6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and Hugh Sykes
6.45* Prayer for the Day With PEGGY MAKINS
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thouaht for the Dav
8.57 Weather; travel
plus Libby Purves with birthday interview.
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visits Tyne and Wear members of the Whickham Gardeners Association put their questions to
Bill Sowerbutts
Professor Alan Gemmell and Geoffrey Smith
Questionmaster Ken Fora BBC Manchester
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nem. p 30; 0 Lamb of God
(BBC hb 530); Psalm 22. I Samuel 17. vv 38b-51
(rsv); 0 for a faith that will not shrink (BBC HB 310): long wave only
The Priest of Puylaroque by ALPHONSE DAUDET translated by HARRY BALL Read by David Marsh
followed by travel long wave only
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including Coping with Exams with MARGARET PERCY
3: The Day of the Exam Presenter Bill Breekon
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sjr Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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with Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Chrlstopher Warren-Green , leader of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Superstore: SUSAN MARLING looks behind the scenes at the building of a new one. A portrait of Julie (2) long wave only
Hanging On by PETER GIBBS
Wilf Angel and his son Frank specialise in demolishing factory chimneys. Wilf refuses to accept that he should be taking a less active role. with disastrous consequences....
Directed by KAY PATRICK OBC Manchester
Seven programmes with Doet George MacBeth 5: Birds
Readers JILL BALCON and RONALD PICKUP Producer ALEC REID
Fragments from a full life The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in America
Catalina (8)
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
Health
Frank Muir and Alfred Marks skip through the comic literature on the subject. making notes in the margin of jokes, quotes, newspaper clippings and recorded humour from PETER COOK and DUDLEY MOORE. JEREMY TAYLOR , MIKE NICHOLS and ELAINE MAY The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. (VOLTAIRE) Written by FRANK MUIR and SIMON BRETT
Producer PETE ATKIN i Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
A series of weekly investigations jnto the problems of listeners. Presenter Roger Cook
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 am)
Eight documentaries
4: The Food, the Fed and the Feeders
In Europe and America there are stocks of unused food. while in many poor countries of the ' South ' some people starve. The world as a whole now produces enough to feed its entire population, yet it often proves difficult to distribute food to those who need it most. Should the ' North sell more food to the South '? Or give more? And how far can the poorer countries of the ' South ' solve their own food problems?
Written and presented by Emanuel de Kadt and Daniel Snowman
ProducerDANIEL SNOWMAN
The last in a series of six programmes in which Marian Foster presents the showcase for amateur choirs. Merry madrigals and soulful spirituals are examples from the repertoire the choirs sing to the highest standards for their enjoyment and yours.
This week:
The St Cecilia Singers conductor
ANDREW MILLINGTON
RobertSmyth School Choir conductor BARRY CLARK JAMES WALKER (piano) Producer IAN CARSON BBC Bristol
The Spanish Army from Franco to NATO
Alexander MacLeod looks at the army in Spain, its history and its peculiar position at the heart of the Spanish state.
Producer DAVID POWELL
includes reviews of Robert Graves : His Life and Works, a new biography of the poet, novelist, translator and scholar by Martin Seymour-Smith : and The Living Arts, the work of ten master craftsmen who have come from various regions of India to work at the Serpentine Gallery as part of the Festival of India.
Presenter Paul Allen
Producer CARROLL MOORE
Charles Wheeler reporting
When William Came (3) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
