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John Timpson with the Labour Party in Brighton, Brian Redhead in London.
8.45* Prayer for the Day PIERS PLOWRIGHT
7.0, 8 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Part 3
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Ion Trewin presents the third of five portraits of writers who thrilled the nation with tales of derring-do.
Rider Haggard
Readers GARARD GREEN and MICHAEL MCCLAIN Producer JOHN KNIGHT long wave only
NEM, p 106; There is no sorrow, Lord (BP 87);
Psalm 23; 1 Peter 1, vv 8-16 (RSV); Shepherd divine, our wants relieve (BBC HB 348) long wave only
The Vigil by EVAN GWYN WILLIAMS Read by John Darran
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
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with JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket. Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Peter Hobday with voices and topics in and behind the headlines
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Among today's items Parents' Postbag:
DR PENELOPE LEACH answers listeners' problems about their children.
Barton in Autumn:
GORDON BENINGFIELD and other friends and residents, help ROBIN PAGE paint a picture of his
Cambridgeshire village at the turn of the season. Blood and Judgment (11) long wave only
Something Surprising by RACHEL WYATT
Beattie has always looked forward to her husband s retirement when the two of them can spend more time together and enjoy a peaceful existence away from the pressures of working life. But when the time comes,
Fred has a few surprises in store for her ... with John Livcsey and Haydn Wood Directed by CHERRY COOKSON
(Robin Bailey is in ' Quartermaine's Terms ' at the Queens Theatre, London)
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 have made a dramatic change in their lives.
9: Dr Craig Sharp
One-time veterinary pathologist. CRAIG SHARP tired of dealing with dead animals and diseased tissues and turned his attention to the fittest human beings. Now he advises Olympic athletes on the most efficient ways to train their bodies to excel at their particular sports.
Presenter Stacey Adams Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
The House in Dormer Forest
4; A Wedding
Presenters Robert Williams and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather: programme news
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
with Jill Todd
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(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
Seven programmes chosen and presented by the East Anglian poet Edward Storey. 6: Cities
Readers GEORGE PARSONS and LIANE AUKIN
Producer MARGARET ETALL
includes an interview with Brian Moore and a review of his latest novel The Temptation of Eileen Hughes ; The Beatitudes of Balthazar B by J. P. Donleavy , starring Patrick Ryecart and Simon Callow at the Duke of York Theatre, London: and a new recording by Colin Bradbury and Oliver Davies , The Drawing Room Clarinettist.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer JANE STENNING
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Cleveland String Quartet and the Amadeus String Quartet at the 1981 Benson and Hedges Music Festival direct from the Snape Maltings, Suffolk
Part 1
Bach Cello Suite No 5, in C minor (BWV 1011)
Brahms String Quintet No 2, in G, Op. 111
(Stereo)
Sketches from an Italian notebook
Frank Delaney makes a literary pilgrimage to Italy in search of the people and the places which captivated Hilaire Belloc , Elizabeth Bowen , Edward Lear and others. Walking With Your Eyes Open
Producer SIMON ELMES
(Repeated: Fri 11.30 pm)
Part 2 Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
BBC Birmingham
10.4 Weather
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man (14) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
' The divers that used to be in this neck of the woods ten years ago came from all parts of the country ... It was almost like the California Gold Rush.'
Blain Fairman spends a day with three of the men who stayed on, goes out with them gathering sea-urchins and collects some divers' tales of friendly dolphins and embarrassed sharks.
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