6.55 Weather; travel; programme news long wave only
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7.10 Sunday Papers long wave only
7.15 Apna HI Ghar Samajhlye for Asian listeners BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells: long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God MGR TIMOTHY FIRTH with a meditation for the 14th Sunday of Pentecost: Luke 11, vv 1-13 long wave only
7.55 Weather: travel; programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presenter Cl\ive Jacobs Producer DAVID COOMES
MONICA DICKENS appeals on behalf of the Friends of St Nicholas Church, Hlnxworth, who are working to raise money for restoration work on the 14th-century church and its two 17th-century bells. Donations, by PO or cheque, to:
Monica Dickens , [address removed]
8.55 Weather; travel; programme news; continental travel
9.10 Sunday Papers
from
Wesley Methodist Church, Newquay, Cornwall Led by THE REV MARTIN CALDWELL Preacher PAMELA LUKE
Readings (NEB): Matthew 5. vv 21-22. 27-28. 38-48;
II Corinthians 5, vv 15-17 Hymns: 0 for a thousand tongues (MHO 1); 0 timely happy, timely wise(927);Godofall power (562); Good
Christian men, rejoice (Hymns and Songs 29)
Anthem: Breathe on me, breath of God (Noble)
Organist and Choirmaster HUBERT JULIAN
Assistant organist DONALD HOSKING BBC Bristol
Omnibus edition
Directed by PETER WINDOWS Producer
WILLIAM SMETHURST
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham
Introduced by June Knox-Mawer . who meets Sister Rachel of the Carmelite Monastery, Quldenham, Norfolk; plus some highlights from Woman's Hour.
By popular request, another chance to hear some of the most successful comedy shows from the BBC Light Entertainment Radio Department
Round the Horne starring Kenneth Horne with Kenneth Williams Hugh Paddlck , Betty Marsden. Bill Pertwee
Announcer DOUGLAS SMITH THE FRASER HAYES FOUR THE HORNBLOWERS conducted by EDWIN BRADEN Written by BARRY TOOK and MARTY FELDMAN
Producer JOHN SIMMONDS (First broadcast in 1966)
DIY tips and techniques to save time and money, from Tony Wilklns , Editor of DIY Magazine; David Holloway , Editor of Handyman Whtchr; Jane Sheard , from the Good Housekeeping Institute. responding to questions from DIY enthusiasts at W. H. SMITH 'S DO-IT-ALL. ST HELEN'S, MERSEYSIDE
In the Chair Llbby Purves Producer CLIVE RICHE Editor jim BLACK
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
(Details: Wed 10.2 am)
The Old Jest by JENNIFER JOHNSTON dramatised by DENYS HAWTHORNS with Marcella O'Rlordan Pauline Delany and Norman Rodway ' 15 August 1920: A momentous day.
Momentous. It Is my 18th birthday.'.'
Nancy Gulliver 's life In a genteel Dublin suburb is seeminglyuntouchedby the violence of Ireland in 20. But a chance meeting with a stranger rapidly initiates her Into those bloody and momentous changes.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland
(Marcella O'Riordan was joint winner of the 1981 PyelSociety of Authors' Award for her performance in this production)
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The Archaeology of Boats and Ships
Robert Sproul-Cran reports on a recent conference attended by leading specialists In the relatively new field of study Into the origins of boats and ships of north-western Europe. Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol long wave only
The Hanbury Gardens Plants from America,
South Africa, Australia, Japan and many other places which enjoy a Mediterranean-type climate have been gathered into a magnificent botanic garden on the north tallan coast.
Frank Perrlng shows Derek Jones around this Italian Kew. Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
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followed by travel: programme news long wave only
Brian Johnston celebrates his 500th journey Down Your Way with a visit to
Hambledon In Hampshire. The village Is famous as the place where the rules of cricket were formulated.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news long wave only
with COLIN DORAN and continental travel
Cas Is 19 years old, black. unemployed and a convicted small-time crook - one of life's losers. At a workshop run by the Burnbake Trust In south-east London, he is just one of 60 youngsters taking part In a remarkable social experiment. He tells of his battle to adapt to ithe world of work, learning to be a picture framer. With the voices of family, probation officer and employer and a background of his favourite reggae music, he describes his search for A Frame for Freedom. Producer GAVIN CAMPBELL
Novelist Joseph Hone tells the last part of the story of his travels through the Soviet Union. The Truths of Samarkand
A final Journey - to
Tamerlalne's holy city In the desert.
7.0 Travel; programme news
by R. D. WINGFIELD (2)
(Details: Wed 12.27 pm)
Teresa McGonagle invites Edward Bllshen and Celia Dale to choose some paperbacks.
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Thurs 4.10 pm)
The Life and Thought of Teilhard De Chardin Presented by Vernon Sproxton
Reader GABRIEL WOOLF Producer PETER FIRTH BBC Bristol
The last of an eight-part dramatisation by FREDERICK BRADNUM of Books Do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings and Hearing Secret Harmonies, the final trilogy Of ANTHONY POWELL'S 12 novels
with and
Widmerpool has made an embarrassing speech at the dinner to present the Magnus Donners Prize to Russell Gwinnett for his biography of X. Trapnel. The Quiggin twins halted his speech when they let off firecrackers.
Afterwards, Widmerpool invited Gwinnett to visit him and his 'community' in the country.
Title music composed by ANTONY MIALL
Technical assistance by CAROL MCSHANE ,
ROY FRASER , ANNE HUNT and DIANA BARKHAM
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD
Jack Higgins presents his personal choice of poetry and prose
With Michele Dotrice and Andrew Knox
1 The writer's life is a strange one. What even his wife has difficulty in understanding is that a writer is working even when he's only staring out of the window.'
BBC Bristol
The late evening office of Compline
Seven travellers' tales 5: Down the Bus Route and Round the Horn ... setting off is the worst experience on earth: you might never see your wife or your family again and all you've got to look forward to are a few months living in a space the size of a dining room table ...'
Christopher Matthew explores the fascination of long-distance voyages with four sea travellers: round-the-world yachtsman Robin Knox -Johnston, trans-Atlantic race veteran Bill Howell. crew member
Libby Purves , and Geoff Allum , who.neverhavingbeen in a boat, decided to row the Atlantic.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
