with John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30. 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN 7 !0* Your Letters 7 25* 8.25* Sport
7,45*. Thought for the Day
Part 2
The Police and the Public
The controversial Police and Criminal Evidence
Bill, which died with the last parliament. is about to be revived in next week's new session. The Bill seeks to assist the police in fighting crime by extending their powers to stop and search Individuals, to search premises and seize documents and to detain suspects for longer periods.
Opponents of the Bill argue that prevention and detection depend largely upon public cooperation and that the new powers will alienate public goodwill.
Are stronger police powers the best weapon
In the defence of law and order - or will they erode public confidence in the nolice?
Put your Question or comment to
Brian Redhead and his studio
Producers CHRIS LONGLEY JOHN GETGOOD DAVID MORLEY
Editor DAVID HARDING
Lines open from 8.0 am
The Duck Shoot by WYN DANIELS
Read by James Benson They set off in the gathering dusk. He could faintly see the outline of statuesque cattle ... He began to feel good, excitement rising within him. producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
new p 89; Fairest Lord Jesus (BBC HB 139);
Canticle 9; Luke 5. vv 17-26; Soldiers of Christ arise (BBC HB 345) long wave only
No Exceptions by STEVE MAY
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Our swifts all left on 6 August. So did they hatch at the same time to be ready for their long flight south? The team broods over your wildlife questions.
Presented by Derek Jonet Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 5.0 pm) long wave only
John Howard Introduces the daily programme of news for consumers. Today Sally Hawkins offers some solutions to your social welfare problems.
Six contests between teams in London and In New York.
(Details: Thurs 6.30 pm)
Presenter Sir Robin Day
Introduced by Sue MacGregor. Including Highlights of the Women of the Year lunch at the Savoy Hotel tn London. The Woodlanders (9) long wave only
by Charles Ryder
with Sam Kelly as Wally and Michael Angelis as Al
Wally and Al have entered a local marathon to settle an argument that started on the car assembly line where they work. They known that all runners face a moment when they long to give up. Athletes call it the Wall. Will Al and Wally be able to get over it?
(BBC Manchester)
Young Opinion
I'm not just a mindless tout; I have my own life, my own hopes - and my own opinions.
Teenagers all over the country express such individuality when Quizzed about the broader issues of life. Religion
Producer ANGELA HIND
Revolution, the brutalities of military dictatorships, the warring of left- and right-wing guerrilla movementsrvaveturned the republics of Central America in recent years into a breeding ground for Communism. While Russia and Cuba exploit the often genuine grievances of the poor people of these countries. concern Increases in the United States about what is happening so close to her own frontier.
Compiled, written and Introduced by Stephen Cape
Producer HOWARD ROGERS A Today production
December Flower (7)
with Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton
With CLIVE ROSLIN
Including Financial Report
(Details- Thurs 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoil Watts reports on the health of medical care.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Editor DAVID TAYLOR BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 4.10 pm)
Six lurches through England not quite in the wake of J. B. Priestley. For over 20 years Ray Gosling has been exploring and writing about England. Fifty years after Priestley made his English Journey, Gosling attempts his own tour of the country.
In 1933, Priestley began In Southampton 'where a man might first land'. In 1983, Heathrow Airport is Gosling's logical starting point from where he moves to Milton Keynes to explore a new England unknown to Priestley and the 1930s ...
BBC Manchester
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL Free Quarterly bulletin from [address removed](send four large sacs for a year's supply)
includes reviews of The Diary of Beatrice Webb Vol 2 1892-1905: All the Good Things of Life, edited by Norman and Jean MacKenzie ; and the largest ever exhibition of the works of the painter J. M. W. Turner to be shown abroad, jointly organised by the British Council and the Reunion des Musées Nationaux at the Grand Palais, Paris.
Presenter Richard Mayne Producer JOHN POWELL
with Alexander MacLeod
Sentimentality
The Heat of the Day (12) long wave only
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The polonaise, polka andmazurka:Polish dances and their inspiration for composers from Telemann to Chopin.
