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Presenters Brian Redhead and Libliy Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
John Morgan takes up your comments about BBC programmes and policy with producers and management.
Producer JOHN SKRINE
(Repeated: Sun 5.0 pm) long wave only
Questions, criticisms or praise to: Feedback, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW. or phone
[number removed]. Friday to Sunday 7.0 to 9.0 pm
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The newspaper industry throughout the world is going through a period of great change. Computers and microchips are changing its technology, and television is taking its place as the prime news medium. Peter Day looks at the way the international press is coping with the challenges.
A Radio News production by JOHN ALLEN long wave only
NEM. p 54; Come. gracious Spirit (BBC HB 150); Psalm 126; Genesis 21, vv 1-19 (AV); Lord of all hopefulness (BBC HB 309) long wave only
Towards the End of the Morning by MICHAEL FRAYN abridged in 15 parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by MARTIN JARVIS (15) Producer GERRY JONES
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Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
'Ring-a-ring of roses'. the children's rhyming game, has a sinister origin as BOB DANVERS WALKER finds on a visit to the Derbyshire village of Eyam.
MOLLIE HARRIS takes a whimsical look at pheasant-poaching and ERIC SIMMS visits the Leighton Moss Reserve on Morecambe Bay.
MARTIN MUNCASTER talks to a man whose job is preserving the stonemasonry of a medieval castle and KEITH ALLAN meets a Pennine Way walker at their journey's end.
ROBERT POWELL looks into the sport of potholing and CLIVE PRICE sees a little natural drama in a Lake-land nature reserve. Producer DON MOSEY BBC Manchester
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Malcolm Coe chooses the Leopard. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT. BBC Bristol long wave only
Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlakc
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Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Vaulting Ambition: Brian Gear meets a talented girl gymnast.
This Happy Breed: Stanley Dangerfield choosing the right dog for you.
For Services Rendered: Cheryl Armitage reports on the tipping business.
Dear Father Christmas....: Hilary Spurling and Lionel Blue suggest books for keen cooks.
BBC Bristol
The Opportunity of a Lifetime (9): long wave only
The Amboise Affair by JANE PONCIA with Chris Fairbank as Luke Sixteen-year -old Luke, public-school rebel, is home for the long summer holidays. His very middle-class parents, embarrassed by his punk orange hair, don't really fancy taking him with them on their trendy Greek villa holiday. So Luke sets off alone for a language course in France. And to his delight he finds himself learning rather more about the facts of life than about the French way of life ...
Directed by CHERRt COOKSON
Eight talks in which a memory is triggered off by a sight, sound, smell, taste or touch.
2: A Cotton Carrier Bag
' Mr Keating. Harry, it's for you, look! ' The bag was printed with an old advertisement, and H.R.F. Keating was transported in memory to himself at the age of six Producer
BARBARA CROWTHER
A series of seven programmes about the changing status and role of women and men. 3: From Procreation to Recreation
' Sex is perfectly natural - but is not always naturally perfect.'
As reliable contraception has become widely available, major changes have occurred in the pattern of sexual relationships helping to create new freedoms and new stresses. Presenter Dr Paul Brown Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN For a leaflet containing suggestions for further reading, study courses, etc, send an sae to: [address removed]
The Road Home by SYLVIA FAIR
Read by Ann Morrish
Producer HERBERT Williams BBC Wales
Presenters Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport.
Producer STEPHEN pnELPS Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON (Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
A personal portrait
Janet Fookes , mp Patricia Hewitt Arthur Marshall Lord Scanlon from Exeter, Devon
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
Editor ROSEMARY HART
9.59 Weather
with Alexander MacLeod
An irreverently critical look back at the news with David Jason , Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel and music by DAVID FIRMAN Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON. RICHARD QUICK, ANDY WILSON , BOB SINFIELD , BRIAN BETHELL , JEREMY BROWNE , CHRIS STRATFORD, DAVE MORLEY
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE (Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)
Ploughman of the Moon (5): long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
