News, weather, papers and sport
Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather.
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Presenters Brian Redhead and Wendy Jones
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIIS
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
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7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day
8.57 Weather: travel; continental travel
by Anthony Smith
First of six programmes
BBC correspondents around the world cast their collective eye over a contemporary issue.
A Radio News production by RICHARD ANTHONY BAKER
NEM, page 5; Give to our God immortal praise (BBC HB 6): Psalm 19. vv 1-11: Acts 10, vv 34-48 (RSV); 0 thou not made with hands (BBC HB 180)
Prayer book. New Every Morning, £2.00 from booksellers long wave only
The Facts of Life by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Read by Garard Green Producer MITCH RAPER
followed by travel
It was my task to make observations and take photographs of what I thought was beautiful and the most beautiful thing I saw was the Earth.Thebluesand greens of the oceans.
The tans of the deserts and the mountains. It really did look like a Christmas tree hanging in the blackness of space. To see it so small and so far away brought me back with a new appreciationoftheEarth and everything we have on the Earth.'
(AMERICAN ASTRONAUT)
Chris Bonington sets out to discover the reasons for humans' unquenchable desire to explore the most inhospitable regions of this planet and beyond. Producer JOHN KNIGHT
In the last programme of this series, Jim Flegg cocks his ear towards the drumming and yaffle noises of the woodpeckers. BBC Bristol
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Choices in Education (5) What educational options do young people have at the age of 16? Is it better to opt for sixth form, polytechnic, or a college of further education?
Maureen O'Connor looks at choices for the future. Presenter Jennl Mills
12.55 Weather: travel: programme news
Presenter Brian Widlalte with voices and topics In and behind the headlines
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced from Manchester by Marjorie Lofthouse
When I Was inHospital: ANNE had a baby in America. JOAN had a colostomy in Russia.
How did their treatments compare with our own? Which Comes First, the Music or ...: composer ALAN PRICE and actor TREVOR PEACOCK have devised a new musical based on the northern character of 'Andy Capp '. Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester Morgan's Passing by ANNE TYLLR abridged in 12 parts by PAT MCLOUCHLIN Read by WILLIAM ROBERTS (12)
(Music: Boiling's Suite for violin and jazz piano)
Ladies Day by RURIC POWELL withand
Gerry is newly retired and lives with his long-suffering sister. He meets alocalbusinessmanand gets some investment advice which has considerable Impact on his home life.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD
as seen by four writers. 4: Gita Mehta
India. land of sages
Cow's milk. cosmetics, pollen, exhaust fumes and invisible bugs which live in mattresses - what do they have in common? They can all set off an allergic response, as can scores of other everyday things. Robert Eagle finds out why one person in ten suffers from allergy and why these strange illnesses seem to have been given little attention by the medical profession. Producer JUDE HOWELLS
Berry and Co. by DORNFOKD YATES abridged in ten parts and read by AUBREY WOODS
Producer DAVID JOHNSION
Presenters Susannah Simons and Gordon Clough on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news
including Financial Report
with Clive Jacobs bringing you the stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport, including the continental travel information.
Tom Boswell tests the Ford Granada X.
Producer IRENE MALLIS Editor ROGER MACDONALD
'Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television programmes over the past seven days. Producer PETER HOARE
(Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
A personal portrait in conversation, recollection and anecdote; an assessment of a public figure or the story of a private individual.
A panel tackles the issues raised by the audience in Crewkerne, Somerset
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
includes reviews of Richard Eyre's production of The Beggar's Opera with Paul Jones as Macheath on the National Theatre's Cottesloe stage: and The Life of Monty Python, a season which traces the origins and development of Pythonism in television and film at the National Film Theatre. Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer JOHN BOUNDY
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with Bill Wallis David Tate
Sheila Steafel and Chris Emmett
Written by BOB SINFIELD TONY SARCHET ,
JAMES IIENDRIE , JOHN LANCDON RICHARD) QUICK.
ALISTAIR BEATON , PETER HlCKEY , JOHN REVELL , DAVE DIXON , ANDREA SOLOMONSand others Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Satl 5.25 pm)
Laughter in the Dark by VLADIMIR NABOKOV abridged in ten parts by MADGEhart
Rear! by HUGH BURDEN (10) Producer MAURICE LEITCH lorui wave only
Radio 4's international business report: market trends long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
