News, weather, papers and sport
Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
Producers
LESLIE COTTINGTON and MARTIN SMALL
6.25 Shipping forecast long trace only
Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV CANON JOHN SMITH
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
with Wednesday's confection of conversation consequential and inconsequential.
Producer BILL ROGERS
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nem, p 71; Rise, my soul (BP 74); Psalm 145, vv 1-13; 1 Corinthians 3, vv 10-23 (av); The church of God (BBC HB 183) long wave only
Where Did it Get Me? by BRIAN GLANVILLE
Read by Peter Craze
' What we'd do, we'd have him on a bit. We'd say,
" Not the same now, is it Tommy? They don't play this game like they used to " And he'd always fall for it, he'd say, " There's no comparison! Football now. it isn't a game for grown-up men. I only wish I could come back, I'd walk through it-any of us would! " ' Producer MITCH RAPER
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News, views and advice for consumers.
Presenter Jennl Mills
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Robin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor Including
Guest of the Week:
Charlotte Lessing , editor of Good Housekeeping magazine, which celebrates its Diamond Anniversary in March. The Kage Syndrome: in Crufts week, KAREN DECO investigates a disturbing new symptom in some pedigree dogs. Stepping (6) long wave only
by R.E.T. Lamb
with Mary Wimbush as Corrinda and Patricia Hayes as Jane
Miss Corrinda Niles is Anglo-Indian and until Independence in 1947 has worked for the Indian Civil Service. Since she has always regarded England as home, she anticipates a warm welcome when she retires to Ivy Lea House near Wolverhampton, 'a private place of retirement for professional ladies'.
BBC Bristol
The Aquarium
Piranhas and rays surround education officer Michael Boorer this week, as he visits the Aquarium at London Zoo - and explains why leopard sharks never swim the same way twice!
Producer ANNE BLAIR COULD BBC Bristol
An Old Captivity (3)
Presenters
Gordon Clough and Robert Williams on VHF until5.55
S.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge
Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden In the chair
John Julius Norwich
Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
Executive producer BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
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 Producer JOHN EDWARDS
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)
In the last of his documentaries about the history of British intelligence since the Second World War,
Dr Christopher Andrew argues that the traditional secrecy and independence of the security services are now under threat- and for very good reasons.
Producer PETEREVERETT BBC Manchester
'The night O'Toole played Macbeth and the audience died laughing.' So said the Daily Mirror of his famous performance. Show more
by Anthony Smith
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Reporter Libby Purves
Producer GERRY NORTHAM BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Thurs 11.5 am)
includes Landscer, a major reassessment of the work of the Victorian painter,
Sir Edwin Landseer , at the Tate
Gallery; and The Wider Sea, a new biography of John Ruskin by John Dixon Hunt.
Presenter Natalie Wheen Producer
CLARE SELERIEGREY
John Morgan reporting and voices and opinions from around the world
Charmed Lives (3) long ware only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
