News, weather, papers and sport
Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
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BBC correspondents around the world cast their collective eye over a contemporary issue.
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL long wave only
NEM, p 84; Forgive our sins as we forgive (ep
20); Psalm 142; Jeremiah 17, vv 5-14 (av); Just as I am. without one plea (BBC HB 292) long wave only
The Depths of Fear by ADRIAN VINCENT Read by John Westbrook
' I was swinging gently with the rolling of the waves in a cradle of darkness. I thought they've all gone down with her, all my good friends and shipmates. I'm going to drown, I thought....
Then I woke up.'
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A selection of personal experiences with wild creatures.
Malcolm Coe chooses foam frogs.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol long wave only
News, views and advice for consumers
Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
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from Manchester with Marjorie Lofthouse Just a Coincidence - or is it?: BRENDA KIDMAN investigates the ' notable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection '.
Cabbages and Coronets: a Morecambe greengrocer has spent years proving his claim to the historic title, Earl of Essex. As he prepares to take his seat in the House of Lords, BOB CAPELL and his
Countess, DORIS talk to MARTIN HENFIELD.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
Blood on the Snow (14) long wave only
Face Value by ROY KENDALL with Michael Aldridge and Ann Windsor
The thought of a lonely old man living in squalor is liable to prompt well-meaning people to offer help, but what if the home and the person are filthy from choice? The uneasy relationship which Joy establishes with Max has a profound effect on both their lives.
Directed by MARGARET ETALL
The story of two young fashion designers bidding to turn flair into big money'.
' Ally Capellino ' (Alison Lloyd , 25, and Jono Platt , 26) - with a growing British reputation behind them - head out to Paris for the first time to make an international name. Will the buyers buy? Will the press feature their collection? Will anyone notice them at all? Anne Gregg follows their bid for fame from the pencil sketch to the Paris catwalk. Producer
JULIAN HALE
(Repeated: Sat 11.15 pm)
The Moonspinners (5)
Presenters
Susannah Simons and Gordon Clough on VHF until 5.55
5.59 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world including
Financial Report
As the first Anglo-Japanese car, the Triumph Acclaim, starts to appear on British roads, Richard Hudson -Evans is in Tokyo to find out about the Japanese and their car industry at the Tokyo
Motor Show. Producer
STEPHEN PHELPS
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repealed: Mon 1.40 pm)
Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from the BBC radio and television programmes over the pastsevendays.
Producer ANNE MORRISON
A personal portrait
Peter Jay
Katharine Whitehorn Claire Rayner and Jeffrey Archer tackle the issues raised by the audience at Colchester, Essex
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
includes a new production of Charpentier's opera Louise with Valerie Masterson. by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum; and Shaw's Heartbreak House at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, with Eleanor Bron and Alfred Burke.
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer CARROLL MOORE
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world.
An irreverently critical look back at the week's news. with Bill Wallis
Sheila Steafel David Tate and Geoffrey McGivern with the music of DAVID FIRMAN
Written by GUY JENKIN JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, JEREMY BROWNE
BOB SINFIELD , TONY SARCHET and PETER HICKEY Producer
JIMMY MULVILLE
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup (5) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude