News, weather, papers and sport
Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather.
Producers MARTIN SMALL and ALLAN WRIGHT
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Presenters John Tlmpson and Brian Redhead
6.45* Prayer for the Day with PEGGY MAKINS
6.55, 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
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
Bees and Beekeeping * And is there honey still for tea? ' Honey conjures up the Image of rural life at its best, the bees plucking goodness from the flowers in the garden and turning it effortlessly into the best kind of sweetness. Yet did you know that it's possible to keep colonies of bees in the heart of big cities? How easy Is it for the amateur to invest In some hives? Will you make any money? What are the hidden problems? Cecil Tonsley , President of the British Beekeepers' Association, and beekeeper Mary Dartnell join Sue MacGregor In the studio.
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.
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by Brian Thompson
Read by Paul Webster
'Stanley had met a few nuts in his time; in fact, he seemed to attract them - men who came up to him in parks in summertime, crazy people on the occasional train trip to London. But this one took the biscuit. The thing to do was to leave at once.'
BBC Manchester
(Paul Webster is a member of the RSC)
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NEM, p 93; Dear Lord and Father of mankind (BBC HB 351); Psalm 11; John 11 vv 45-54 (av); Father, hear the prayer we offer (BBC UB 352)
Prayerbook, New Every Morning, £2.00, from booksellers
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Grandma Goes West by MICHAEL MCSTAY
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'Can you tell me about the Duke of Argyll's tea tree? ' 'What is known about the intelligence of spiders? ' Jim Flegg ,
John Cloudsley-Thompson and David Streeter tackle some more of your wildlife questions.
Presenter Derek Jones
Producer MELINDABARKER BBC Bristol
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News, views and advice for consumers.
Presented by Jcnni Mills including
Divorce: what should you expect from your solicitor?
Three comedy plays by ALAN MELVILLE
1: Change of View
(Details: Thurs 6.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Kobin Day with voices and topics in and behind the headlines
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor including
The Brownies : CINDY SELBY joins a woodland ramble and a pack in the city centre.
Growing up in Northern Ireland: JOHN NICHOLSON looks at the psychological affects of civil unrest on children.
School for Love (9)
The Woman's Hour Book, an anthology of features and useful information, f6.50, from booksellers long wave only
by Dave Simpson
Chris wants to be a car mechanic - not an unusual ambition. except that Chris happens to be a girl. However, she finds her ambition not easy to achieve.
BBC Manchester
Musings from Middle
England: writer
Harry Thompson examines some facets of English provincial life.
Producer AI.ASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester
In 1910 a young man left his home in Burton-on-Trent to seek his fortune in London. Within ten years he became a top-grade civil servant working in Whitehall. A. J. Sylvester tells his own unique story of the farm boy who rose to become Principal Private Secretary to one of this country's greatest leaders - David Lloyd -George.
Presenter John Darran Producer JAN TAYLOR (First broadcast on Radio Wales)
The Honorary Consul (2)
Presenters Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton on VHF until 5.55
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5.55 Weather; programme news
with PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report
Ned Sherrin , in conversation with a well-known guest, is fuelled by observations from three youngish people of an enquiring, non-nervous dispositon.
Producer IAN GARDHOUSE
(Repeated. Wed 10.30 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the cp's surgery.
Producer DEBORAH COHEN (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
Glimpses from the colourful life of the Victorian poet, explorer, diplomat and romantic. Wilfred Scawen Blunt. (Details: Fri 11.3 am)
Peter Hobday with the magazine which goes to the shop floors and board rooms across the country where work is done and decisions taken affecting 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 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, 12.95 from BBC Publications, PO Box 234, London SEI 3TH 0 HELP! page 75
includes reviews of Theodore Zeldin 's book The French, an examination of French culture, politics. commerce, language, food, attitudes to love and. above all. humour; and an exhibition of the artist Claude Lorrain at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Presenter
('hristopher Bigsby Producer
CLARE SELERIE-GREY
with Alexander MacLeod
Tips and techniques to save time and money if you do-it-yourself from David Nye David Holloway and Colin Sheffield in response to questions from DIY enthusiasts at the Sports and Social
Club of Ideal Standard Bathrooms, and Steirad Group Ltd . in Hull. In the Chair Libhy Purves
Producer CATHY STEWART Editor JIM BLACK
(Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
The Talented MrRipley (2) long wave onlu
Radio 4's International business report; market trends long wave only
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Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an interlude
