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Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV FRANCIS PALMER
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45*Thought for the Day
A weekly investigation into the problems of listeners which can include being the victims of unfair dealings, sharp practice, injustice and even fraud.
Presenter Roger Cook
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The fourth of ten programmes
John Ridgway
After rowing the Atlantic with Chay Blyth in 1966, JOHN RIDGWAY was looking for another challenge ... and found it in his School of Adventure, which he set up at Ardmore, not far from Cape Wrath.
Frank Delaney visits the School and assesses its success in the impact on the ' pupils
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham long wave only
nem, p 9; Nature with open volume stands (BP 63); Psalm 65; Genesis 8, vv 15-22 and 9, vv 12-15 (rsv); Thou, whose almighty word (BBC HB 185) long wave only
Cautionary Tale by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Garard Green Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
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Including JILL TODD and the BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor , including Profit and Pleasure: JILL COCHRANE checks up on the progress of the Women's Institute markets.
Dear Father Christmas:, ELAINE MOSS and MARY CADOGAN suggest some books for children. Secret Places (8) long wave only
Mother Care by TIM ASPINALL with Petra Malcolm as Rose and Elizabeth Bell as Kay Rose , a sixth-former at a girls' public school in London, is awaiting the results of a scholarship to Cambridge. When James and Kay, her thoroughly nice middle-class, liberal-minded parents learn that Rose is about to become a mother, they aren't quite sure how to react.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol
A weekly look at some of the people and the places around the United Kingdom that don't always make the national headlines.
Wild Strawberries (.3)
Presenters Gordon Clough and Robert Williams on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
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: Sat 7.50 am)
written by DEBBIE COOK
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
John Julius Norwich keeps a ' commonplace book ' from which, each year, he compiles a Christmas gift for his friends. In the first of six programmes he presents, with Artemis Cooper , some of his favourite poems from the collection.
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Has the Romantic English Garden had its Day? Fred Whitsey looks at changing horticultural fashions and attempts to plot the path that style may take in the future.
leader BARRY WILDE conducted by Christopher Seaman with Emanuel Ax (piano) direct from the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 31, in D major (Horn Signal) Mozart Piano Concerto No 17, in G major (K 453)
The fourth of six talks given by people who have been on personal journeys of discovery. The naturalist,
Michael Clegg , curator of the Yorkshire Museum, York, talks about his journey through the natural world. Series producer DAVID PEET BBC Wales
Part 2
Delius Two Aquarelles Bizet Symphony in c major
BBC Manchester
includes Funeral Games, a new novel by Mary Renault , set in Babylon immediately after the death of Alexander the Great.
Presenter Richard Mayne Producer RICHARD DUNN
John Morgan reporting
The Magic Glass (4) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
