Producers MARTIN SMALL and ALLAN WRIGHT
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters John Timpson and Brian Bedhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day with MICHAEL HENESY
6.35 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN martin
7.25*, 8.J5' Sport
7.28,8.30 News headlines
7.45' Thought for the Day
8.35' Yesterday In Parliament
8.57 Weather: travel
Driving
When should you be using your signals, your handbrake, your gears and your mirror?
And why do some people consistently fail their driving test?
Teresa McGonagle Is joined by instructor
Elwyn Reed , and driving consultant
Jeremy G. Barrett. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
long wave only
long wave only
French Lessons by MICHAEL A. PEARSON
Read by Timothy Klghtley Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol long wave only
from St Andrew 's and St George's Church. Edinburgh
NEM p 67; Blessing and honour (CH3 299); Metrical Psalm 23 rcrimond); John 10, vv 11-21 (AV); Loving
Shepherd of thy sheep (CH3 93). BBC Scotland
followed by travel long wave only
Ulster Final by PAT MCCABE long wave only
, Something is eating my budgie's eggs and leaving slimy tracks away from the aviary. I realise that birds eat slugs, but do slugs eat birds' eggs? Mike Stoddart ,
Peter Ferns and John Crothers are on the trail of some of your wildlife questions. Presented by Derek Jones Producer MELINDA BARKER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 3.5 pm) long wave only
Presenter Bill Breckon
in which Lionel Blair Sandra Dickinson and Andrew Sachs are dealt with by Paul Daniels
Cards devised, shuffled and scribbled on by IAN MESSITER
Produced and cut by RICHARD ED1S
(Repeated: Thurs 8.30pm)
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
long wave only
with Sue MacGregor
Fitting-room Fits: JEAN SNEDEGAR reports on the frustrations of shopping for clothes.
School for Love (4) long wave only
The Round Table by DELORES BARON
Percy Edwards as ' Poochy '
For a former Windmill showgirl retirement in the south of Spain Is not as idyllic as it might seem, and her attempt to assuage loneliness brings problems.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD
Home and Abroad
Olive Shapley travelled alone round the world. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
For an Inanimate object, the telephone wields an uncanny power over us. When we want it to ring It remains obstinately silent; the moment we climb into the bath it rings out loud. Margaret Horsfleld presents an investigation Into the psychology of the phone. Its influence over us, and the way we use it and abuse it, at work and at home.
Research LYDIA COOKE
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
Trouble for Lucia (9)
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
(Repeated: Wed 10.30 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Geoff Watts reports
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
A portrait in words and music of the great
Russian singer, born 110 years ago, on 11 February 1873.
Those of us who saw as well as heard Chaikipin know that his like can never happen again.
There are times, indeed, when nature, having produced a masterpiece, reallu does break the mould.
(SIR NEVILLE CARDUS )
Complied by Peggy Branford with the recorded reminiscences Of LADY HUDSON-DAV1ES
(Challapin's daughter) SIR NEVILLE CARDUS , IVOR NEWTON , LYDIA SHERWOOD and ODA SLOBODSKAYA and readings from Challapin's autobiography by BREWSTER MASON.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK ( Repeat)
Peter Hobday with the magazine which goes to the shop floors and board rooms across the country where work Is done and decisions taken that affect the wealth of the nation.
Producers JOHN SKRINE and ROSALIND BEW
(Repeated: Thurs 10.2 am)
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Presenter Peter White Producer THENA IIESIIEL Listeners can phone in queries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed],8.30-10.0 pm
includes reviews of the National Theatre production of a new play by Peter Gill. Kick for Touch, starring James Hazeldine, at the Cottesloe Theatre: and the 50th anniversary exhibition at the Courtauld Institute. Presenter Natalie Wheen
with Alexander MacLeod
Tony Wilklns ,
David Holloway and David Nye respond to questions from DIY enthusiasts at the Royal Aldershot Officers' Club.
In the Chair Libby Purves Producer CATHY STEWART Editor JIM BLACK
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
Work Suspended (2) long wave only
long wave only
long wave only
Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude