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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day With DOM TIMOTHY WRIGHT
7.0, 8.0 Today News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
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7.45* Thought for the Day
Bring on the Girls (4)
Julie Birchill
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Ion Trewin presents the fourth of five portraits of writers who, at the turn of the century, thrilled the nation with tales of derring-do and whose novels are still widely read today. A. E. W. Mason
Producer JOHN KNIGHT long wave only
NEM, p 9; The Lord of heaven (BBC HB 478); Psalm 8; 1 Peter 3, vv 13-22 (RSV) ; 0 Lord of heaven (BBC HB 14) long wave only
Not the Same Man by JEAN BINNIE
Read by Linda Gardner
I suddenly faltered in my answering. I felt sick. The blonde girl sat, her head down. My identification meant she was lying. Surely," I thought, " it can't all rest with me." I'd look so stupid, such a fool, if I back-tracked now.' Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Jenni Mills
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Presenter Robin Day with voices and opinions from around the world
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with Sue MacGregor Among today's items It all Started with Cinderella: DINA ROSS meets some connoisseurs of the shoe.
Within a Month 1 was
Walking: CHRISTINE LANE was paralysed and helpless. She tells
PAM GILLHAM about the healing she has experienced.
A Childhood in Scotland (4) long wave only
You Can't Go Home by HANIF KUREISHI with Jameela was born and educated in England. But her parents are from
Pakistan. Her father is a strict Muslim, and expects obedience from his daughter. Jameela finds herself torn between two cultures.
Directed by DAVID SPENSER
A look at some of the ' other' news from around the United Kingdom.
Frank Delaney introduces the first in a new season of programmes about the books you read, borrow and buy. both new and old, from classics to comics.
Producer BRIAN COOK
The House in Dormer Forest
8: Secrets
Presenter Gordon Clough and Robert Williams 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
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash.
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' Boundaries' both of landscape and of the mind are the subject of seven programmes chosen and presented by the East Anglian poet Edward Storey.
7: Boundaries of the Mind Readers CHRISTOPHER SCOTT and LIANE AUKIN
Producer MARGARET ETALL
direct from the Free
Trade Hall, Manchester leader PAN RON LEE conductor
James Loughran
Janet Baker (contralto) Part 1
Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Berlioz Les nuits d'été
The first of six talks given by people for whom a search has become the consuming passion of their lives. Wine connoisseur
Andrew Jones talks about his quest to discover the world's largest and oldest collection of white wines. BBC Wales
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Brahms Symphony No 1. in c minor
BBC Manchester
includes reviews of The Covent Garden Album, a celebration of 250 years of theatre, opera and ballet; The Tongs and the Bones, the memoirs of Lord Harewood; and the opening of the RSC'S production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer JANE STENNING
John Morgan reporting
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What was on your radio and television in the summer of 1956. Producer EDWARD COLE long wave only
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