the next session of Parliament.
Peter Jones describes the arrival of the Royal Procession in the Chamber of the House of Lords and the summoning of the House of Common by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. The Speech from the Throne by HM The Queen is followed by an assessment of its political implications by Brian Curtois
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Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
That Extra Hold on Life: EVE-ANN PRENTICE looks at how mothers of healthy children donate their breast-milk to save the lives of premature babies. The Worst Hotelier in the World: CELIA AITKEN meets MR PETLEY.
Dear Father Christmas....: HONOR WYATT and CAROLINE SULLIVAN suggest some practical books for the nimble fingered.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime (8): long wave only
by Shelagh Delaney
As dad lies in his bedroom dying, Alice reveals her plans for a new independent life, shocking her nearest and dearest. She may not be young, but the vital juices still flow as strongly as ever!
'H' is for horns, harps and hurdy-gurdies gramophone records
Presenters Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons
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including Financial Report
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs. Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol
with Norman Tozer
(Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)
Written by MARY CUTLER
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
CEDRIC WHITEHOUSE (guitar) BBC Birmingham
As the Story Goes....
Thirteen programmes of narrative poetry chosen and presented by David Davis
7: The Host of the Air Readers ALEXANDER JOHK and JENNY LEE
leader PAN HON LEE conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewskl direct from the Free Trade Hall, Manchester Part
Mozart Symphony No 29, in A (k 201)
Nearly 30 years ago, the young and newly-married June Knox-Mawer found herself plunged for five years into the heart of Arab society in the British Protectorate of Aden, soon to become the Peoples' Republic of South Yemen.
In these four talks she describes her adventures both in and outside the confines of a colonial society in its declining years.
1: Sheikhs, Sahibs and Downing Street
Part 2
Mahler Symphony No 10, in F sharp (full-length performing version by DERYCK COOKE )
BBC Manchester
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer PAUL CAMPBELL
Anthony Howard reporting
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
