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Suite: The Three
Elizabeths: CITY OF
BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA. conducted by REGINALD KILBEY : record
6.55 Weather: programme news
Presenter Wendy Jones and Peter Mayne
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.251, 8.25* Sport
7.30,8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
7.55 Weather forecast
2: A Bear in Hot Water
8.57 Weather: travel
Another chance to hear a programme marking Sir Ralph Richardson 's 80th birthday on 19 December.
Presented by Garry O'Connor , whose biography of Britain's premier actor knight has recently been published. With the voices of EDNA BEST. FRANK DUNCAN. SIR
JOHN GIELGUD , NICKY HENSON VIVIEN LEIGH. MiCHAEL MEYER , LORD OLIVIER ROGER SMITH and SIR RALPH himself.
Producer GRAHAM GAULD
(First broadcast on 19 Dec)
Michael Viney talks about life along an Irish country lane in County Mayo.
The Boy and the Sentry by GRAHAM EDWARDS Read by John Prior
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
NEM. p 62; Loving
Shepherd (BBC HB 146); Psalm 23; Matthew 2. vv 13-23 (AV); Away in a manger (BBC HB 43)
followed by travel
The Chosen by GERRY KNIGHT
Science in the 25th century means world figures can be frozen after death and revived in times of emergency ... With STEPHEN GARLICK. ALAN DUDLEY , THERESA STREATFEILD DAVID MCALISTER. Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER
(David Waller is a member of the RSC)
Do birds of different species fly together when migrating? Jim Flegg Sheila Anderson and Tony Bradshaw with your natural history questions. Presented by Derek Jones Producer ANNE BLAIR COULD BBC Bristol
Adulterated food in Delhi and the brusqueness of Parisian shop assistants - concerns of consumers round the world. BBC correspondents report Presenter Jenni Mills
Producer CHERYL ARMITAGE
A new series of eight programmes
A radio card game in which Barry Cryer Lorraine Chase and Matthew Kelly are dealt with by Paul Daniels Cards devised, shuffled and scribbled on by IAN MESSITER. Produced and cut by RICHARD EDIS
(Repeated: Thurs 6.30 pm) See feature: page 4
12.55 Weather: travel; programme news
Presenter Gordon Clough
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with Sue MacGregor
A Song for Ireland: Mary O'Hara talks to Bernard Jackson about her view of her native country other Dicey Matters: Bob Prizeman gets to grips with a fantasy game.
The Fib and Other Stories written and read by George Layton abridged by Delia Paton
4: The Mile
Long Ago and Far Away by TED ALLBEURY
Johnny and Anne-Marie were members of the SOE during the war.
Parachuted into France, they worked successfully with the resistance fighters until - on one particular mission Forty years later, listening to Desert Island Discs. they recognise a voice from the past. A voice that brings back memories that are best left dormant?
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN
Distant Days
Richard Kelly traces the curious career of his father, the amazing Inspector Kelly.
- A Memoir
' A theatre man has something in his blood which you can't quite get rid of. Once, when I was filming, I went backstage to see a friend in a London show. I began to smell the paint and the spotlights and I felt I must get back to this atmosphere.'
Bryan Forbes presents a portrait of Kenneth More who died earlier this year. Drawing upon the reminiscences of those who knew him. the programme seeks to reflect the particular charm, the polished acting style and the courage w'th which he faced his last months. Producer JOHN KNIGHT
The Misadventures of John Nicholson (2)
with Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams
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With BRIAN PERKINS
The humorous wireless programme. Lesson 29: Complain About The Burkiss Way starring Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees. Chris Emmett Fred Harris Written by ANDREW MARSHALL and DAVID RENWICK
Producer JOHN LLOYD <Rpt)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoff Watts reporting
Producer DEBORAH COHEN
( Repeated on New Year's Day at 2.35 pm)
Six months ago File on 4 visited a Rochdale council estate where many tenants living on social security were running into debt. Now that the Supplementary Benefits system has been changed to stop tenants from incurring rent arrears. Roger Finnigan returns to Rochdale to see how poor families are coping Producer JOHN DRURY Editor DAVID TAYLOR BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 4.10 pm)
The image of Bethlehem created in many Western carols is of a little town nestling' in dreamless sleep under silent stars With the help of local traders, craftsmen, pilgrims, tourists, shepherds and inn-keepers. Robert Foxcroft finds out how far this image compares with present day realities. Producer JOHN FORREST
'Repeated on New Year's Eve at 11.3 ami
Blind people debate their attitudes to sighted helpers
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Benjamin Luxon
Half-crazed as Wozzeck. or suave and sentimental in Some Enchanted Evening,
Benjamin Luxon , baritone, is a singer who defies labels.
Michael Oliver talks to him about his repertoire of opera, lieder, folk songs. ballads and musicals, in a year which gave him his largest audience ever. when he renderedRule Britannia to the viewing millions on The Last Night of the Proms. Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
with Alexander MacLeod
Mother Frances Dominica is Superior of the Anglican Order of All
Saints. A children's nurse by training and a nun by vocation, she has this year pioneered the world's first hospice for children. A profile of » remarkably dynamic woman by David Freeman Producer TED GORTON
Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour (11)
Roger Snowdon. with the help of broadcasters and listeners, recalls the great thrillers and their legendary heroes from the glorious days of radio - Paul Temple.
Appointment with Fear PC49 and, of course. Dick Barton himself.
Producer GRAHAM GAULS
Weather report: forecast followed by an interlude
