6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day With PEGGY MAKINS
7.9, 8.0 Today's News
Read by CHRISTOPHER SLADE
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day
Do Elephants Ever Forget?
Since the last Tuesday Call on animal psychology, some scientists have been querying the evidence for linguistic ability in chimpanzees, while others have been suggesting that pigeons may be more intelligent than we think, and cats may have to consciously teach their young ' instinctive ' skills. For more surprises, explanations and arguments on the behaviour of animals - large and small, domesticated and wild - put your questions to psychologist Tony Buzan , and veterinary surgeon Bill Jordan , Director of the People's Trust for Endangered Species.
Sue MacGregor is in the Chair.
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
NEM, p 1; Lo, God is here! (BBC HB 264); Psalm 63; Isaiah 54, vv 11-17 (AV); Give to our God immortal praise (BBC HB 6) long wave only
My Brilliant Career 2: Caddagat
Written and narrated by Alan Bennett with Patricia Routledge as Miss Prothero and Hugh Lloyd as Mr Dodsworth
Mr Dodsworth is happy in retirement. He has his budgie, his bowls, his grandchildren, and his quiet satisfaction with a lifetime's achievements in the Accounts Department at Warburtons. But then Miss Prothero visits and nothing will ever be quite the same again.
' Why do small birds move so jerkily by ' freezing ' between each flying movement? Surely this is wasteful of energy and makes the bird more obvious to predators? '
Are sparrows really graduates in ballistics and ergonomics?
Derek Jones and the team scratch their heads over your natural queries. Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol
News, views and advice for consumers.
Presenter Jenm Mills
Brian Johnston in Ches. ham, Buckinghamshire
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter
Susannah Simons
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Any Other Business: JANET COHEN reviews some of the more dramatic issues recently raised at Westminster.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas....
The Reluctant Organist: BOB PRIZEMAN attends a course that helps pianists find- their feet. Pied Piper (11)
by GEORGE ELIOT (9)
Astley Jones tells the story of a little building with a splendid scientific past.
On 31 December the Kew Observatory, built by George III at Richmond, closes its doors for the last time. For two centuries it has been known to some of the world's greatest astronomers. physicists and meteorologists.
Producer ARTHUR VIALLS
Hundreds of years ago, a Shamanist sect in Tibet perfected the art of making singing bowls. They are made of precious metals in a way which defies modern technology and each one has a distinctive individual ' voice '. They have a mystical significance for followers of the old Bon religion, as well as being used as an aid to meditation.
Dr Alain Presencer demonstrates his unique collection of these bowls. and engages in speculative conversation, around some of the , issues involved, with Colin Wilson. Presented by Eric Lister Producer
IAN GARDHOUSE
Monkton by DAVID JOHNSTONE
Read by Hugh Dickson
Presenters
Robert Williams and Joan Bakewell
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
A general knowledge contest between schools in Great Britain.
North West - Hazel Grove High School, near Stockport v. Home Counties - Wycombe High School, High Wycombe
Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect?
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care-from the research laboratory and operating theatre to the dentist's chair and cp's surgery.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
Robin Ray traces, with records, the artistry and achievement of violinist Jascha Heifetz
In the 1970s heavy industry declined and service industries expanded. One million more women went to work and a million men became unemployed.
Now, in 1980, unemployment for men and women is soaring. Will increasing pressure for jobs lead to competition between the sexes for work? Will men be given priority in jobs and women go back to housework? Or will unemployed steelworkers and dockers move into the service sector and learn to type in an office? Written and presented by Peter Paterson
Producer DAVID POWELL (Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)
Are technical officers the reincarnation of home teachers? Kevin Mulhern reports on the help they can offer to blind people. Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Blind listeners can phone in with queries, suggestions or comments relating to the programme on [number removed], 8.30-10.0 pm
Free quarterly bulletins summarising information broadcast, available from[address removed]. Book (same title), 11.50. available by post (address on page 3)
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, -music and exhibitions. Presenter Edwin Mullins Producer Richard DUNN
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world.
An epic fantasy in at least four parts by A.P.R. Marshall and J.H.W. Lloyd.
Tales of the Supernatural The Crown Derby Plate by MARJORIE BOWEN adapted by I. M. DONALDSON Read by Diana Olssen
"If you live in a place like this," thought Martha, " you're bound to invent ghosts." '
BBC Scotland long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
