A West Midlands edition presented by Martin Small BBC Birmingham
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The nation's leading industrialists, the Confederation of British Industry, are holding their annual conference in Eastbourne. How do thev view the economy and industry's future? John Timpson and the Today team are in Eastbourne to find out.
In London, Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day With DR JOHN NEWTON
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
with Christopher Slade
by WILKIE COLLINS
Read in three parts by David Markham
Producer MAURICE LEITCH
from Birmingham and a sample of second city greats to cheer you at home and the invited studio audience.
Producer PETER ESTALL
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NEM, p 34; Christ the Lord (BBC HB 101); Psalm 57; Jeremiah 18. vv 1-11 (AV); Come. ye faithful (BBC HB 123) long wave only
Diary of a Moorland
Winter by PAM SANDIFORD abridged in five episodes Read by Prunella Scales (1) Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
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Brian Johnston visits Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire. Its salt industry and brine baths have gone, leaving behind a fascinating history and a most elegant town. The BBC's Droitwich transmitter is a prominent landmark, and the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred
Heart and St Catherine, with its magnificent mosaic interior, is a must for any visitor.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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in Birmingham
Jenni Mills visits the Midlands to report on the everyday concerns of people; including a report on how you might use Citizens' Band Radio - legal from today.
Producer BHARAT PATEL Editor DAVID HARDING
Jeeves and the Feudal
Spirit by P. G. WODEHOUSE
1: The New Moustache
Adapted in six parts by RICHARD USBORNE
Producer DAVID HATCH
(First broadcast in 1979) 12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
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A special waterborne edition introduced from a narrowboat in the Gas
Street Basin in the centre of Birmingham by Maureen Staffer.
Featuring the joys and pitfalls of life afloat, the words and music that the canals have inspired in the past and today, and the traditions of Britain's waterways and the people who keep them alive.
Producer PETER WINDOWS BBC Birmingham Blood on the Snow by EMANUEL LITVINOFF abridged in 15 parts by JACK SINGLETON
Read by JOHN BENNETT (15) long wave onty
The Hessian by HOWARD FAST
A six-part series about unpopular jobs.
4: Brian Wigley , Bailiff Producer John STANLEY BBC Birmingham
The Moonspinners by MARY STEWART abridged in 11 parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by FRANCES JEATER (6) Producer DAVID JOHNSTON
Presenters Gordon Dough and Peter Ruff on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
(Repeated: rues 1.40 pm)
(Revised repeat of 9.5 am)
by Brian Thompson
Duncan's new conservatory is large and luxurious. His neighbours can't help admiring it, even though the modern sculpture which stands in the centre of the floor looks suspiciously like a ventilator.
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm) (The cast are members of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round Company at Scarborough)
reviews BBC2 ten-hour drama of blood, intrigue and infamy, The Borgias; talks to Dr Roy Strong about the spectacular exhibition Splendours of the Gonzaga at the Victoria and Albert Museum ; and to the ghotographer Koloff enny, about his visual evocation of The
Churches of Rome.
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer JOHN POWELL Editor ROSEMARY HART
with Alexander MacLeod Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNI
Presented by Peter Evans Producer RICHARD ELLIS
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup (6) long wave only
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It was in the unlikely setting of a fish and chip shop in the Scilly Isles that Jonathan Steinberg first came across the poetry of Tony Armstrong. Earlier this year, he revisited the Scillies to find out more about him and his writing.
Producer FRASER STEEL
BBC Manchester
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
