visits London's agricultural event of the year, the Royal
Smithfleld Show.
Producers MARTIN SMALL and ALLAN WRIGHT
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day with CHERIDA CAMPION
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.250. 8.25* Sport
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday In Parliament
8.57 Weather; travel
Giving Parties
This time of the year perhaps more than any other is the season of parties: children's parties, office parties, cocktail parties.
Christmas and New Year parties, maybe even a birthday party. Well. if your worries are about the food and drink, talk to cookery writer and catering expert Prue Leith ; and on the entertainment side Andrew Melson. an authority on party games, will try to help you find a solution.
In the Chair Jill Burridge Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
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BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the countries they work in - the politics and the people.
Next edn: Sat 11.35 am) long wave only
Working with Cyril by TONY CURTIS Read by John Darran
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
NEM, p 71; Christ, whose glory fills the skies (BBC
HB 137): Psalm 97; Luke 23 vv 32-43 (NEB); Be thou my guardian and my guide (BBC HB 135)
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The Cask of Amontillado by NICK FISHER
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Kipling and Gilbert White add a literary flavour to this magazine edition, which also explores why doe kangaroos and red deer hinds have such similar faces. Presented by Derek Jones
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated- Sat 3.5 pm) long wave only
Presenter Bill Breckon
and The Liberated Generation with ' Ours is the generation of freedom. of permissiveness. We aren't shocked by anything. I mean, we mav not want to participate, but there's nothing we actually disapprove of ...' Written bv SIMON BRETT Producer PETE ATKIN
(Rptd: Thurs 6.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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with Sue MacGregor The Lost Word:
- in engaging eccentrics ... ELIZABETH DOWRY and JOHN JULIUS NORWICH talk about a selection of obituaries chosen for their oddity and charm.
Meat Matters: butcher MIKE RICHARDSON gives advice on how to select and cook meat.
A Traveller in Time (4) long wave only
King-Size Bed
A comedy by BETTY PAUL with Julia McKenzie and Jack May
Margaret Goodwin firmly believes that adultery should be punishable by law and leads a campaign for the preservation of the institution of marriage.
When, therefore, she buys an antique four-poster bed and discovers that it is haunted, it presents a problem - particularly as the ghost has carnal appetites!
Directed by KAY PATRICK
Advent Calendar
Francis Wood cherishes the memory of a very special carol service. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
The folk tales of Matabeleland. on the border of Botswana and the Kalahari Desert, are haunting and potent. Very different in style from the European tradition, they present a unique View of the values, customs and beliefs of African society.
Sandy McCall Smith introduces a selection of these stories which he collected among the Matabele people. Reader
ROBERT TROTTER Producer PATRICK RAYNER
. BBC Scotland
Murder Unprompted (7)
Presenters Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
with PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report
Rainford High School, Rainford v. Seaford Head School, Seaford
Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care. - from the research laboratory to the surgery. Producer ALISON RICHARDS (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
(Details: Wed 4.10 pm)
who died 100 years ago, on 6 December 1882
A life by RICHARD MULLEN Narrator John Rowe with Timothy Bates Nigel Graham
Alexandra Mathie and Anthony Newlands Anthony Trollope was a practical man of letters. He never waited for inspiration. He was up each morning at five to write for three hours before breakfast. His literary output included 47 novels and, as he' once observed of himself, 'if any English authors have written more, I do not know who they are '. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Presented by Peter White
Producer THENA HESHEL Listeners can phone in queries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed], 8.30-10.0 pm Handbook of aids and services. £2.95, from [address removed]
includes reviews of ET,
Steven Spielberg 's highly acclaimed film about the Extra-Terrestial and his adventures on earth: also The Quest for Sherlock Holmes , a biographical study of Arthur Conan Doyle by Owen Dudley Edwards.
Presenter Richard Mayne Producer PHILIP JORDAN
Alexander MacLeod reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
An epic fantasy in at least four parts by A. P. R. MARSHALL and J. H. W. LLOYD
Chronicler.PATRICK MAGEE Producer
GEOFFREY PERKINS
The Years (12) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
12.15-12.23* am
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