Presented from the North by Ken Ford
BBC Manchester
6.25 Shipping forecast (long wave only)
presenters John Tlmpson and Wendy Jones
6.45* Prayer for the Day With MARK WILLIAMSON
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast 7'o, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON 7 15*. 8.250 Sport
7'.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
A look ahead with Harriet Cass
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but comes to no serious conclusion.
Producer KATE FENTON
(Repeated: Fri 11.45 pm)
8.57 Weather; travel
who invites you to meet some of the names who are hitting the headlines this week.
Kenneth Robinson adds his own brand of humour.
Producer JENNY DANKS
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The Hard Man by JOHN G. MILLER
Read by Sean Barratt Producer MITCH RAPER long wave only
NEM, p 17; Bright the vision that delighted
(BBC HB 269): Psalm 33: Luke 19, vv 28-40 (NEB); Fill thou my life, 0 Lord my God (BBC hb 271)
followed by travel long wave only
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Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners.
Presented by Dannie Abse
Readers BARBARA JEFFORD and HUGH BURDEN
Producer BRIAN PATTEN
BBC Bristol Requests to: ' Poetry Please! ', BBC Bristol BSS 2LR long wave only
News, views and advice for consumers
Presenter Bill Breekon
Editor JOHN GETGOOD
Since his death 25 years ago, Humphrey Bogart 's reputation and popularity have increased until he now means more to today's generation than he did to his own. In the first of two programmes,
Terence Pettigrew examines the life and career of the man who is so much more than ' just another movie star
Myth and Reality
Producer WENDY CLAY
12.55 Weather; travel: programme news
Presenter Brian Wldlake with views and topics In and behind the headlines.
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor will include during the week some Talfcing Point discussions, Your Letters and other topics. Among these today:
Almost Senior Citizens: CLARE SELERIE-GREY attends a pre-retlrement course combining good advice with holiday pleasure In Majorca.
Women for Westminster: SONIA BEESLEY concludes her series about women who have recently been selected as prospective
Parliamentary candidates. The Hidden Face by VICTOR CANNING abridged in 11 episodes by MADGE HART. Read by DAVID MCALISTER (4) Editor WYN KNOWLES long wave only
Highest in the Forest by HECTOR MACMILLAN
Finlay J. Macdonald shares the pleasure of a favourite country walk along the old towpath of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Sagittarius Rising (6)
Presenters
Valerie Singleton and Paul Burden on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
with PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
(Revised rpt of 9.5 am)
Hell and McLafferty byROSE TREMAIN With and Blake and McLafferty have planned an expedition to the Malay Archipelago. The young Queen Victoria's imagination is captured by the thought of the paradise birds for which the two men are searching. However, once they are deep in the jungle, away from order and civilisation, they discover that they are searching for more than the bird of paradise.
Directed by kay Patrick BBCManchester
(David Suchet is an associate artist of the RSC)
includes a visit to the newly restored Theatre
Royal, Bath. designed by Carl Toms ; and a review of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid a comedy thriller directed by Carl Reiner which intercuts footage from classic 40s films starring Alan Ladd. Bette Davis , Ava Gardner , James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart , with a spoof detective plot featuring Steve Martin. Presenter Paul Vaughan
Producer JOHN POWELL
Editor ROSEMARY HART
with Alexander MacLeod
Editor KEN GOUM
Presented by Peter Evans What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments.
Producer DEBORAH COHEN
The Yearsars by VIRGINIA WOOLF abridged in 15 parts by JOAN O'CONNOR
Read by Alison Fiske (1) Virginia Woolf's most accessible novel tells the story of the Parglter family from the 1880s to the 1930s. As the Victorian age dies, change brings freedom for some and submission for others.
Producer JEREMY MORTIMER long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an Interlude
