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Presenters: Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45 Prayer for the Day with the Rev. Adam Ford
7.00, 8.00 Today's News, read by Bryan Martin
7 30, 8 30 News headlines
7.45 Thought for the Day

Part 9

Les Dawson invites you to join him in listening to some entertainers and comedians who make him laugh, including the Voices Of JACK BENNY , ROBB WILTON.
TONY HANCOCK , NORMAN EVANS , GERARD HOFFNUNG and W. C. FIELDS.
Producer Phyllis ROBINSON (B'cast New Year's Eve) long wave only

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Seven years ago when Alun Wigley was 3, his parents learned he and his younger brother
Geraint were both dying of a rare genetic disease. Ever since,
Dafydd Wigley , mp, and his wife Elinor Bennett. an international harpist, have worked to give their two healthy children a normal upbringing, whilst making life as happy as possible for Alun and Geraint.
Reporter David Williams Producer MEGAN EMERY long wave only

NEM, p 106: Lord, we are blind (BP 59): Psalm 23;
Hebrews 9. vv 13-26 (RSV); Shepherd divine, our wants relieve (BBC hb 348) long leave only

A Five-Set Match by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Peggy Ann Wood Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

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Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries.
Producer JEREMY BIRCHALL lona wave only

News, views and advice forconsumers.-TODI) and IncludingJILLTODDand
Presenter Jenni Mills

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Presenter Robin Day withvoicesandtopicsin and behind the headlines

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Introduced by Sue MacGregor , including Talkina point on columnists,CLARE
SHEPHERD and VAL MARRIOTT , discuss the suggestions they give to correspondents with this problem.
Give a Dog a Bad Namer RON ALLDRIDGE reassesses some animal reputations. 4: The Rat Catriona by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON abridged in 14 parts by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by John Samson (1) A sequel to Kidnapped, being ' Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad....'
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by Stephen Wyatt
with Joyce Carey as Evelyn and Robert Glenister as Roger

A trouble shared is a trouble halved and sometimes the most unlikely people can be the most helpful. When 20-year-old Roger, obsessed with adolescent angst, is introduced to a sprightly woman in her 80s, he discovers to his delighted surprise that he has found a real friend and confidante.

A weekly look at some of the people and the places around the United Kingdom that don't always make the national headlines.

with Frank Delaney

The Rover (9)

Presenters
Robert Williams and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
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Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world 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 from your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)

Written by JAMES ROBSON BBC Birminoham
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:

To help prepare for the New Year.
Simon Brett presents a selection of useful verse. The first in this programme is concerned with cookery. Headers ukather BELL DAVID URIKRI. EY STKLLA FORGE
DAVID GOODERSON WENDY MURRAY and JOHN rye
Producer ALEC REID

leader uhendan o'brien conducted by Toniasz Bugaj
Philip Fowke (piano) direct from the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Strauss Suite: Der
Rosenkavalier. Op 59
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

' We may come to posh tastes by not very posh routes at all. Heavy Metal isn't the only music for rebellion
Halla Beloff reflects on the way that for young promenaders, balletomanes and others, the arts can be a useful means of establishing personal identity.

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Elgar Serenade in E minor. Op 20, for strings Rimsky-Korsakov
Spanish Caprice, Op 34 BBC Bristol

A nightly review of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
9.59 Weather

with Alexander MacLeod with voices and opinions from around the world

Rogue Male (9) long wave only

Radio 4 international business report; market trends long leave only

The 1914-18 war has been recalled mainly in the writings and reminiscences of the men who fought in France. But women too shared the suffering, the heartbreak and the loss.
This programme attempts to put the record straight, with readings from Scars Upon My
Heart, a new anthology of women's poetry and verse of the First World
War, and from Vera Brittain 's recently published war diary, Chronicle of youth.
Readers ELIZABETH BELL ANNETTE CKOSBIE ANNE HARVEY
Researched by ANNE HARVEY
Producer ANNE HOWELLS

Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude