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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6 45* Prayer for the Day THE REV MICHAEL MAYNE
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

What makes a good night out - a visit to the theatre, a dinner party with friends, a game of darts at the local? in the first of four programmes,
Laurie Taylor , Professor of Sociology at York
University, nervously tries out for himself some of the less usual ways in which people enjoy themselves.
This week: A Stag Night Boxing Dinner producer JENNY DE YONG long wave only

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Nigel flees continues his investigations into the workings of local government.
This week: Is Your
Council Really Necessaryt Reporter Kevin Mulhern Producer MAGGIE REDFERN long wave only

NEM, p 17; The God whom earth andsea (BBCHB 239); Psalm 33. vv 13-21; Luke w 26-38 (av); Sing of the Lord most high (Bp 76) long wave only

Farewell to Blencathra by DAVID BEAN
Read by Simon Molloy
Producer GILLIAN HUSH
BBC Manchester

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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 A New
Retirement Home?
4: Choosing a New Home Andy Price advises on what to look for in a retirement home.
Plus JILL TODD with the BBC Shopping Basket. Presenter Jcnnl Mills

12.55 Weather; travel; programme news

Presenter Robin Day

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Introduced by Sue MacGregor , including New Sewers for Old: GILL nevill down a sewer discovers how science is giving our ageing sewerage system a new lease of life.
Catch a Craft (4): SALLY TARRANT-WILLIS suggests papier machê. The Upas Tree by EVA HANAGAN abridged in nine parts by MONICA GREY Read by Georgine Anderson (1) ' Ishbel had resigned herself to the fact that her mother had no intention of renovating the kitchen. It was not, as she pointed out. as though they had to consider the foibles of domestic staff. Since Ishbel had given up business and could devote her time to running their home, the days of dependency on servants were mercifully over.' (Music: Rimsky-
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Two Stops on the Piccadilly by PETER SIMPKIN
A bottle smashes. Blood flows. A young man loses the sight of one eye. His father sets out to find the thugs who attacked his son. The thugs turn out to be soccer fans.
The question is whether to try and understand them or to take revenge?
Sergeant GEORGE PARSONS Directed by PETER KING

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

The Last Resort (2)

Presenters Robert Williams 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

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 for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)

Charles Matz discusses the nature of poetry as sound.
Readers ANTIIONY HYDE and EVE KARPF
Producer ALEC REID

celebrates the Festival of India and reviews In the Image of Man. a major exhibition of 2,000 years of Indian painting and sculpture, at the Hayward Gallery, London.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer jane stenning

leader GEOFFREY TRABICIIOFF conducted by Sir Charles Groves
Peter Donohoe (piano) direct from the MacRoberl Arts Centre, University of Stirling Part 1
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in c major

Short-story writer Sam McAughtry was born 60 years ago in Tiger Bay, Belfast. He says
Protestants in the neighbourhood were so disadvantaged, they lived like Catholics. He examines the reasons for this and the ways In which it was manifested. Producer MARTIN DILLON BBC Northern Ireland

Part 2
Haydn Symphony No 88, in G major
Elgar The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2
BBC Scotland followed by an interlude

John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world

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Presenter Anthony Howard The result of the Glasgow Hillhead by-election is discussed and analysed by senior politicians and commentators. Producer
CAROLINE MILLINGTON
Weather report; forecast
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