Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
S.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45. Prayer for the Day
With THE REV JOHN CROWLEY
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
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The second of ten programmes about people who are successful against the odds.
The Village of Education Millfield, one of England's top public schools, first opened its doors to outsiders taking part in holiday courses in 1970. Now about 4,000 people take part in nearly 350 courses every summer. Kay Alexander joined a group and talked to headmaster
Colin Atkinson. and the holiday courses director, John Davies.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham long wave only
NEM, p 79; For the fruits of his Creation (bp 18); Psalm 148; Jeremiah 8. vv 5. 7, 11, 18-22 (AV); 0 food of men wayfaring (BBC HB 209) long wave only
Jeannie Ropson 's Little Failing by BRENDA MCBRYDE Read by Valerie Georgeson
'Jeannie had been washed and fed, dressed in a clean gingham frock, 'hen sent out to play while her mother got on with the washing. But this morning she was bored by her 3wn company. Racing hoops all by yourself was no fun.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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News, views and advice for consumers.
Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines
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Introduced by Margaret Percy Including
Parents' Postbag:
DR PENELOPE LEACH answers listeners' problems about their children.
Science Simplified: PETER EVANS looks at some recent scientific developments.
Blood on the Snow (13) long wave only
Silent Crying by BILL LYONS with and She's a wife and mother and feels that she has no identity of her own. Her husband makes the decisions and runs her life, so much so that she sees him in every male that she encounters, from her 8-year-old son to a man who picks her up in a bar. She feels useless and lonely but she's not completely defeated yet.
Directed by JANE MORGAN (Tom Wilkinson is member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company)
A weekly look at some of the people and places around the United Kingdom that don't always make the national headlines.
The Moonspinners (4)
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
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash.
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)
' It is little I repair to the matches '
Presented by Kit Wright Readers JILL BALCON and GEOFFREY COLLINS Producer ALEC REID
' My dearest friend... it is impossible to suppress my thoughts of affection. While breath animates my frame I shall ever love you.'
Michell Raper tells the strange story of the love affair between his ancestor,
Julia Woodforde , and the renegade monk, James Power.
Readers ELIZABETH PROUD SEAN BARRETT and NEVILLE PHILLIPS
Symphony No 8, in c minor (edited Nowak) London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DAVID NOLAN conducted by Klaus Tennstedt direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London (In association with Lambert and Butler)
Video Invaders
One in ten households in the UK will be able to choose their own TV entertainment by the end of next year.
Sales of video cassette recorders are heading for one million by Christmas, and already you can rent Superman or Wagner's Ring at your local shop. Cable television is piping recent films to your door and a ' dish ' in your back garden can tune you into international television. The much-postponed video disc and new record-plavinff systems are following closely.
Paul Vaughan reports on the implications of the video boom for the entertainment industries and to the viewer at home who can now decide what's on tonight.
Producers JOHN BOUNDY and RICHARD BANNF. RMAN
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup (4) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
