Presented from Northern Ireland by John Johnston BBC Northern Ireland
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and Lihby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ALEC GlLMORE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by JOHN MARSH
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day
A look ahead with Christopher Slade
Miles Kington dusts off some treasures from the BBC Sound Archives.
and personalities who will be making the news in the week ahead.
Producer PETER ESTALL
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NEM, p 58: Be near us, Holy Trinity (BBC HB 165): Psalm 150; Genesis 22. vv 1-13 (av): Firmly I believe and truly (BBC HB 168) long wave only
Northanger Abbey by JANE AUSTEN
Read in 15 parts by Joanna David
' Catherine Morland had reached the age of 17 without having seen one amiable youth who could (all forth her sensibility. This was strange indeed! But when a young lady is to be a heroine, something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.'
1: Imitation to Bath
Producer JENYTII WORSLEY
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Some of the poetry requested by listeners. Presented by Charles Tomlinson
Readers WILLIAM SQUIRE and JANET CLARK
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Requests: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR long wave only
(William Squire is in , The Streets of London ' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
Presenter Jenni Mills Editor DAVID HARDING
HELP! page 99'
(Details: Wed 10.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
(Broadcast Fri
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only.
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Sounds Mouthwatering (7): MARY BURRY demonstrates the art of making soups. Dear Father Christmas: FRANK DELANEY and BETTY ROOT suggest some books for your children's Christmas stocking.
Four-part Fellowship: BOB PRIZEMAN spent a day with Barbershoppers studying at their annual harmony college.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime by EMMA SMITH abridged in 15 instalments by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by PENELOPE LEE (10) Editor WYN KNOWLES long wave only
The Wind of Heaven by EMLYN WILLIAMS
John Drummond , Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, shares the enjoyment of a favourite walk through the Georgian elegance of Edinburgh's New Town. BBC Scotland
Chinchilla by HARRIET O'CARROLL
Read by Elizabeth Proud
Presenters Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
5.55 Shipping forecast
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
JEFFREY ARCHERS novel dramatised for radio in seven parts by BETTY DAVIES and Narrator Jeffrey Archer 6: Oxford
The first part of Stephen Bradley 's scheme tq retrieve part of the' million dollars he and three other men have lost to the unscrupulous American millionaire Harvey Metcalfe has gone according to plan. The, second part is more complicated and involves all four men ' dressing up '. and ROBIN BAILEY as Harold Macmillan
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN
(Repeated: Thurs 10.2am) (Francis Matthews is in Middle Age Spread', the Apollo Theatre , London)
(Repeated: Tues 1.48 pm)
Dramatised by William Fox from the novel by Patrick Hamilton
with Gwen Watford as Miss Roach, Raymond Huntley as Mr Thwaites, Peter Marinker as Lt Dayton Pike and Jill Bennett as Vicki Kugelmann
Late 1943. No end of the war is in sight, but into the world of rationing and austerity something vital begins to intrude for a group of lonely boarding-house residents. Strange voices in the blackout, strange uniforms in the pubs. The Americans are taking over and beginning, dramatically, to affect the lives of vulnerable Miss Roach, that atrocious old bully Mr Thwaites, and the devious Miss Kugelmann.
(Repeated: Sun 2.30pm)
Earlier this year, four of Britain's leading humorists packed their bags for very different and far-flung corners of the world which they were visiting for the first time. Tonight Richard Stilgoe unwraps some of his duty-free first impressions of Down Under.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer CLARE SELERIE Editor ROSEMARY HART
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presented by Peter Evans What is happening in science?
A-.weekly review of discoveriesand developments from the world's leading laboratories.
Producer ALlSON RICHARDS
Ploughman of the Moon (6) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
