with special reports from the British Veterinary Congress at Lancaster.

John Timpson in Brighton at the Labour Party Conference and Brian Redhead In London
6.30, 7.30, 8.30
News Summary
6:45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25* 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Your Letters

by T. h. WHITE abridged in ten parts by JOY OSBORNE Read by NORMAN RODWAY (10) Producer ANTON GILL
(Norman Rodway is an associate member of the RSC)

Foreign Parts
In the first of four programmes Phil Smith takes to the summer playgrounds to inspect his fellow pleasure seekers.
BBC Manchester

A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
(Repeated: Sat 4.0 pm)

by GUY DE MAUPASSANT translated and adapted by HARRY BELL
Read by David March

NEM. p 42; Love divine, all loves excelling (BBC HB 328); Psalm 130;
I Corinthians 3, vv 10-23; Bright the vision that delighted (BBC HB 269) long wave only

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Going Frogging
Take a torch Into the African night, follow the sounds of a deep, deep song- and suddenly, you will be surrounded by the squeaks and cheeps. and big-voice croaks of a night-time party.
Malcolm Coe , he would a-frogging go ...
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol long wave only

Paul Heiney introduces the latest news and advice for consumers. Today Norman Tozer looks for a bargain as he surveys the range of garden sheds.
For Fact Sheet 22 send an sae to [address removed]

Presenter Brian Wldlake

Introduced from Bristol by Sandi Marshall By the Right, Quick March: mums and marines press on for slimmer, trimmer bodies. Eighty Years of Folk: DIANE SHELLY celebrates the revival and success of the English folk song tradition.
Producer JENNI MILLS The Woodlanders (2) BBC Bristol long wave only

by Elizabeth Gaskell, dramatised in nine parts by Barry Campbell
with Kathryn Hurlbutt as Molly, Anne Louise Lambert as Cynthia, Angela Pleasence as Clare, Tom Wilkinson as Mr Gibson and Thelma Whiteley as Mrs Gaskell

'"Hyacinth," said Mr Gibson, sterner than ever, "Did you or did you not alter your behaviour to Roger in consequence of what you overheard of my professional conversation with Dr Nicholls? Have you not favoured his suit to Cynthia since then, on the understanding that he stood a good chance of inheriting Hamley?"'

(Anne Louise Lambert is a National Theatre player)

Plant Hunter's Tales
ROY LANCASTER recalls his travels in search of rare species. 4: China

Six programmes presented by Monty Hattrecht. Opera can make a powerful impact and it arouses passionate controversy. Is it an escape from reality? Or does it (as Janet Baker argues) embody emotions that are in everybody but which we conveniently suppress in our daily lives? Opera exposes our hidden selves, at times disturbingly, but American baritone Sherrill Milnes insists you are missing a treat if you don't allow yourself 'to be hit by the power of opera'.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by OSCAR WILDE abridged in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by JOHN RYE (10)
Producer DAVID JOHNSTON

with Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons

with BRIAN PERKINS
Including Financial Report

Chris Serle brings you the stories behind the scenes In the world of travel and transport. with help from
Eric Tobltt and Tom Boswell. Producer IRENE MALLIS Editor ROGER MACDONALD

(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)

Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts. Producer ANGELA HIND
(Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)

A personal portrait

Dr Magnus Pyke, John Thorn, Brenda Dean and Derek Robinson tackle the issues raised by the audience at Dibden Purlieu, Southampton
Chairman David Jacobs
BBC Bristol

The end of a boycott against Aeroflot after the shooting down of Korean flight 007, the absence of Andrei Gromyko at the UN, and the plan to install US missiles in West Germany.

by Alistair Cooke

includes reviews of The Nation's Health, a four-part Channel 4 television drama series based on G. F. Newman 's novel which takes a critical look at contemporary British hospitals; and Kent Opera's new production of Robinson Crusoe at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford. Presented by Michael BIHington
Producer PHILIP JORDAN

John Morgan reporting

with Bill Wallis, David Tate, Jack Klaff and Sally Grace
Written by Ian Brown, Roy Apps, Richard Quick, John Langdon, John Collee, Roger Planer, Paul Davies, Peter Hickey and others
(Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm)

The Heal of the Day (5) long wave only

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More often than not it is the spectacular virtues, shamelessly displayed, which can pose more of a threat to civilised everyday life than good, old-fashioned sin.
Terence Blacker advises the sinner on how to deal with them.
6: Open-Mindedness Producer HELEN FRY long wave only

Edward Cole remembers some classic film musicals. This week:
West Side Story long wave only