News, weather papers and sport
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.45- Prayer for the Day With BILL ALLCHIN
6.55' 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.25', 8.25* Sport
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day :
8.35* Yesterday In parliament
8.57 Weather; travel
A magazine edition with news of what's happening to wildlife and the countryside. Presented by Peter France
Producer MELINDA BARKER BBC Bristol
Tips and techniques to save time and money if you do-it-yourself, from Tony Wilkins, Editor of DIY magazine, Jane Sheard, from Good Housekeeping magazine, and Alan Coreless, Crown Paints training manager, in response to questions from guests on the retirement planning holiday at Pontin's South Devon Holiday Centre.
In the Chair Bill Breckon. Producer CLIVE RICHE Editor Jim BLACK
Belinda by DONALD CAMPBELL
Read by Finlay Welsh Belinda was Style.
Belinda was Elegance. Belinda was Beauty.
Belinda, in other words, was the kind of woman you could count upon never to give
Fergie MacAllister the time of day.'
Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland
NEM, p 106; The Lord my pasture shall prepare
(BBC HB 477); Psalm 121; Isaiah 51, vv 9-16 (RSV); Stand up. and bless the Lord (BBC HB 268)
followed by travel
We all have queries. quibbles and quandaries which we mean to resolve but which always lie unanswered at the back of our minds.
Let Nell Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out your queries.
Producer KATE FENTON
Questions, on a postcard please, to: Enquire Within, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
News, views and advice for consumers; and BBC Shopping Basket Presenter Jenni Mills
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor including
Tips for Christmas:
CINDY SELBY provides some practical hints on decorations, trees, food, presents and entertaining the family. Milly and Me. GEORGE BLAIR brought up his daughter on his own and found that life changed for both of them. A Traveller in Time (11)
by Barbara Clegg.
with Elizabeth Bell as Miranda
Honor Blackman as Min
and Frances Jeater as Em
Christmas is coming and so is the family Christmas party. Min would rather go away somewhere on her own and Em wants to have Harry to herself. For Miranda it means hustle and bustle and too much to do. But everyone will be there and when it comes to it they will all enjoy it as usual.
(Elizabeth Bell is a National Theatre player)
(Stereo)
Advent Calendar
Three ages of Christmas: Celia Thomson reports.
The Sweet Dove Died (4)
Presented by Robert Williams on VHF until 5.55
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
With PETER DONALDSON
Halfan-hour of reports from the BBC newsmen around the world including Financial Report
Written by MARY CUTLER (Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
.. the Durbar Square in Bhaktapor was the strangest place I had ever seen - not forlorn or melancholy but empty of meaning to the people who live in the crowded alleyways around it.'
Andrew Joynes on a visit to one of the three ancient cities of the valley of Nepal.
Richard Baker introduces the annual concert of carols and Christmas music direct from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool with the Choir of Rudston Road County Primary School conductor BRENDA REDMOND Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RoyalLiverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra associate leader NICHOLAS WOOD conductedby
Edmund Walters Part 1
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
Part 2
BBC Manchester
A nightly magazine of news, interviews and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
John Morgan reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour (4) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
