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 clive ROSLIN
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Urban Wildlife
From the nature lover's viewpoint, modem methods of farming all too often leave the countryside sterile, with hedgerows removed, ponds filled in and wild flower meadows ploughed.
Yet there are more than one million acres of garden in Britain which could be made a sanctuary for our native plants, birds and insects. Mary Pratt , a nature conservationist, and landscape architect Chris Baines join Sue MacGregor to answer your questions on makmg your garden, no matter how small, a wildlife habitat.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am OHELPLINES: page 75
Painting in a Junk Shop by GORDON WALLACE Read by Ron Bain
Producer MARTIN GOLDMAN BBC Scotland
NEM. p 25; Ye servants of God (BBC HB 287); Psalm 31 (Gelineau); Genesis 41, w 1-8; A safe stronghold our God is still (BBC HB 297) long wave only
The Champion by GWYN CLARK
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'I heard a lot of splashing in our pond and rushed out to discover my goldfish and a grass snake locked in combat. Who was eating whom?' Lionel Kellaway , Pat Morris and Jim Flegg grapple with more of your wildlife questions.
Presenter Derek Jones Producer MEUNDA BARKER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 3.5 pm) long wave only
Retirement and After
The second special report for the elderly and those who care for them.
Patti Coldwell looks at support services for those living at home.
by GUY JENKIN and JON CANTER starring
'Happiness ... is a career in advertising' and the voices of JOSS ACKLAND ,
MIRIAM MARGOLYES , JAMES GRIFFITHS JOHN SHRAPNEL and DAVID TATE
Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Thurs 6.30 pm)
Presenter Sir Robin Day
with Sue MacGregor including
The Ever Interesting Topic: a wry celebration of St Valentine in words and music.
Mrs Pooter 's Diary (2) long wave only
But, Robert, Nobody
Dies for Love Anymore by CHRIS CURRY with Russell Dixon as Robert and Helen Worth as Julie 'A woman's a person, Greg, a beautiful, complicated thinking being. They're not just spare, they're essential, vital. Not that I'd allow one to put a foot over my pain threshold again.... '
Directed by TONY CUFF BBC Manchester
The Anxiety of Influence
The poet and pianist Roy Fisher considers some excuses for not trying too hard.
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
Desire me? Love me?
Marry me? New readers begin here.... with Edward Blishen Frances Donnelly Rosalind Shanks and Neil Stacy
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
Atlantic City Proof (7)
with Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton
with PAULINE BUSHNELL including
Financial Report
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Geoff Watts reports
(Repeated: Sat 2.35 pm)
President Assad of Syria has been called everything from a stooge of the Russians to a backer of international terrorism with ambitions to lead the Arab world. Under his leadership, Syria has become the new superpower of the Middle
East and it is clear that no peace formula can succeed without its agreement. What is Syria trying to achieve with its opposition to American initiatives and to the policies of the moderate
Arab world? In the first of a new series Stuart Simon reports from Damascus.
Producer PETER SALMON Editor DAVID TAYLOR
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 4.10 pm)
8.20 Incest
Should the English law be changed to make incest legal between consenting adults - as is now being considered by the Criminal Law Revision Committee? Peter France investigates the biological evidence for and against incest.
Researcher JENNY devitt Producer
ANNE BLAIR GOULD
BBC Bristol
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 Handbook of aids and publications, [address removed]
Professor Alan Gemmell visits the garden of Great Comp which bears eloquent witness to the efforts of the present owners Roderick and Joy Cameron. Producer
MURDOCH MCPHERSON
BBC Scotland
Sincere Insincerity
'Acting is not real life but it's best when a play travels through you, when your ego doesn't block the play-acting then is an exhilarating and spiritual experience.'
Jane Lapotaire , the vivacious actress who has played everything from
Chekhov's Sonya to Piaf on the stage, and Madame Curie to Cleopatra on the television.
In conversation with Michael Billington , she recalls her work with the Royal Shakespeare
Company, the National Theatre and recently in the West End Musical
Dear Anyone, and she also discusses working in America and her latest project, setting up the Women's Playhouse Trust. Producer JOHN BOUNDY
The Lost Domain (2)
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11.0 Headlines and Financial World Tonight long wave only from 11.0
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