6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Wendy Jones
6.45. Prayer for the Day
The Rev Richard Harries
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by Christopher Slade
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 102; The day is filled with splendour (up 84); Psalm 147, vv 12-20; Isaiah 6, VV 1-10 (AV); Through the night of doubt (BBC RB 186) long wave only
He Floats Through (he Air by VIRGINIA NEW1.IN Read by Jeff Rawle
Producer mitcu RAPER
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This week Jim Flegg turns his ear towards the remoter parts of wintry Britain to consider one of the most evocative sounds of nature - the calls of the wild swans. BBC Bristol (Repeot) long wave only
Presenter Bill Ereckon
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
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Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Mind Your Manners Politeness, courtesy or conditioning; are the social graces old-fashioned or necessary, and can they help young people get jobs? CHERYL ARMITAGE reports. Festive Food d la
Français: KEITH FLOYD and ROLY BARRINGTON discuss the culinary traditions of provincial France, and how they could make your Christmas cooking a little different.
Producer SARAH PITT BBC Bristol
Journey to Amrltsar (4) long wave only
To Kill a Town by DEREK RABY
How can you hold a towm hostage? It seems Impossible.
But suppose there really Is a carefully-laid and quite feasible plan, and suppose the identity of the town is unknown ... T As the deadline approaches, the search for the ' kidnapper becomes desperate.
with JILL LIDSTONB and MICHAEL GARNEB Directed by MARGARET ETALL
A series of six programmes
4: Herbal Brews
' In olden days we had to fend for ourselves. There's too much doctoring going on nowadays.'
Herbal remedies have been passed down for generations. Are they just old wives' tales, or do they really work?
Robert Eagle investigates Producer JUDE HOWELLS
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (10)
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news
Including Financial Report
Clive Jacobs brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport, and Tom Boswell tests the BMW 628. Producer STEPHEN PHELPS Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard Producer JOHN KNIGHT
(Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
(Repeated: Sat 3.30 pm)
from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sal 1.10 pm)
includes the Broadway cast recording of The
Pirates o/ Penzance with Linda Ronstadt , Kevin Kline and George Rose.
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer CARROLL MOORE
9.59 Weather
John Morgan reporting
with Bill Wallis
Sheila Steafel , David Tate Tim Brooke-Taylor and the music of DAVID FIRMAN
Written by GUY JENKIN JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK. JEREMY BROWNE
BOB SINFIELD , TONY SARCHET and PETER HICKEY Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)
The Poor Mouth (IP) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an Interlude
