News, weather, papers and sport
Market prices and intelligence, the weather andwhat'snewfor farmers.
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
presenters John TimpsoB and Hugh sykes
6.45* Prayer for the Day with PEGGY MAKINS
7.0. 8 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
(BroadcastWed7.20 pm)
NEM, 62: Stand up, and bless the Lord (BBC HB 268); Psalm 25. vv 1-10; Acts 18. vv 5-17 (AV);
Lead us. heavenly father, lead us (BBC HB 307) long wave only
One Ted Too Many bv ELIZA LEWIS
Read by Olwen Rees
'She peered down her v-neck again. What an unspeakable bruise! What If she didn't turn her back when she undressed that nightT What if she let him grumble and moan? And then at bedtime would come the unveiling..... God. think of his remorse! Producer
HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
with Nell Landor
News, views and advice for consumers
Including JILL TODD with the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Born Out of Desperation: is one view of how Brighton s Working
AssociationofMothers came into bring. BARBARA MYERS reports.
Anyone for ... Sand
Yachtinuf. JILL COCHRANE travels at speed down by the sea.
A Living Faith (6): ANN SIMON tells JILL COCHRANE why she maintains Jewish observances In her home. Talking Point: opinion* and ideas....
More Work for th* Undertaker (7)
There is no God in Godalming by SIMON CARR with Asheisrowingoutona lonely lake. Robin Bentley reaches a decision. The water is cold; but his mind dwells on the suffocating heat and noise of India, where he went as a small child. It was In India that he first experienced stillness, inner strangeness, and light. But Robin Bentley believes he has been mad for 25 years.
Directed by DAVID SPENSER
London's Burning
John Julius Norwich narrates the third of six programmes looking at Britain and its inhabitants through the writings of foreigners who have visited us through the centuries.
Readers CRAWFORD LOGAN and JOHN WEBB Written by MARY ANNE EVANS
Producer BRIAN COOK
A four-part series which builds up a picture of the deep-rooted effect that the places we live in have, on our state of mind and our pattern of life.
1: A Tower of People ' All you can see from whichever room you're in is the main road, and you just feel you want to jump in a car and just travel somewhere else. Out of this place.'
' I'm happy here. My daughter would like me to have a bungalow but I don't want to go. Why shouldIleaveifI'm comfortable here? '
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
lllyrian Spring (12)
Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams -on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world 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
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)
Written by ADRIAN MOURBY (Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
The sea has alwavs been a source of inspiration to writers.
Desmond Hawkins explores, in six firogrammes,theways in which some British poets have responded to its moods, its legends and its challenges.
1: A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
Readers PAULINE WYNN and DOUGLAS LEACH
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
includes the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of The Mitjord Girls, a musical memoir based on the lives, letters and books of the Mitford sisters; and The Villas in Regent's Park, an exhibition on the history of the buildings and the people who lived in them. Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer JANE STENNING
direct from the Royal Festival Hall. London Radu Lupu (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra leader
CHRISTOPHER WARREN GREEN conductor Riccardo Mull Part 1
Mozart Symphony No 24, in B flat major (k 182)
Schubert Symphony No t, in c major (D 589)
Tonight Professor Alan Gemmell visits Harlow Car near Harrogate in West Yorkshire This garden is owned by the Northern Horticultural Society and Is of particular interest to gardeners in the colder parts of Britain, as an outstanding example of what can be achieved in difficult climatic conditions.
Part 2
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, in E flat major (Emperor)
(Given in association with the House of du Maurier)
with Alan Protheroe (Kpt)
John Morgan reporting
The Moving Toyshop (9) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an Interlude
