6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
With John Timpson and Wendy Jones , and reports from Blackpool on the last day of this year's
Trades Union Congress. S.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines-
7.45* Thought for the Day
2: The Overnight Bag ' I don't want it
Squashed,' he said. ' It's a matter of respect '.
What have you got in Your precious bag? ' she asked him angrily.
8.59 Continental Travel Information
The last of six readings by PROFESSOR GALBRAITH adapted from his new book A Life in Our Times which has just been Published in Britain* Last Chapter
Now a best-selling writer. Ken Galbraith tells how. With hospitality from Trinity College,
Cambridge, he came to distil and to develop The Affluent Societu and The New Industrial State into Economics and the Public Purpose - and what happened to him subsequently.
What makes a sports superstar? How do other countries mould their world-standard sportsmen and women? Mike Ingham looks at the careers of greats like Nichlaus, Borg and Pete.
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
NEM, p 42; In the cross of Christ I glory
: Psalm 122; Wisdom of Solomon 13, vv 1-9 and 15, vv 1-3 (rsv); Son of God, eternal Saviour <BBC HB 377) long wave only
by William Sansom
Read by Charlie Chester
A selection of personal experiences with wild creatures.
Malcolm Coe chooses the gecko.
Producer
ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced from
Cardiff by Noreen Bray
Bass is Beautiful: so says BRONWEN NAISH - the only woman double-bass soloist in the world.
Where Sheep May Safely Graze: nowhere do sheep presume greater rights than in ROY NORLE'S home town in South Wales.
Producer MEGAN EMERY BBC Wales
A Forgotten Season (7)
Tidal Race by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL A tanker has gone aground, spilling a lot of oil, and the coastguard station mounts a full-scale anti-pollution exercise. Meanwhile the normal work goes on, which on this day includes two missing canoeists and rapidly thickening fog.
Directed by BRIAN DEAN (Paul Webster is a member of The Royal
Shakespeare Company)
Four programmes examining the moral mood and standards of people in contemporary Britain.
1: Violence and Killing Is violence justified if in self-defence? Are there any circumstances which make it right to kill others - or oneself?
Presenter Derek Robinson Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN
A London Girl of the 1980s by M. V. HUGHES. abridged in 11 parts by ZOE BAILEY Read by AVRIL ELGAR (11)
with Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast lonfpuave only
5.55 Weather: programme news
including Financial Report
with Clive Jacobs
Tom Boswell tests the Triumph Bonneville 'Royal'.
Including Continental Travel Information
Producer JENNY MARSHALL Editor GEOFF DOBSON
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON (Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
A personal portrait
(Repeated; Sat 4.10 pm)
The Rt lion Norman St John-Stevas , mp Ann Mallalien
The Rev John Bach and Chief Constable John Alderson tackle the issues raised by the audience at Tiverton, Devon.
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
includes Winston Churchill : The
Wilderness Years, a new book by Martin Gilbert and the current ITV serial starring Robert Hardy in the title role; and British Sculpture in the 20th Century (1901-1950). the first part of a major exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Presented by Michael Billington
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD =
9.59 Weather
John Morgan reporting
The first of a new series. An irreverently critical look back at the week's news, with Bill Wallis ,
David Tate , Sheila Steafel Chris Emmett and the music of David Firman
Written by GUY JENKIN JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, JEREMY BROWNE
HOB SINFIELD , TONY SARCHET and PETER BICKEY Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)
The Turn of the Screw (5) by HENRY JAMES long wave only
long wave only
Sketches from an Italian Notebook
In the first of three programmes,
Frank Delaney makes a literary pilgrimage to Italy in search of the people and the places which captivated Hilaire Belloc , Elizabeth Bowen and Edward Lear.
Brown-Remembered Hills Producer SIMON ELMES
with Dilly Barlow long wave only
Weather report: forecast followed by an interlude
12.15-12.23* am Shipping forecast; inshore forecast
