6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day
With Phoebe Hesketh
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by Peter Donaldson
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
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Ten programmes about people who are successful against the odds.
In ten years, Derek Birkin has turned Tunnel Holdings - a conglomerate based on cement manufacture - into one of Britain's international successes. Frank Delaney analyses how he has managed it despite the economic climate.
BBC Birmingham
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NEM. p 93; Lo, God is here! (BBC HB 264); Psalm 11; Isaiah 5, vv 13-16, 20-24 (AV); Jesus, these eyes have never seen (Bp 44) long wave only
The Charity Trap by PAT BURCHARD
Read by June Barrie Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
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Including Jill Todd and the BBC Shopping Basket
Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Sue MaeGregor , including Tanzania Link: an educational visit with a difference - pupils and teachers from Stantonbury Campus School report on a month spent living and working alongside Tanzanians in their schools and villages.
Dos, Don'ts and Dodges: BETTY FOSTER with some useful dressmaking tips. Journey to Amritsar (3) long wave only
The Woman's Hour Book, £6 50, from booksellers
Lifeboat by NICK DARKE
In storm conditions, Trevose coastguard receives an urgent call from a distressed cargo ship, the Monika Rose. One more rescue operation is under way for the men of the Padstow lifeboat.
Although fictional, this is an authentic account of such an operation.
Directed by BRIAN MILLER 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.
Presenter Frank Delaney
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (9)
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world including
Financial Report
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 TERRY JAMES (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. He presents, with Artemis Cooper , some of his favourite poems from the collection.
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
includes Gypsy, starring Noele Gordon and Fiona Fullerton , at the Haymarkct Theatre, Leicester.
Presenter Richard Mayne Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Yuri Temirkanov direct from the Royal Festival Hall. London Miriam Fried (violin) Part 1
Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
While travelling through Pakistan. Leslie Gardiner takes a ride on an excursion train and finds all quiet on the North-West Frontier. Producer joiin ARNOTT BBC Scotland
Part 2
Ravel Suite: Mother Goose Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1945)
John Morgan reporting including Weather
The Poor Mouth (9) ; long wave only
long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
