News, weather, papers and sport
from the Royal Show at
Stonelelgh, Warwickshire Producers MARTIN SMALL and ALLAN WRIGHT
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presenters Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.45* Prayer for the Day With HEATHER HARRISON
6.55. 7.55 Weather forecast
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.20 Your Letters
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday In Parliament
8.57 Weather: travel
Buying and Selling a Home
What is the best time of the year to buy? Is It necessary to have a survey? Do you need to use a solicitor? Should you redecorate before selling? Is there any advantage in selling by auction? To answer your questions on all aspects of buying and selling a home. Sue MacGregor Is joined in the studio by chartered surveyor and estate agent John Thomas. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the countries they work in.
What You Got at the Bottom of Yours? by SMONA GARNET
Read by Sheila Donald Producer JOHN ARNOTT BBC Scotland
NEM. p 42; Of the Spirit's gifts to me (bp 70); Psalm 20; Matthew 12. vv 10-21 (rsv): Sing Alleluia in duteous praise (BBC HB 282)
followed by travel
A Marriage of Convenience by MICHAEL WALL
A special edition with topics suggested by you - the listener. Your letters, your favourite sounds and the mystery sound competition.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer john HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 3.5 pm)
Paul Heiney with the latest news, advice and information for consumers.
Chairman Robert Robinson 17: London - Second Round
Adrian Montgomery (teacher)
Dr John Milsom (geophysicist)
Michael Splttal (teacher)
Charles Arthur (financial futures trader)
including Beat the Brains
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN
Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS
(Repeated: Thurs 6.30 pm)
12.55 Weather; travel; programme news
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Including
Rodeo Women: GORDON BOWKER talks to some of the female participants in rodeo - one of the fastest-growing sports in Canada and North America.
Babies and Books: with the help of toddlers and their parents, KAREN DECO proves that it is never too early for the fun to start. Close Quarters (9)
Heartfelt by DAVID boisseau with Carole Boyd and James Kerry
Caroline and Jack have something in common, but they discover It too late.
Pianists MARY NASH and EILEEN BROSTER Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Manners, Ancient and Modern
1: Etiquette 16th-Centurtf Style
Reg Rees selects from the works of Galateo, 1558. Producer SUSAN SNAlLUM
A century ago
Workington in West
Cumbria was transformed into a thriving iron and steel town, under the guidance of James Duffteld , a one-time pit )ad. Today the town Is in decline,. David Bean trace's its rise and fall, and revives the memory of the extraordinary man who brought it prosperity. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
Judgement Day (2)
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
Politics
Michael White , Parliamentary commentator on J he Guardian, having recovered from the rigours of the campaign trail, takes an askance glance at the lighter and odder corners of the political stage.
Producer DILLY BARLOW (Rptd: Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Geoff Watts reports producer DEBORAH COHEN (Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
Harry Soan begins the first of a four-part series of reflections on his 18 years of retirement. A one-time Baptist minister, turned farmer, he rents out the land he loved to work and learns to come to terms with the life he leads.
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
Reporter Stuart Simon Producer LIZ CARNEY Editor DAVID TAYLOR BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 4.10 pm)
A personal history of the Tarot, written and presented by Bob Couttle with clairvoyant Terry E. Bromley and historian Alfred Douglas.
Producer ALEC REID
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
includes reviews of Another Time, Another Place, Michael Radford's film about a group of Italian prisoners of war and the effect they have on a small farming community in the north of Scotland in 1944; and Artists of the Tudor Court, The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered 1520-1620, a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Presenter Michael Oliver
with Simon Winchester and voices and opinions from around the world
A Square of Sky (7) long wave only
Radio 4's international business report; market trends. long wave only
long wave only
Weather report; forecast long wave only followed by an Interlude
