Presented from Scotland by Allan WrigW BBC Scotland
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presented by Libby Purves and Hugh Sykes
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE RT REV
MICHAEL HARE-DUKE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
with Christopher Slade
sallies forth into the BBC Sound Archives in search of the sublime and the ridiculous.
A sometimes serious, sometimes hilarious, but always lively insight into the week ahead, with the personalities who will be making the news.
Sceptical glances from Kenneth Robinson
Producer PETER ESTALL
DINAH SHERIDAN talks about gardens opened this year in aid of District Nurses' Benefit Fund.
Booklet: Gardens Open to the Public in England and Wales, from bookstalls or 95p from
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nem, p 34; Jesus, where'er thv people meet (BBC HB 263); Psalm 57; Matthew 18. vv 21-35 (AV); Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem (BBC HB 123) long wave only
The Music on the Hill by saki
Read by David March Producer MITCH RAPER long wave only
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An American neurologist has discovered a drug that greatly improves the condition of patients with a rare muscular disorder called myoclonus. Unfortunately, the drug is expensive to make and the number of sufferers is small. The major drug companies argue that it would be uneconomic for them to develop and market the substance - the potentially useful drug has become a commercial 'orphan.'
Anthony Smith reports.
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PresenterNormanMacCaig Readers JOHN GRAHAM and DIANA OLSSON
Producer BRIAN PATTEN
BBC Bristol: long wave only
Presenter Bill Breckon Editor DAVID HARDING
The first in a series of six comedy sketch shows featuring Carole Hayman , Nick Maloney , Simon Molloy and Brian Southwood
Script and songs written by ROB GRANT and DOUG NAYLOR
Musical accompaniment by PETE LINGWOOD
Producer RON MCDONNELL BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tues 10.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Living Fashion: Juliet Clynne-Smith and Peter York discuss trends in interior design.
Forthcoming Attractions: Gordon Gow previews films on BBC tv during the next fortnight.
On Safari in Kenya: Bernard Jackson goes in search of the big game.
A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym
Read in 12 parts by Heather Bell (3)
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Stranger in the Dark by ROBERT GARRETT
Six programmes in which Margaret Korving talks 'with people who explain what home is to them and how it affects the way they live and think. 4: Living on Your Own
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
The Householder by RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA adapted in ten parts by ZOE BAILEY
Read by Sam Dastor (1) Prem, second-class BA, four months' teaching experience as lecturer in Hindi at Khanna Private College, has also a new wife. He feels weighed down by his responsibilities and longs to share them with someone. But he is too shy to speak to his wife, Indu, and his college friend, Raj, does not listen very attentively.
Producer JENYTH WORSLEY
Presenters Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Pettiness
Frank Muir and Alfred Marks with recorded comedy from PETER COOK , JOHN CLEESE , INSTANT SUNSHINE, WOODY ALLEN , BOB NEWHART and JEREMY TAYLOR
Written by FRANK MUIR and producer SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
A play for radio based on his own novel by Alexander Schouvaloff
September 1957. Fifteen National Service officer cadets return to the Officer Cadet School after two wet and windy weeks at Battle Camp. They return under a cloud of suspicion, an 'incident' has occurred and justice must be done, but the investigation takes place behind closed doors, for the Army's reputation is at stake.
A series of five talks in which a memory is triggered off by a sight, sound, smell, taste or touch
2: A Cotton Carrier Bag ' Mr Keating , Harry, it's for you, look! ' The bag was printed with an old advertisement, and H. R. F. Keating was transported in memory to himself at the age of six....
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer CARROLL MOORE Editor ROSEMARY HART
John Morgan reporting Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presented by Peter Evans A review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories.
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
Anna of the Five Towns by ARNOLD BENNETT abridged in 15 parts by DOREEN MAHON Read by Maggie McCarthy (1) The story of a young woman's gradual discovery of herself and the realities of life in the Potteries of Staffordshire at the turn of the century. Producer ROGER PINE
BBC Birmingham long wave only
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MONEY MATTERS: p 85
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
