Presented from the South West by Robin Hicks BBC Bristol
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presenters John Timpson and Llbby Purves
6.45* Frayer for the Day With THE REV BILL SARGENT
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7 30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
A short story by ANTON CHEKHOV translated by CONSTANCE GARNETT
Read by Derek Godfrey Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Genealogy: Your Family History
Have you ever wondered who your ancestors were, whether your lineage is studded with illustrious names or made up of hitherto unknown skeletons in the cupboard? Whatever your interest in your own past, the task of discovering the origins of your family line can be a daunting one: where to start, who to ask, what procedure to follow, how to record vour findings. You can get advice on all these points, and more, if you phone in and speak to
Gordon Honeycombe and Don Steel.
Sue MacGregor is in the Chair.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
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NEM p 71' 0 Lord our God', arise (BBC HB 25); Psalm 145, w 1-13;
Romans 1 vv 13-25 (RSV); The church of God kingdom is (BBC HB 183) long wave only
The Great Entertainer Written and read by Harry Towb
Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland long wave only
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Apart From That, He's a Nice Boy by JOAN LOCK
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Topics suggested by you - the listener.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
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Presenter Jennt Mills
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
by the Conservative Party
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with Sue MacGregor
Sounds Mouthwatering (1): MARY BERRY demonstrates her crispy lemon cake. The Smallest Greatest
Shoto on Earth: GILL PYRAH Visits STEWART AND
MARY MCGILL 'S foldaway circus. An Alternative Order:
CHRISTINE HEWITT and her husband swap roles. In the Garden Shed:
JANE FINNIS reports on weedkillers.
Close to Home by DEBORAH MOGGACH , abridged in 12 parts by ANN REES JONES Read by Frances Jeater In 23 Brinsley Street is Kate Cooper , a pretty young housebound mum with two babies and a mostly absent ' Eurocrat husband. Next door in 21 is Sam Green , a would-be writer with a busy working wife and an adolescent daughter. Over the months of a long,hotsummer,Kate and Sam begin to feel they have a lot in common ... (Music: Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes): long wave only
by MARY WEBB (2)
First of six programmes.
Tom Vernon investigates some case of petty pilfering in popular music.
(First broadcast in 1978)
Four contestants compete in the Final for the 1981 title, arranged by Garden News
Chairman John Timpson Questions set by GEOFF AMOS
Producer TONY SHRYANE
BBC Birmingham
The Beloved Vagabond (4)
Presenters Robert Williams and Joan Bakewell On VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Chairman Robert Robinson 12: Home Counties Peter Barlow
(former diplomat)
Jo Atwell (teacher) 1 Leonard Chilton (retired J industrial scientist) J Jeremy Monk
(hydrographic surveyor) ' Including Beat the Brains
Programme devised by ! JOHN P. WYNN. Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS (Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
An epic adventure in 12 parts in time and space. Fit the fifth: sent to find the Ultimate Question to Life, The Universe and Everything, Arthur Dent and his companion have been cornered by two humane cops who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain death situation. starring
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Written by DOUGLAS ADAMS with the assistance of JOHN LLOYD
Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
James Wilkinson , BBC Science Correspondent, reports on the first ten years of Friends of the Earth.
Bottles, bikes, otters, airports, whales, waste paper, motorways and - above all - nuclear power. What real influence has FoE had?
Former Energy Minister. THE RT HON TONY BENN , MP, is a member.
SIR JAMES GOLDSMITH contributed to FoE's nuclear power research. But FoE has critics and rivals too. Has it become too respectable? Too noisy? Or just too uncomfortably effective - for some?
Producer JULIAN HALE
Robin Ray traces, with records, the artistry and achievement of some of the world's greatest musicians.Thisweek: the German conductor
Otto Klemperer. Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
Tape Filing and Indexing Muriel Baker talks to Hannah Wright about simple ways to mark cassettes so that a blind person with no knowledge of Braille can more easily make use of recorded information.
Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
includes reviews of the new screen version of the thriller The Postman
Always Rings Twice; and an exhibition of David Hockney 's designs for
Parade at the Riverside
Studios in Hammersmith. Presented by Colin Ford Producer CLARE SELERIE
Peter Paterson reporting
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (2) long wave only
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