News, weather, papers and sport
A regional view of farming in the week ahead.
Presented from Northern Ireland by John Nicholson BBC Northern Ireland
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Wendy Jones
6 45* Prayer for the Day With MARK WILLIAMSON
6.55. 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
A look ahead with Bryan Martin
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
(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
Presented by Louise Sotting
The Luncheon by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Read by Robert Rietty
The story of a poor host. a wealthy guest -and the unexpected sequel. Producer mitch RAPER
NEM, p 93; 0 come. 0 come. Immanuel (BBC HB 36): Psalm 34: Luke
24, vv 25-35 (NEB); Come. thou long-expected Jesus (BBC HB 30)
Praycrboofc. New Every Morning, £2.00 from booksellers
followed by travel
Brian Johnston visits
Johnstone, Strathclyde
Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners Presented by P. J. Kavanagh
Readers PETER JEFFREY and FRANCES HOROVITZ
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol Requests to:
Poetry Please!, BBC. Bristol BSS 2LR
News, views and advice for consumers
Presenter Jennl Mills Editor JOHN GETGOOB
According to Freud the Jews obtain more pleasure than any other race from laughing at their shortcomings. But is it true that the more people are subjected to hostile aggression, the more they seem to need a sense of humour? In the first of two programmes Rabbi Hugo Gryn examines the relationship between Jewish humour and Jewish culture. Producer
JULIETBLAKE
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Brian Widlake with views and topics in and behind the headlines
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
introduced by Sue MacGregor will include during the week some Talking Point discussions. Your Letters and other topics. Among these today:
A Treat in Store: RACHEL BILLINGTON selects shows and films which are a traditional part of family entertainment at this time of year.
A Traveller In Time by ALISON UTTLEY abridged by DOREEN ESTALL in 15 Instalments
Read by JAN CAREY (8) Editor WYN KNOWLES
The Woman's Hour Book. £6.50 from booksellers
Uncertain Angel bv PETER WHALLEY
Mr Salteena was one of the characters created by DAISY ASHFORD Who was only 9 years old when she wrote The Young
Visitors. Paul Vaughan discusses the stories of Daisy Ashford , which have recently been republished, with Marina Warner and Humphrey Carpenter , illustrated by readings from
SHEILA STEAFEL.
Producer JANE STENNING (An extended repeat o/ a Kaleidoscope production)
The Sweet Dove Died by BARBARA PYM abridged In eight parts by HILDA SCHRODER
Read by Rachel Herbert (1) I had a dove and the sweet dove died;
And i have thought it died of grieving ...
Leonora is too exquisite to be true. Both antique-dealer Humphrey and his nephew James fall under her spell, but Humphrey is too pressing, and James Is young and prey to other predators ...
Producer MARGARET ETALL
Presenters Valerie Singleton and Gordon Clough on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
with BRIAN PERKINS
Half-an-hour of reports from the BBC newsmen around the world including Financial Report
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
(Revised rpt o/ 9.5 am)
Belcher's Luck by DAVID MERCER
Sir Gerald Catesby and Harry Belcher , master and man, are bound together in precarious interdependence. Their complex relationship mirrors that between the classes from which the two men are drawn. Is it a mutually beneficial partnership or a fight to the death?
The play was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1966. Directed by PENNY COLD
A nightly magazine of news, interviews and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting. music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer RICHARD DUNN Editor ROSEMARY HART
with Alexander MacLeod and voices and opinions from around the world Editor KEN COUDIE
Presented by Peter Evans
What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories.
Producer JULIAN BROWN
Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour by R. s. SURTEES abridged in 13 parts by ARCHIE CAMPBELL Read by JohnFranklyn-Robblns (1) Soapy Sponge. ' a fox and fortune-hunter stands at the centre of an unforgettable gallery of characters, from
Benjamin Buckram and young Mr Waffles to Jack Spraggon and Lord Scamperdale of the Flat Hat Hunt. In Surtees, we have one of the finest, funniest and most accurate observers of English country life in the 19th century.
Producer MAURICE LEITCII long wave only
(John Franklyn-Robbins is a member of the RSC)
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
