News, weather, papers and sport
Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
S.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day with JOSIE SMITH
7.0, 8.4 Today's News
Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
'Broadcast Wed 7.20 pm)
1: The Wheel of Fortune - Montgenevre to
Alba Tom Vernon on the first of six bicycle trips.
mem. p 106; How are thy servants blest, 0 Lord! (BBC HB 305); Psalm 95; Isaiah 52, v 13 to 53, v 6 (av); Shepherd divine, our wants relieve (BBC BB 348) long wave only
Northanger Abbey
14: Heroine in Disgrace
We all have queries, quibbles and quandaries which we mean to resolve, but which always lie unanswered at the back of our minds.
Let Neil Landor , together with his specialised experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries. Producer SIMON ELMES
Questions, on a postcard please, to: Enquire Within, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
News, views and advice for consumers.
Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
Runes and Isms: FRANCES CAIRNCROSS explains a piece of economic jargon.
ANTHONY BURGESS , Whose books include The Clockwork Orange, talks about his life and work.
Science Simplified, PETER EVANS looks at some recent developments in the laboratory.
Pied Piper (8)
Are You Stone-Cold, Santa Claus ? by RICK FERREIRA
Esme, recently arrived from Jamaica with her young son, is terrified by London and stunned by the cold. She cannot bring herself to stir outside the house until she realises how much the child wants to see Father Christmas, so for his sake she has to make the effort.
Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT
This week ' K' is for kings and things. gramophone records (Kpt)
Presenters
Susannah Simons and Robert Williams
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questionsf. Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)
Written by DEBBIE COOK
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
As the Story Goes....
Thirteen programmes of narrative poetry chosen and presented by David Davis 10: Partings
Reader MARY WIMBUSH
leader DENNIS SIMONS conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD direct from Studio 7, Manchester
The opening concert from the new BBC music studio in Manchester, given before an invited audience and in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Kent. Britten Overture: The Building of the House
Harty The Fair Day (an Irish Symphony)
Walton Film music: Henry V
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar Symphony No 1, in A flat major
BBC Manchester
by Harry Price
HARRY PRICE accompanied King George V and Queen Mary (when they were the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York) on a royal tour - but, as he was an able seaman, he saw a very different tour from them. He was an accomplished artist and kept a diary of the tour, which he illustrated with excellent water-colour sketches. The diary excerpts have been abridged by DONALD BANCROFT and are read by Siôn Probert Producer
CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer ANNE WINDER
Anthony Howard reporting
Novel on Yellow Paper (9) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
