Presented from Scotland by Charlie Allan BBC Scotland
Presenters John Timpson and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
Presenter Brian Redhead Two months ago Today broadcast a special programme from India. Similarly, today you are invited to eavesdrop on an edition of the programme as it would be broadcast to the people of Hungary. There is the news as Hungary sees it, an interview with someone in the news, a review of the Hungarian newspapers, Hungarian sport and weather and an appropriate Thought for the Day.
A look ahead with Dilly Barlow
with Jimmy Hill
Famous faces and new voices meet for a not entirely serious talk about subjects that interest them and may surprise you. Producer IAN STRACHAN
by Jill Norris
Read by Shirley Dixon
NEM, p 118; Now thank we all our God (BBC HB 277); Psalm 26 (Gelineau); Il Samuel 22, vv 1-7,21-25; With joy we meditate the grace (BBC HB 134) long wave only
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Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners.
Presented by Vernon Scannell
Readers NORMAN RODWAY and JUNE BARRIE Compiled by MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol
with Paul Heiney
by JEROME K. JEROME adapted in three episodes and performed by Jeremy Nicholas
3: 'On the Continent they do sincerely believe that every Englishman is mad. They are as convinced of it as is every English peasant that Frenchmen live on frogs'.
Music by JEREMY NICHOLAS Performed by THE
GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND Producer
PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Tues 6.30pm)
Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
with Sue MacGregor including during the week some Talking Point discussions, Your Letters and other topics.
Among these today:
Good Practice: JENNI MILLS reports on how one health team organises the care it gives to its older patients.
The Captains and the Kings (5)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS long wave only
The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. MASON
International zoo vet David Taylor visits animals all over the world and remembers the case of the killer whale with frost-bite.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
Atlantic City Proof written and read by Christopher Cook Gilmore abridged in 15 parts by NEVILLE TELLER (1)
1920. Young Garvey Leek scratches a living digging for clams off the coast of Atlantic City. Then comes Prohibition, and he finds himself a more lucrative cargo to take ashore
- whisky from Canada for a thirsty American public who don't like being 'on the wagon'.
Producer JOHN CARDY
with Valerie Singleton and Richard Bath Editor DEREK LEWIS
with BRYAN MARTIN including
Financial Report
(Repeated: Tues 1.40 pm)
with Peter Hobday
Producer ROSALIND BEW
(Repeated: Thurs 10.0 am)
'Intellectuals are largely unpopular with the public, distrusted and feared, even. There is, though, one potential advantage.' Patrick Hannan reflects on the species.
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore
Dennis Crowthorne is as cheery and contented a chap as you're ever likely to meet. True - just between ourselves - his wife's not in the best of health, but she only needs cheering up a bit. Tell Dennis he's driving her mad, and he'd probably laugh at you. But you can't laugh everything off ....
Directed by Gordon House A BBC World Service production
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)
with a compendium of entertaining reminiscences Producer MICHAEL FORD BBC Birmingham
with Christopher Frayling Producer BRIAN BARFIELD Editor ROSEMARY HART
Fire Falcon (6)
Headlines and an hour of news, background and analysis
11.0 Headlines and Financial World Tonight Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE long wave only from 11.0