News, weather, paper* and sport
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Half-wav through the Labour 'Party Conference, John Timpson reports on the issues, the decisions, the people. In London, Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day PIERS PLOWRIGHT
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Part 2
conducts 55 minutes of interviews, conversation and discussion with his guests live in the studio. Producer BILL ROGERS
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NEM, p 102; Awake, my soul, and with the sun
(BBC HE 403); Psalm 100; 1 Peter 1. vv 1-9 (RSV); Walk in the light: so Shalt thou know (BP 92) long wave only
Open Our Eyes, 0 Lord! by GWYN CLARK
Read by Clare Austin ' Protestant, Catholic, Jew! the child heard his father say. ' What does it matter? The dead have no religion. The boy's been told. I think he understands: as much as a three-year-old can. You are his only hope. He must forget everything else.*
Producer MITCH RAPER
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News, views and advice for consumers
Presenter Bill Breckon
Further adventures in the life of an unrepentant pools winner by WALLY K. DALY also featuring with this week:
Robert Gillespie and Bernard Horsfall Theme music by JIM PARKER Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Peter Hobday ,
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Among today's items
Guest of the Week: disc-jockey and television entertainer. Kenny Everett
The First Week was Awful: JOAN ALGAR explains to JILL BURRIDGE how she, as a single woman, adjusted to retirement.
Blood and Judgment (10) long wave only
(Kenny Everett , a new series, begins next Saturday on Radio 2)
Marriages by HENRY JAMES adapted by HALLAM TENNYSON
Colonel Chart is a widower. His eldest daughter, Adela, has assumed the responsibility of looking after him and the family. It is a burden Adela is proud to bear, and she is reluctant to give it up when she suspects her father's intention of marrying again. Directed by DAVID SPENSER
Fifth of six talks in which events from the past are recalled by a sight, sound, smell, taste or touch.
Mighty Father of the Herd For Robert Overton , the peculiar smell of a certain wig conjures up a long-ago court-room on an island in the South
Seas, and an unexpected defence witness.
A plain man's guide to the Christian faith in 13 parts.
2: A Case of Identity
Gerald Priestland asks who Jesus really was, and how it was possible for him to have been both God and man.
The central figure of the Christian faith still retains a powerful hold over the imagination, even of those who do not visit his churches. But how far can we reasonably accept the claims made for him? In this personal investigation, the BBC's Religious Affairs
Correspondent compares traditional and progressive views of Jesus.
Drama by BRIAN SIBLEY Music arranged by BARRY ROSE Researcher
PATRICK FORBES
Producer CHRIS REES
Book (same title), to be published in October Extracts from this programme will appear in THE LISTENER dated 1 October
The House in Dormer Forest
3: An Engagement
presenters Robert Williams and Susannah Simons 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: Peter Hobday and Joan Bakewell
Chairman Richard Stilgoe
(Repealed: Fri 12.27 pm)
Written by JAMES ROBSON (Repeated: Thurs 1.40pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
Laurie Barratt Second of four programmes
' I've a yen for self-made men who can build an empire by making something people actually want. Is that what Mr Barratt does? His building firm has grown from an acorn to an oak tree in no time at all - against all the trends. My homework said he was shy as a violet. Looking at his face - as an ow).
We were knee to knee in the air in his helicopter. Was he the next Caped Crusader for Populist Capitalism? '
Producer JOY HATWOOD
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)
Listeners' questions answered by Derek Jones and Bill Perry , who have been providing training and consultancv services at their Small Business Centre at the University of Aston for the past 14 years, and are currently contributing to the weekly series Going Solo on Saturday afternoons. In the Chair
Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour unit (First broadcast as Tuesday Call)
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Editor STUART SIMON BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Thurs 11.5am)
includes reviews of Peter Sellers - The
Authorized Biography by Alexander Walker ; Tibetan Inroads, a new play by Stephen Lowe at the Royal Court
Theatre, London; and the Sydney Dance
Company who appear for the first time at Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Presented by Colin Ford Producer Richard DUNN
9.59 Weather
David Lay reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
The only local radio station broadcasting to you wherever you are in the nation.
Written and performed by Helen Atkinson-Wood Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Philip Pope and Michael Stevens with additional material by RICHARD CURTIS
Music by PHILIP POPE
Producer JIMMY MULVII. LE
Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man (13) long wave only
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Edward Cole presents musical nostalgia for late-night listening. long wave only
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