6.55 Weather; travel; programme news long wave only
long wave only
7.10 Sunday Papers long wave only
7.15 Apna HI Ghar
Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God
THE REV ROGER TOMES with a meditation for the Sunday before Easter: John 12, vv 20-32 BBC Manchester long wave only
7.55 Weather; travel; programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presenter Clive Jacobs
Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS BBC Manchester
ROLF HARRIS talks about the work of the Shaftesbury Society, which cares for handicapped and underprivileged people of all ages. Donations, by chequeorPOto:[address removed]
8.55 Weather; travel; programme news
9.10 Sunday Papers
from St John 's Church.
Conway, Gwynedd led by THE REV JOHN H. DAVIES Hymns: All glory, laud and honour (MHB 84); Thy kingdom come, 0 God (MHB 742); Crown him with many crowns (MHB 271); Jesus the Lord (hs 83); A man once lived In Galilee (Sing to God 67) Readings: Luke 19, vv 29-40; Philippians 2, w 5-11
Organist HOWELL JONES BBC Wales
Omnibus edition
Directed by PETER WINDOWS Producer
WILLIAM SMETHURST
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham
June Knox-Mawer meets zoologists Keith and Liz Laidler , who. in the swamps of Guyana. studied the rare giant otter, locally known as ' the river wolf and presents some Woman's Hour highlights.
By popular request, another chance to hear some of the most successful comedy shows from the BBC Light Entertainment Radio Department.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Fit the first: in which the earth is unexpectedly destroyed and the great hitch-hike begins.
Special effects by the BBC Radiophodic Workshop
Written by DOUGLAS ADAMS Producer SIMON BRETT
Over the past year our consumption of eggs has fallen by three per cent. Have our eating habits changed or do we no longer like the taste? Derek Cooper reports. Producer JOY BATWOOB
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
(Details: Wed 10.2 am)
Gilgamesh by ALEC REID with Christopher Scott as Gilgamesh Sean Barrett as Enkidu Max Wall as the Ferryman andIanHolmasEnlil
Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, was born two-thirds god and one-third man, five generations after the creation of the world. As a bargain for making peace among the gods, the great god Enlil demanded the right to control their destiny - a power so great that
Gilgamesh himself could not escape it.
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS Music composed and conducted by IAIN KENDELL additional sounds created by IAIN KENDELL and STEUART ALLIN
Research and speech recording BILL AITKEN Sound TED DE BONO assisted by GRAHAM PUDDIFOOT
Directed by ALEC REID
long wave only
Arthur Negus and Bernard Price discuss your questions with Hugh Scully
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol long wave only
(Details: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only
followed by travel; programme news long wave only
(Details: Mon 11.3 am) long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news long wave only
With HARRIET CASS
An Inquiry into the Treasury
Last of five programmes The Power House of Whitehall
Hugo Young asks: How qualified is the Treasury to help regenerate the British economy? And how responsible is it for economic failure? Officials led by the Permanent Secretary, Sir Douglas Wass. and including the Permanent Secretary Designate. Peter Middleton , and the Second Permanent Secretary,
Geoffrey Littler , discuss the final verdict.
Producer ANNE SLOMAN
by Anthony Smith
7.0 Travel; programme news
Class
Gossip columnist
Christopher Wilson , invites you to join him as he manoeuvres a wary path round people, poetry, prose and protocol in the minefield of the British class system. Producer KATE FENTON
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)
(Details: Thurs 4.10 pm)
6: Now and Forever
What is it in Christian faith that offers hope, now and beyond death? In the last of this series, the Bishop of Bradford,
The Rt Rev Geoffrey Paul , looks at the dynamic element in the teaching of Jesus about the end of the world and his second coming, and asks whether this provides the ingredient of hope for which modern man is searching. Bishop Paul also responds to letters he has received from listeners as a result of this series of talks.
A BBC World Service production
for Holy Week Devised and introduced by The Rev
Richard Harries , Dean of King's College, London
Readers JILL BALCON and GARY WATSON , With
THE WESTMINSTER SINGERS directed by RICHARD HICKOX Organist THOMAS TROTTER Producer HUBERT HOSKINS
by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1) (Details on Good Friday at 3.2 pm)
9.58 Weather
Our sewers are collapsing, the roads are breaking up and many of our houses are falling into disrepair. As the legacy from our
Victorian ancestors wears out and the structures of the post-war boom conre up for replacement, experts are becoming alarmed that we are not doing enough to prop up, maintain or replace the physical fabric essential to our quality of life. Takingpartare
The Rt Hon Tom King , tip, Secretary of State for the Environment, and Owen Luder , President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Presenter Michael Cooke Written and researched by TOM BURKE
Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE
Six programmes
II. Colin Davis talks about composers of our great Victorian hymns 6: Sir Hubert Parry ELISABETH CROCKER (soprano)
MICHAEL BUNBY (baritone) BARRY ROSE (organ)
Producer SHIRLEY PENROSE
Presenter Peter Hill
Producer PETER ROBINS
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
