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presenters John Timpson and Hugh Sykes
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thouoht for the Day
8.59 Continental Travel Information
A six-part series with June Knox-Mawer
4: Sir Fitzroy Maclean who returns frequently to an island off the Dalmatian coast. He first went there in a small open dinghy during the war
Producer BARBARA CROWTHEH (Part 5 neit Tuesday afternoon)
A look at the problems of countries with more than one language, from the Welsh in Patagonia, to the blacks in South Africa. Presented by DonaldMilner
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
NEM. p 9; Give to our God immortal praise BBC HB 6): Psalm 65: Acts 22. v 30 to 23 v 11 (AV); When all thy mercies. 0 my God BBC BB 22) long wave only
Lilac Time by NANCY DALLAM SINKLER Read by Shirley Dixon
A presentation of the poetry of R. S. Thomas by the poet himself.
The quiet development and growth in readership of Thomas's poetry now covers 35 years His early work is rooted in the Welsh country communities which he served as a minister until his recent retirement. His later poems deal with the deepest needs of the human condition. His namesake. Dylan, wrote about Wales with the wildness and vision of a child. R. S. Thomas has given us a Wales - and a vision of life - which are only possible for a grown person.
Readers colin BAKER. FRANK DUNCAN and R. S. THOMAS Producer PETER FIRTH BBC Bristol
Sheila Anderson chooses the Atlantic grey seal.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
Presenter Bill Breckon
Terry Wogan and Ann Meo and guests
Humphrey Lyttelton , Irene Thomas
Chairman Richard Slilgoe Questions set by LIBBY SPURRIER
Producer HELEN FRY
12.55 Weather; programme new.
Presenter Brian Widlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced from Glasgow by Alison McLeay
LADY MANSFIELD talks about the history of her home at Scone Palace in Perthshire.
The Power of the Glens
... : MURIEL CLERK visits the heart of a mountain to report on Scotland's hydro-electric power supply.
Doon the Watter:
JIMMY MACK goes down the Clyde on board the Waverley. the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer. BBC Scotland
Tolstoy Remembered (8)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
A four-part series 2: Depression in Youth
You don't know what it's like in the depth of depression,
You think it's just an act for recognition.
I've been like this for many a week.
All 1 want to do is endlessly sleep.
(ANDREW. 1981)
Andrew would have been 18 the day after he committed suicide.
Dick Thompson considers the problem of depression in young people.
Producer SARAH ROWLANDS
Five Short Stories by ANTON CHEKHOV 5: The Party translated by RONALD HINGLET
Read by Patience Collier It is a sultry summer day and a turning point In Olga's marriage.
(Patience Collier is an associate member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
Presenters Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
Including Financial Report
with Clive Jacobs including Continental Travel Information
Producer STEPHEN PHELPS Editor GEOFF DOBSON
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard
Producer JEREMY BIRCHALL (Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
Ed Dubois is the finest racing yacht designer in the country Or that's what his backers think, and they're investing six million dollars in this young man's skill.
MichaelRobinsontalksto him and his friends about the challenges ahead.
Producer KAROLYN SHINIDLER (Repeated: Sat 4.10 pm)
Ludovic Kennedy and Moira Shearer present their personal choice of poetry and prose with Tom Fleming
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
includes Underneath the Arches, a musical tribute tO BUD FLANAGAN.
CHESNEY ALLEN and the CRAZY GANG. at the Chichester Festival Theatre; and Words and Music, a selection from the writings of the late PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE . Presented by Michael Billinglon
Producer CARROLL MOORE
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
A brand new second series. Outrageous, hysterical, wildly modest. Written and performed by Robert Bathurst. Jimmy Mulville. Rory McGrath , Emma Thompson and Griff Rhys Jones
Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS (Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)
The Rain Forest by OLIVIA MANNING abridged and read in 15 instalments by KATE COLERIDGI (15)
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude