Presented from the South West by Robin Hicks
BBC Bristol
6.25 Shipping forecast
(long wave only)
Presenters John Timpson and Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day
with the Rt. Rev. Michael Hare-Duke
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by Christopher Slade
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
with Laurie Macmillan
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
(Repeated: Fri 11.45 pm)
A discriminating selection of garrulous guests to galvanise you this Monday morning. Dr Jekyll played by Kenneth Robinson; Mr Hyde by Fred Housego.
(Broadcast Sat 12.2 pm)
(long wave only)
NEM, p 17: Christ be with me (BBC HB 136); Canticle 3: Matthew 9, vv 27-38 (AV); From the eastern mountains (BBC HB 65)
(long wave only)
by Leslie T. Buckingham
Read by Robert Rietty
(Rpt)
(long wave only)
(long wave only)
In the Caribbean, it's politics and history, poetry and music - in short, a way of life.
As the England Touring Team faces the powerful West Indies side in the First Test, Trevor McDonald looks beyond the boundary to assess the importance of cricket in the Caribbean.
(Cricket: First Test coverage on Friday on Radio 2/3)
(long wave only)
Presented by Patricia Beer
Reader Gary Watson and Penelope Lee
BBC Bristol
(long wave only)
Presenter Jenni Mills
Bernard Bresslaw, David Buck, Mary Malcolm and Ned Sherrin are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous.
"He was a bold man that first eat an oyster" (Swift)
(Stereo) (Rpt)
12.55 Weather; Programme news
(Broadcast Fri 7.5 pm)
1.55 Shipping Forecast
(long wave only)
with Sue MacGregor
Talking Point
Chastity Belts to Order: Robin Huggessen talks to Meurig Jenkins about his thriving export trade.
Inside View: Jane Finnis looks at the work of hospital radiographers.
Cousin Phillis (6)
(long wave only)
by Bruce Stewart
(Broadcast Sat 8.30 pm)
A series about people happy at their work.
This week: Marian Couchman, head gardener, Westminster Abbey.
BBC Birmingham
The news programme
Presenters Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
5.50 Shipping forecast
(long wave only)
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
with Frank Muir and Alfred Marks
and recorded comedy from - Woody Allen, Tom Lehrer, Peter Sellers, John Cleese and Bill Oddie
"Scarcely anything awakens attention like a tale of cruelty." (Samuel Johnson)
Written by Frank Muir and the producer Simon Brett
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
(Stereo)
(Broadcast Sat 12.27 pm)
by John Wainwright
with David Calder as Chief Inspector Lyle and Paul Webster as George Barker
'He's lived with his guilt ever since he murdered those three children. He's frightened. We don't have to frighten him, the fear's already there. All we have to do is talk. Just talk. He'll break because of his own desire for peace of mind.'
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)
