6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and Libby Purves
6.45* Prayer for the Day with RABBI LIONEL BLUK
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
and company in conversation.
Producer BILL ROGERS
broadcast Sun 2.2 pm)
nem, p 118; The star of morn has risen (BBC : hb 410); Psalm 91, vv 1-13; Isaiah 10, vv 5-7. 12-15, 24-26, 33 (AV); Fight the good fight with all thy might (BBC hb 302) long wave only
The Fall written and read by Angela Huth
long wave only
long wave only
Presenter Bill Breckon
A serial in five parts by Chris Boucher
with Patrick Mower and Helen Atkinson Wood
Ruth Cobb's brother has died in mysterious circumstances while on a sea voyage from
Australia to England. Now someone wants something that Ruth has got and her own life is suddenly in danger.
(Broadcast Sun 6.15pm)
12.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor , including Guest of the Week: Dorothy Webster ,
President of the Royal College of Midwives. Ghost Writers (1):
SONIA BEESLEY seeks out the anonymous speech writers, whose clients range from best men to Prime Ministers.
Gadgets Galore.': DAPHNE METLAND picks her way through the range of electrical implements now available to the cook. 4: Electric Frypan Winter Garden (2) long wave only
Madam's Good Girl by JACK KLAFF with Estelle Kohler as Margaret Margaret has lived a comfortable life in South Africa. It comes as a shock to find she is poor. She can only just afford to keep her servant
Directed by PETER KING
Robert Fox visits four of the great cities of northern Italy to see how much of their past glory lives on today. 2: Ferrara
The first planned city of modern Europe, whose renaissance walls still guard the delights of her secret gardens and orchards.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (13)
Presenters Robert Williams and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Andrew Cruickshank in Saints and Sinners with Joe Dunlop
Nancy Mitchell , John Kane Sandra Clark , Fraser Kerr Written by DONALD BULL Producer EDWARD TAYLOR (Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm) (Andrew Cruickshank is a National Theatre player)
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
Presenter Roger Cook Producer John EDWARDS
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)
The Two-Edged Sword
Six talks by Professor Laurence Martin, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, on armed force in the modern world.
5: Not for the Sake of Their Blue Byes
'Perhaps the bete noire of the enthusiast for disarmament is the so-called arms race.
However, we are far from certain there is any persistent phenomenon deserving that name and we certainly have a very imperfect grasp of the psychological and political mechanisms at work. This suggests a little caution in endorsing a cure.'
(This lecture will appear in the LISTENER, 10 Dec)
On Sunday, BBC2 will show A Midsummer Night's Dream, the third play in this season's BBC Television Shakespeare series.
Frances de la Tour, who played Helena in Peter Brook 's 1970 production, introduces the play and its characters.
Dr FitzGerald's Crusade
Since his election in the summer, the Irish Prime Minister, Dr Garret FitzGerald , has been moving cautiously towards a new initiative on Northern Ireland. Can he amend the Republic's constitution on contentious subjects like divorce? Would the changes influence the North? What are the implications of the new Anglo-Irish Council?
Robert Kee reports on Dr FitzGerald's chances of success.
Producer CAROLINE THOMSON (Repeated: Thurs 11.5 am)
Presenter Paul Allen Producer JOHN BOUNDY
9.59 Weather
John Morgan reporting
The Orchid Trilogy (2) long wave only
long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
