A regional view of farming in the week ahead.
Presented from the South West by Robin Hicks
BBC Bristol
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Presenters John Timpson and Libby Purves
6.45*Prayer for the Day THE REV DR JOHN NEWTON 7 0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by CHRISTOPHER SLADE
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with Dilly Barlow
Bring on the Girls (6)
Fifty-five minutes of lively conversation between the personalities in this week s news. Warning: this programme contains Kenneth Robinson
Producer PETER ESTALL
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NEM, p 17; Child in the manger (BBC HB 45); Psalm 33, vv 13-21; 1 Peter 4, vv 12-19 (RSV); The holy son of God most high (BP 85)
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Home for Christmas by PETER ROBINS
Read by Sean Barrett Producer MITCH RAPER
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(Broadcast Sun 5.5 pm)
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Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners. Presented by p. J. Kavanagh
Readers DAME CELIA JOHNSON and JOHN CARSON
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
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Presenter Bill Breckon Editor DAVID HARDING
(Details; Tues 10.30 pm)
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Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
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with Sue MacGregor including during the week some Talking Point discussions, your letters and other topics.
Among these today Insurance Hows and Whys: DAVID SCOTT talks about insuring your life. Forthcoming Attractions: GORDON GOW previews films on BBCtv during the next fortnight.
A Childhood in Scotland by CHRISTIAN MILLER
The last of six episodes abridged by MONICA GREY Read by ANNETTE CROSBIE Editor WYN KNOWLES long wave only
From James to Alice by PATRICE CHAPLIN
What is it like to be disliked for a living?
An occasional series of programmes about people whose jobs bring them, directly or indirectly, into confrontation with the world at large. 1: Elizabeth Billot , traffic warden
Producer JOHN STANLEY BBC Birmingham
King Charles II by ANTONIA FRASER abridged for radio in ten parts and read by Edward de Souza (1)
The reign of King Charles II is one of the most fascinating periods of English history. Charles was a true romantic hero, but he was also a considerable statesman. This much-acclaimed biography tells his story from childhood, through his troubled time of exile, to the subsequent reign of this remarkable man. Producer CHERRY COOKSON
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including Financial Report
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The Prague Trial 79
Prepared for the stage by PATRICE CHEREAU and ARIANE MNOUCHKINE
Translated and adapted for radio by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON. Introduced by John Mortimer
Readings in English by Flora Robson and in Czech by Julius Tomin
In October 1979 the Czech playwright Vaclav Havel and five other dissidents, all of whom were signatories of Charter 77 and members of VONS (the Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted', were sentenced to a total of 19½years imprisonment for ' criminal subversion against the state '. This programme is a dramatic reconstruction of their trial based upon the memories of the handful of relatives allowed into the courtroom. The Accused:
Appeal summary by (;Ienda Jackson Also taking part
HOWARD BRENTON and CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
Chilly true story of the rigging of justice
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Directed by MARTIN JENKINS (First broadcast on R3)
A portrait of the Ballet Rambert - Britain's oldest dance company - whose birth may be said to date from June 1926 when Frederick Ashton produced his first work A Tragedy of Fashion, under the direction of Marie Rambert in the revue Riverside Nights at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
With members of the company past and present, Stephen Phillips goes behind the scenes to trace the company's remarkable story. With the voices and opinions of Tamara Karsavina, Diana Gould Menuhin, Antony Tudor, Agnes de Mille, Peggy van Pragh, Sir Frederick Ashton, Norman Morrice, Christopher Bruce, Richard Alston, Bryan Robertson, Robert North (the present director), and Dame Marie Rambert
David Lay reporting
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presented by Peter Evans Producer DEBORAH COHEN
The Edible Woman by MARGARET ATWOOD abridged in 12 parts by DOREEN MAHON
Read by BETH PORTER (5) long wave only
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Second of two programmes with April Cantelo (sop) George Malcolm (harpsichord)
(First broadcast on R3)
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