6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
C.45* Prayer for the Day with PIERS PLOWRIGHT
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.57 Weather; travel
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Nigel Recs continues his investigations into the workings of local government. He asks what local councils do and how well they're doing it and, by talking to councillors, officials and ratepayers, discovers there's more to democracy than emptying dustbins This week: Is it Legal, is it Honest?
Reporter Kevin Mulhern Producer MAGGIE REDFERN long wave only
NEM, p 93; God is my strong salvation (BBC HB 453); salm 90, vv 1-12; I John 1, v 1 to 2, v 2
(AV); 0 thou not made with hands (BBC HB 180) long wave only
The Late Amos Loft by GRAHAM ENGLAND
Read by Douglas Leach Producer
SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol
followed by travel long wave only
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Let Nell Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries.
Producer ANNE MORRISON long wave only
Including JILL TODD with the BBC Shopping Basket. Presenter Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Laura de Vere
Including Sally Thompson and Liz Mardall reporting on aspects of this confusing and contradictory country, where women can be bought and sold, hump bricks on building sites, or become Prime Minister. Get Ready for Battle (11) long wave only
followed by travel
by James Parkinson and John Owen
with Michael Cochrane as George Harper, Lockwood West as Major Valentine and Rosalind Adams as Laura Cameron
Even though it's Deauville in 1932 where just about anything goes, why is dashing young Harper gambling his last sou away like there's no tomorrow? And why does he so desperately want Laura to have a lobster dinner with him? Above all, what sinister reason can he possibly have for making that bizarre request of dear old Major Valentine?
A weekly look at some of the people and the places that don't always make the national headlines.
The Canon in Residence (7)
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
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week'sAnyQuestions? Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Norman Tozcr with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated; Sat 7.50 am)
Written by TERRY JAMES
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
Charles Matz discusses the nature of poetry as sound.
Readers HUGH DICKSON ANTHONY HYDE and EVE KARPF
Producer ALEC REID
includes reviews of Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress by Ciaire Bloom who, at the age of 19, was chosen by Chaplin to play the role of a dancer in his film Limelight; and A Touch of the Memoirs, the first volume of Donald Sinden 's autobiography which includes his account of filming the Doctor series at Pinewood Studios. Presenter
Jeffrey Richards
Producer ANNE WINDER
direct from the Victoria Hall
Alfred Brcndel (piano)
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra leader DENNIS Simons conductor Gunther Herbig Part 1 Wagner Prelude: Lohengrin
Mozart Piano Concerto No 20, in D minor (K 466)
Short-story writer John Morrow explains what it meant * to be saved ' in Northern Ireland in his youth. He recalls how, as a boy, he accompanied his parents to hear a travelling preacher and the euphoria this kind of man generated in Belfast. Producer MARTIN DILLON BBC Northern Ireland
Part 2 Brahms Symphony No 1, in c minor BBC Manchester (A public concert promoted by Stoke and Newcastle Festival with the financial assistance of Lloyds Bank)
Stephen Milligan reporting including weather
Gorky Park (4) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
