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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6 45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES 7 0, 8 0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7 30. 8.39 News headlines
7.45. Thought for the Day
8.57 Weather; travel
Tom Vernon with your criticisms and comments about BBC radio and tv. Producer susan snailum (Repeated: Sat 4.15 pm) long wave only
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BBC correspondents around the world cast their collective eye over a contemporary issue.
A Radio News production by RICHARD ANTHONY BAKER long wave only
NEM. p 71; 0 Lord our God, arise (BBC hb 25); Psalm 145, vv 13-21; 1 Peter 5, vv i-14 (rsv); Before the almighty Father's throne (BBC HB 452) long wave only
The Woman in the Orange Shawl by BARBARA CROWTHER
Read by Sheila Mitchell
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A portrait of u. w TILMAN with Anthony Bate as ' Bill . Tilman
On 1 November 1977 the En Avant, a steel tug converted to a gaff-nggea cutter, sailed from Rio for the Falkland Islands. She never reached her destination. Neither the En Avant nor any of her crew were heard of again. Among those on board had been a short, tough, wiry man of nearly 80, with a sharp, weather-beaten face. His name was H. W. Tilman. John Snelling presents a portrait of this remarkable man who, for almost 60 years, led a life of adventure and exploration. Producer JOHN knight i Broadcast Tues 8.20 pm) lung wave only
Jim Flegg today turns to the ' bird-watcher's barometer ' - the lapwing or maybe you know it as the peewit or green f ilover, whose appearance n large flocks often portends severe weather. BBC Bristol long wave only
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The Single Parent
5: Help and Support Faced with raising a family single-handed, where is help to be found?
Jenny Danks reports
Presenter Bill Breckon For a fact sheet on this series write to: You and Yours, Broadcasting
House, London W1A 1AA
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
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Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
JEAN SHRIMPTON at home in Cornwall.
City of Bath: gracious living in Royal Crescent; new tunes from the Pump Room Trio.
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
Get Ready for Battle <7) long wave only
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by Agatha Christie
A foggy night... a lonely country house ... and a woman with a gun in her hand quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. She has obviously murdered him. But then nothing is obvious in an Agatha Christie thriller....
Adapted for radio and directed by Gordon House.
What Can We Dot
In the final programme In this four-part series, Margaret Percy looks at ways of dealing with crime. Can you personally protect yourself against it? And If you do become a victim, what should the law and the community do to help? Producer
KATHLEEN CHEESMONO
The Canon in Residence (4)
Presenters Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world, including Financial Report
Clive Jacobs brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport, and Tom Boswell tests the Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.35 Producer STEVE PHELPS Editor ROGER macdonald
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard Producer ANNE Morrison
A personal portrait
A panel including The Rt lion Enoch Powell , mp and Dick Taverne , qc tackle the issues raised by the audience at Bradford, West Yorkshire
Chairman David Jacobs Producer carols STONE BBC Bristol
includes a review of The Little Foxes,
Lillian Hellman 's play which brings Elizabeth Taylor to the London stage after rave reviews on Broadway. Presenter
Sheridan Morley
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
John Morgan reporting
with Bill Wallis
David Tate , Jon Glover and Tracey Ullman
Written by BOB sinfield , TONY SARCHET ,
JAMES HENDRIE , JOHN LANGDON RICHARD QUICK , ALISTAIR BEATON , PETER HICKEY
JOHN REVELL , DAVE DIXON and others Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
A Confederacy of Dunces by JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE abridged in 15 parts by LINDA TAYLOR
Read by KERRY shale (15) Producer ROGER PINE BBC Birmingham long wave- only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
