Presented from Northern Ireland by John Johnston BBC Northern Ireland
Presenters John Timpson and Michael Stewart with Brian Redhead from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in New Delhi, India
6.30, 7.30, 8.30
News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.25', 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
Presenter Brian Redhead You are invited to eavesdrop as Today continues this morning with a short edition of the programme as it would be broadcast if it were addressing itself to the people of India. There is the news as India sees it, an interview with an interesting person in the Indian news, a review of the Indian newspapers, Indian sport and weather, a Hindu Thought for the Day and perhaps some Indian traffic news.
A look ahead with Eugene Fraser
Famous faces and new voices meet for a not entirely serious conversation in front of an audience in Darlington Civic Theatre. Producer IAN STRACHAN (Tickets available from the theatre)
(Revised repeat at 7.20 pm)
The Last Show by GRAHAM EDWARDS
Read by SiOn Probert
Producer MITCH RAPER
Advent Calendar: Eve gives Adam the apple NEM, p 46; Come, thou long-expected Jesus (BBC HB 30); Adam lay ybounden (Oxford Book of Carols 180); Genesis 3; What Adam's disobedience cost (bp 97) long wave only
Brian Johnston visits
Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. In recent years the town has become famous in the world of athletics, not only for the runners that it has produced, but also for its international stadium.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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Presenter P. J. Kavanagh Readers PETER JEFFREY and BONNIE HURREN Compiled by MARGARET BRADLEY long wave only
Paul Heiney introduces radio's only daily consumer news and advice.
Including an Action Special report on someone who's helping to tackle the problems of unemployment.
A record of the day-to-day village life in Stackton Tressel of Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket 3: The Drop Out
Guest appearance by DAVID GOODERSON
Script GERALD FROW Producer JOHN DYAS
(First broadcast on R2)
Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
Introduced by Sue MacGregor including during the week some Talking Point discussions, Your Letters and other topics.
Among these today:
Focus on the Nuclear Debate: each day this week, a different aspect will be examined. Today - the facts about nuclear weapons and the alternatives.
A Tiger for Malgudi (8) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS long wave only
Arson in Berlin by ALLEN SADDLER
' There is in this country a group of men engaged in a conspiracy to undermine the English language.'
Who are they?
Patrick Hannan reveals all in the last of six programmes.
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
How Green Was My Valley by RICHARD LLEWELLYN abridged in 13 parts for radio by ANN REES JONES
Read by GERALD JAMES (11) Producer ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales
Presenters Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton
Editor DEREK LEWIS
with BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report
Premios Ondas Award Winner 1983
Britain's first National
Local Radio Station gets a great big Eurowelcome as it goes Eurowide to Germany, France and Italy for its first ever
Euroshow. Broadcasting to over 12 million Eurohomes in unforgettable Eurosound withHelenAtkinson-Wood Angus Deayton Geoffrey Perkins Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens Written by GEOFFREY PERKINS and ANGUS DEAYTON , with additional material by JON CANTER , MORAY HUNTER and JOHN DOCHERTY.
Music by PHILIP POPE , STEVE BROWN ,
KEITH MCCULLOCH , RICHARD CURTIS Producer JAMIE RIX
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
(Revised repeat of 9.5 am)
Thirteenth Night A dream play by HOWARD BRENTON
Jack Beaty is an activist in a ' piddling little Labour Party ward '.
What would he do if he came to power tomorrow? ' I have a kind of fear that we don't have the politics to do it. That we need a new democracy, new forms, a politics to end politics.'
With ALEX JENNINGS
RICHARD HUW and MICHAEL JENNER Directed by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
Presenter Richard Mayne including interviews, news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer CARROLL MOORE Editor ROSEMARY HART
with Alexander MacLeod Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presenter Heather Couper A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
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