Chanson de matin: Soliloquy for Oboe: Woodland Interlude
(Caractacus); Contrasts (The Gavotte)
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR gramophone record
6.25 Shipping forecast long ware only
Presenters Peter Mayne and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by Christopher slade preceded by There is a green hill far away
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.57 Weather: travel: continental travel
by Anthony Smith
from the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford
Precentor THE REV CANON RICHARD IIANFORD Reader The Dean
THE VERY REV A. C. BRIDGE Litany (Loosemoore) Epistle: Hebrews 10, VV 1-25 (AV)
Gospel: John 19, vv 1-37 (AV)
Creed: Collegium Regale (Howells)
Hymns (Ell): Drop, drop slow tears (98): When I survey the wondrous cross (107)
Anthem: Salvator Mundi (Blow)
Organist and Master of the Choristers PHILIP MOORF.
Sub-organist PETER WRIGIIT
For Holy Week, RICHARD SYMS reads from the homilies of Fr Joseph Donders
The Stranger Dies
followed b.y travel
... or perhaps birds of the week, as Jim Flegg looks at two warblers - the blackcap and chiffchaff.
BBC Bristol
Presenter Bill Brcckon
Crime
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake
1.55 Shipping forecast long nave only
' And they brought him lo a place called
Golgotha which means
" me place of a skull " and they crucified him
... And it was the third hour when they crucified him....'
In this meditation for the Last Hour of Jesus on the Cross, Bishop Patrick Harris looks at some of the images used by Jesus to explain his own death and considers how the death of Christ affects our relationships with each other.
Producer david craig BBC Manchester
followed by travel
Charley's Aunt by BRANDON THOMAS a version for radio by david buck withandJack and Charley, students at Oxford in 1892, are hopelessly in love with Kitty and Amy. The problem - how to get a moment alone with them to declare their undying passion. The solution - Charley's aunt.
Directed by GORDON house A World Service drama production
when Anne Gregg evokes the mood of the season.
Six programmes on dialects and accents 1: The Real Speech of England
Are we in the last days of dialect? With the help of BBC Local Radio archives, Brian Redhead sets out to explore this question and to discover the differences between dialect and accent - Locally Speaking
Consultant MALCOLM petyt Producers Arthur wood and CHRISTOPHER STONE
The Last Resort by PAMELA HANSFOKD JOHNSON abridged for radio in 13 parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by MARIAN DIAMOND (13)
Producer JANE MORUAN
Presenters Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC newsmen around the world.
with Clive Jacobs
This week the programme comes from the International Motorcycle Show which opened at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham today. Tom Boswell looks at some of the new bikes on offer and tests the Yamaha SR125cc, one of the machines suitable for learner motorcyclists.
Plus continental travel. Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD
with Margaret Howard Producer BRIAN COOK
(Repeated: Sat 11.0 am)
A personal portrait in conversation, recollection and anecdote.
Lord Soper Glcnda Jackson Kobin Ray and Delta O'Cathain tackle the issues raised by the audience from Hatch End, Middlesex
Chairman David Jacobs Producer Carole stone BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The invasion of the Falkland Islands
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands, the escalating nuclear arms race between America and Russia, and the re-emergence of the battleship as a weapon of war.
by Alistair Cooke
Queen of the High Cs Birgit Nilsson has dominated the operatic scene for 30 years with a repertoire which includes all the major Wagner and Strauss roles as well as Mozart. Puccini and Verdi. Michael Oliver talks to the Swedish soprano about how she chooses her music, keeps her natural voice in trim and about the artists and producers she has worked with, including Wieland Wagner. Producer john BOUNDY
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
A ' really special' comedy show with Denise Coffey
Alison Steadman
Emma Thompson and Nicholas le Prcvost Producer jan RAVENS
Gorky Park by MARTIN CRUZ SMITH abridged in 20 episodes by KEITH DARVILL Read by GAVIN CAMPBELL (20)
Producer maurice LEITCH
A new series of music for the late hours. Recordings by some of the finest small groups of the last 40 years.
Presenter Michael Bowen Producer Brian PATTEN BBC Bristol
A meditation for Good Friday evening led by Fr Desmond Wilson
BBC Northern Ireland
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
