6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
from Ellington Colliery in the North East, where Brian Redhead looks at the prospects of the coal industry, industry in general, and other aspects of modern life in that part of the UK.
In London Libby Purves
6.45* Praucr for the Day with PAULINE BEATTIE
7.0, 9.1 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.30, 8.39 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
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A nine-part series in which William Woollard investigates the style and quality of law enforcement in Britain.
'On demonstrations... we are there for a purpose... we don't discuss it... We aren't particularly bothered what colour they are, or what political persuasion. We are stuck in the middle. All we do is keep the peace.' (PC Kevin O'Connor)
BBC Birmingham
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NEM, p 114; For all thy saints. 0 Lord (BBC HB
228); Psalm 42; Galatians 2, vv 1-10 (NEB); Give me the wings of faith (BBC HB 229): long wave only
The Shouting Game by DENISE ROBERTSON
Read by Christian Rodska Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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Let Neil Landor , with the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries.
Producer SIMON ELMES long wave only
News, views and advice for consumers
Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
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with Sue MacGregor
Talking Point.
Anyone for ... An occasional series looking at some of the less familiar sporting pursuits.
The Rules of the Colony: June Knox-Mawer talks to James Clavell about his new novel set in Hong Kong.
Pots, Plants and Coffee: Su Newland discovers how a plant party works.
A Death Out of Season (12)
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by Sheila Bradley
Carol has spent months preparing for the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations and is increasingly disturbed by the memories it brings back of her childhood. Then she finds that her father, whom she hasn't seen for 25 years, is to be part of the festivities.
BBC Manchester
Comedy Harmony and Parody Melody
An anthology introduced by Fritz Spiegl
This week: Betove upsets Debussy, Red Ingle upsets Mozart, and a flautist, so The King's Singers report upsets the neighbours.
(gramophone records)
Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams
(on VHF until 5.55)
5.50 Shipping forecast (long wave only)
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash.
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
Poems of love, from a tempestuous 14th-century Welsh poet, to the tenderness of a present-day mother's feelings for her daughter, are presented by Sion Eirian. Readers ANGHARAD REES and SION PROBERT
Producer ENYD Williams BBC Wales
includes Sea to the West, a new collection of poems by Norman Nicholson , who has lived all his life on the west coast of Cumbria; and The British Worker, an exhibition of photographs of working life from 1839 to 1939.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer RICHARD DUNN
Gyorgy Pauk (violin)
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra leader DENNISSIMONS conducted by Alvaro Cassuto
Part 1 Strauss Symphonic Poem: Don Juan
Mozart Violin Concerto No 4, in D major (K 218)
The Japanese Garden at Talton Park is one of the many features that impresses Alan Gemmell about these gardens.
Tatton Park is owned by the National Trust and administered by Cheshire County Council. BBC Scotland
Part 2 Dvorak
Symphony No 8. in G major
BBC Manchester followed by an interlude
Anthony Howard reporting
2: David Swan i Repeat) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
