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 Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day with THE REV BARRIE ALLCOTT
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day Book, Thoughts, Prayers. Reflections. £1.35, availble from bookshops
A short story by ANTON CHEKHOV translated by CONSTANCE GARNETT
Read by Derek Godfrey Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Brian Redhead invites Patricia Beer. John Drum mond and Kenneth Mc -Leish, to draw up a short-list of books they find over-valued, over-done and over-praised, all of them candidates for sinking without trace in the library of The Titanic.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
'Broadcast on New Year's Eve)
Let's Hear It Again
Extracts from The Living World and Wildlife.
The Roads Near Kome - Perugia to Rieti with Tom Vernon
NEM, p 67; O Lord, thou art my God (BBC HB 470); Psalm 93; Matthew 3. vv 13-17 (AV); My soul, praise the Lord! iBBC HB 463) long wave only
The Tinbridge Linear Aquapark by ERIC BEAN
Read by Trevor Peacock
' There's plenty of people round here that'll pay good money to see these crocodiles. They're nosey. They couldn't keep away. We'll be a first-class tourist area.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
An Analysis enquiry
(Rev repeat of yesterday's broadcast)
News, views and advice for consumers. Including
JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
Mildred and the Man
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines.
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
The Depths of High Fashion: CAROLINE GRIF fiths looks at underwater modelling.
Reading Your Letters.
Taft for Ever: SONIA BEESLEY visits one of America's leading private schools.
A. J. Wentworth , BA (9)
Minefield by MARIAN CAMPBELL
It has become increasingly fashionable to eschew the traditional minefield of marriage for a less formal arrangement. However, there are occasions when a superficial acknowledgement of tradition can open the way to some very informal liaisons indeed. But which way does freedom really lie?
Directed by ROGER PINE BBC Birmingham
This week ' N ' is for narcissus and Napoleon. gramophone records
There Came Both Mist and Snow (4)
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 Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs. Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol
Norm an Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)
Written by JAMES ROBSON (Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
Paddy Redmond.JOHN BOTT BBC Birmingham
As the Story Goes ...
Thirteen programmes of narrative poetry chosen and presented by David Davis
12: Tito by Two
Reader PAULINE LETTS
direct from the Town Hall, Birmingham Felicity Palmer (soprano)
Ameral Gunson (contralto) John Mitchinson (tenor) Malcolm King (bass)
Jane Parker Smith (organ) CBSO Chorus Chorus-master
NICHOLAS CLEOBURY
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra leader FELIX KOK conductor Simon Rattle Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 60 in c (II Distratto)
Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain
Tales of exploration under the sea, told to
Reg Vallintine. of the British Sub Aqua Club. and gathered together by Martin Muncaster
Producer MADELINE JAY
Part 2
Janacek Glagolitic Mass BBC Birmingham
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer TOM SUTCLIFFE
Anthony Howard reporting
Lord Jim (4) long wave only
long wave only
What is an auctioneer selling when he offers a painting at a public auction? An opportunity to speculate, a chance to collect, a work of art to exhibit? And what persuades customers to bid high prices for their acquisitions?
Huon Mallalieu talks to some professional auctioneers about their business. Producer
RICHARD ELLIS
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
