News, weather, papers and sport
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The Liberal Party
Assembly is taking place in Llandudno. How is the alliance with the Social
Democratic Party affecting their discussions and policies? In Llandudno to find out, Brian Redhead. In London. John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day with THE REV MICHAEL GLANVILLE-SMITH
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
5: Dream of a Strange Land
conducts 55 minutes of interviews, conversation and discussion with his guests live in the studio. Producer BILL ROGERS
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Book, Down the Garden Path, £3.50, from bookshops long wave only
NEM, p 58; Father in whom we live (BBC HB 166); Canticle 2;
Ephesians 2, vv 11-22
(Rsv): Bright the vision that delighteth (BBC HB 269) long wave only
Goodbye to all Cats by P. G. WODEHOl 'SE
Read by Jonathan Cecil
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Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Robin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Among today's items
Guest o/ the Week: the actress. Maureen Lipman. Retirement (2). A Nice
Little Cottage by the Sea: ERIC GEORGE tells JILL BURRIDGE why this retirement dream fell through.
Abercrombie's Aunt by JAN WEBSTER abridged by DELIA PATON Read by David Allister long wave only
Little Weed's Big Day by CHRIS CURRY
Jem Clegg has a wife in hospital, an old lorry and a new lad to help him shift three tons of coal by nightfall.
Ben Parker finds that in one' day you can learn a little about coal bagging and quite a lot about life. =
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester
A series of six talks in which events from the past are recalled by a sight, sound, smell, taste or touch.
3: Heartbreak Hotel
It's ' the sobbing tones of poor old Elvis Presley ' that transport Bel Mooney back to a moment of revelation in her childhood.
The seventh Leeds International Piano
Competition takes place between 7 and 19 September this year. Its prestigious list of prizes - engagements and awards is greater than ever before and underlines the importance of competitions as the gateway to an international career for the aspiring young performer. But is this importance justified, or are there other routes to the top? Is artistry sacrificed to competition success - and what about the many who don t succeed?
Natalie Wheen visits Leeds and asks organisers and competitors, jury members and past winners, agents and teachers what the competition means to them both musically and internationally.
Producer ANN STANGAR BBC Manchester
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The Luck of the Bodkins (3)
Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Sounds and scenes from a past year challenge the memories of residents
Terry Wogan and Ann Meo and guests
Humphrey Lyttelton and Irene Thomas
Chairman Richard Stilgoe Producer HELEN FRY
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)
Written by ALAN ROWER Cast for the week:
Dan Archer. EDGAR HARRISON Peggy Archer. JUNE SPENCER
BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
A weekly investigation into accusations of unfairness, fraud and injustice.
Presented by Roger Cook (Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)
Schizophrenia, paranoia, senile dementia and even less specific everyday anxieties and depressions can all be as distressing to the patient's family and friends as they are to the patient, not least because of lack of information about the nature and efficacy of available treatments.
Dr Anthony Clare , Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, and Dr Denis Friedman , Lecturer in psycho-sexual medicine at St Bartholomew's
Hospital, provide some of that information in response to listener's queries.
The programme is chaired by Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Reporter
Peter Oppenheimer BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Thurs 11.5 am)
includes Macready a celebration of the 19th-century actor.
William Charles Macready , at the Arts Theatre in London; and at the National
Gallery El Greco to Goya, a major exhibition of four centuries of Spanish painting.
Presented by Paul Allen
with Charles Wheeler
Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man <3) long wave only
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Edward Cole presents musical nostalgia for late-night listening. long wave only
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