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Presenters Brian Redhead and Libby Purves
6.45*Prayer for the Day THE REV GEORGE CASSIDY
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
4: The Farm in the Toxin
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Ion Trewin presents a series of five portraits of writers who, at the turn of the century. thrilled the nation with tales of derring-do. 2: Anthony Hope
Readers CYRIL LUCKHAM and MICHAEL MCCLAIN
Producer JOHN KNIGHT long wave only
NEM, p 84; 0 for a closer walk with God (BBC HB 333); Canticle 4;
Ephesians 4. vv 32 and 5. vv 1-14 (RSV); We turn to you, 0 God (BP 96) long wave only
Loving Couples
Five stories of love ana marriage
4: A Patched Jacket by JEAN BINNIE
Read by Carol Reeve
Producer KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester
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JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket.
Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
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with Sue MacGregor Among today's items Music Marathon: This weekend the London Coliseum will be open night and day for 50 hours of non-stop music making. TONY BARNFIELD meets some of the people preparing for this unusual event.
Power Point: 100 years ago, the Surrey town of Godalming was the first to have electric street lighting. Then came washing machines, vacuum cleaners, telephones and all our electrical gadgetry. RON ALLDRIDGE traces the developments of this silent force.
Blood and Judgment (6) long wave only
You Haven't Changed a Bit by CAROLINE HARRINGTON with Frances Jealer John Rowe
Rosalind Adams and Jeffrey Perry
Pru and Elizabeth had been school friends years ago. They get together, with their families, for a reunion - and discover the changes time has wrought.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
A weekly look at some of the ' other ' news from around the UK. News, too, of where the jobs are being created and the firms behind them.
A series of nine programmes about people who havemade a dramatic change in their lives. 8: Dr Horace Dobbs
A meeting with a wild dolphin called Donald has led to a change of events that have altered the philosophy and ultimately, the whole way of life of Horace Dobbs. Presenter Anne Brown
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
The Luck of the Bodkins (9)
Presenters Robert Williams and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
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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
Jill Todd with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash.
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(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
'Boundaries ' both of landscape and of the mind are the subject of seven programmes chosen and presented by the East Anglian poet Edward Storey. 5: Parishes
Readers LIANE AUKIN and CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
Producer MARGARET ETALL
leader MARTIN MILNER conductor
James Loughran
Eugene Sarbu (violin) direct from the Free
Trade Hall, Manchester Part 1
Webern Passacaglia, Op 1 Brahms Violin concerto in D
On the eve of the Jewish
; New Year, the Chief
Rabbi, Sir Immanuel Jakobovits , talks to Canon Colin Semper about the traditions of Jewish home life and their influence on personal and community relationships.
Part 2 Dvorak
Symphony No 7. in D minor BBC Manchester
Includes reviews of Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, a centenary exhibition at the National Portrait
Gallery, London; John Carpenter 's new film
Escape from New York, set in 1997 when the president of the United States crash lands on Manhattan and is taken hostage by a band of anarchists.
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man (9) long wave only
Radio 4s international business report; market trends long wave only
The story of the Great Flood and the Ark built by Noah at God's command for the salvation of mankind is a very colourful idea.
Some explorers believe that it is historical fact and that the ark still rests on 1Mount Ararat.
Anne Macnamara traces the history of their explorations over the centuries to the present day.
Producer PAUL COBLEY long wave only
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