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Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day With ANNE INMAN
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.57 Weather; travel
in the first of four 'Adventures of the Palate', Fred Housego swops his cab for a pony to follow an old pack-horse trail in the North West. A smugglers route, it brought rum and brandy - and the spices of life - to Cumbrian kitchen and table.
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The Poor Man's Otter Whether regarded as a vicious predator or opportunistic hunter, the feral mink has found a home along British coastlines and river banks. Nigel Dunstone and John Birks explore the Galloway coast in search of this exotic vermin.
Presenter John Mills
Producer ANNE BLAIR gould BBC Bristol
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Six different sides of life across the Channel. 1: Le Flic - with a Human Facer
Every nation gets the police force it deserves - and most Frenchmen like their guardians of the peace to be stern. All the same, the police in France have mounted a campaign to give themselves a friendlier
. image. Le bobby - in Marseilles?
Producer Julian HALE long wave only
41 HELP! page 71
nem, p 84; 0 help us, Lord (BBC HB 336); Canticle 4; Luke 1. vv 5-17 (av); I'll praise my Maker (BP 36) long wave only
Nightlife by CHRIS KINSEY Read by Dilys Price Producer
HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
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Aseries of seven features about man's practical attempts over the centuries to create the ideal society.
1: GLORY Here! - The Millennium: Year One
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Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries.
Producer PETER HOARE
Questions, on a postcard, to- Enquire Within,
BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW long wave only
News, views and advice for consumers.
Including JILL TODD with the BBC Shopping Basket. Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather: travel programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor including
Dude Days at the Redneck Ranch: PETER SPINKS takes a holiday in cowboy style. David Scott on Insurance : what to do if you have a car accident.
Morgan's Passing (6) long wave only
Creative Writing a comedy by MARTVN WADE with Leonard has been made redundant. Life at home is not much fun since his wife took to religion, hotly pursued by their only son. When Phyllis isn't on her knees doing the housework. she's on her knees praying. So
Leonard decides to enrol for some adult education and chooses to study creative writing
Directed by CHERRY COOKSOM
Jennifer Curry on Hardy country
' He is a satirist with a lyrical touch; trenchant, ruthless, often very funny, sometimes very frightening; and he can write as a duck can
SWim.' (SEAN O'FAOLAIN) Angus Wilson was knighted in 1981 for his contribution to literature. In a special edition of Bookshelf, Frank Delaney talks to him about his hie and writings with Margaret Drabble Producer KATE FENTON
Berry and Co
Presenters
Susannah Simons and Robert Williams
5.50 Shipping forecast
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5.55 Weather: programme news
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 from your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)
Written by ANTON GILL
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
HELEN WALKER (soprano) BERNADETTE GREEVY (contralto)
RYLAND DAVIES (tenor)
THOMAS ALLEN (baritone) JUDITH REES
PAULA BOTT (sopranos) CLAIRE ALEXANDER TERESA PERRETT (contraltos)
NEIL MACKENZIE
JOHN POTTER (tenors) JONATHAN ROBARTS
RICHARD BOURNE (baritones) BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by VIVIEN DIXON conducted by BRIAN WRIGHT Part 1
The author and broadcaster
David Bean reflects on his unexpected experiences as a writer-in-residence in a public library. BBC Manchester
Part 2
(A public concert given on 4 April at the Royal Albert Hall , London)
John Morgan reporting
Laughter in the Dark (4) long ware only
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Presenter Anthony Howard. The result of the Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election is discussed and analysed by senior politicians and commentators.
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