6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day With MRS JOYCE HUGGETT
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*,8.25* Sport
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
In his second programme, Christopher Matthew offers a celebration of Dyce Airport, Aberdeen.
8.57 Weather; travel
Henry VIII's ship Mary Rose is due to be raised from the Solent at the end of this month. For 400 years the seabed has preserved this unique slice of Tudor life. How are such secrets brought to the surface and how much do they alter what we know of the past? Margaret Rule, Archaeological Director of the Mary Rose Trust, and Dr Nic Flemming, marine geologist, plumb the depths in answer to your questions. Sue MacGregor is in the chair.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
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An Inconvenient Time by EONA MACNICOL
Read by Eileen McCallum Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland long wave only
NEM, p 21; Disposer supreme and judge of the earth (BBC HB 226); Psalm 1; Luke 5. vv 1-11 (NEB); Come, labour on (BBC HB 388)
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Japanese Style by MICHAEL WALL
Dan teaches English in Tokyo. Akemi, a housewife, is his only pupil. Through her he learns how things are, Japanese Style.
Carol STELLA FORGE Musical effects ANNE COLLIS Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER
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Introduced by Derek Jones Tony Soper , Peter Ferns and Mike Stoddart visit
Avon to answer questions put to them by the Timsbury Natural History Group.
Producer john Harrison BBC Bristol
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Surviving As a New Student
2: Accommodation-getting what you want
More bon motley with Nigel Rees and guests Douglas Adams, Jill Craigie, Frank Delaney and Henry Livings
Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
by the Labour Party
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor including
Playing Our Tune:
Johnny Morris remembers some of the old radio signature tunes as he looks back over bygone programmes.
Children's Books and Writers:
KAYE WEBB and BERNARD ASHLEY look at some of the new - and not so new - books currently available for younger readers. At Freddie's by PENELOPE FITZGERALD abridged in nine parts by PAT MCLOUGHLIN Read by Patricia Routledge (1)
(Music: Ibert's Trois Pieces Breves)
(Patricia Routtedge is in ' Noises Off ' at the Savoy Theatre, London) long wave only
by SIR WALTER SCOTT (1)
The first of four programmes in which
Jenni Mills talks to people who spend their working lives in the public eye and their spare time in somewhat unexpected ways.
Today: Mick McManus , ex-wrestler and antiques collector.
Rice, cocoa and bananas rub shoulders with orchids, hibiscus and mimosa in Birmingham Botanical Gardens, which celebrate their 150th anniversary this year.
Marjorie Lofthouse visits the oasis of beauty and tranquillity in company with Professor Donald Skelding and manager of the gardens Leslie Godfrey.
BBC Birmingham
The Boy on Platform One (6)
Presenters Robert Williams and Liz Donnelly on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
With PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report
(Details: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care
Producer DEBORAH COHEN (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
Reporter Michael Robinson Producer DIANA GOODMAN Editor DAVID TAYLOR
(Repeated: Wed 4.10 pm)
(Details: Friday 11.3 am)
.Kevin Mulhern reports on an experiment in teaching literacy skills to visually-handicapped people.
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA heshel Listeners can phone in queries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed], 8.30-10.0 pm
includes a review of Puccini's opera Turandot with Katia Ricciarelli and Placido Domingo, conducted by Herbert von Karajan; and a preview of the two-part BBC2 documentary Auschwitz and the Allies (Thurs
9.0 pm) based on the book by Martin Gilbert and produced by Rex Bloomstein
Presenter Michael Oliver Producers JOHN POWELL and PIIILIP JORDAN
Peter Patterson reporting
Paul Jones meets the music makers.
Producer john SKRINE (Paul Jones is in ' The Beggars' Opera ' at the National Theatre, London)
Clinging to the Wreckage
2: Turkish this Side and Virginian the Other long wave only
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The sumptuous carriages and matchless cuisine of the Orient Express have been revived in a new regular service from
London to Venice where Julian Pettifer reports at the end of its inaugural run.
Producer GEOFF DOBSON long wave only
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