A regional view of farming in the week ahead presented from Northern Ireland by John Johnston BBC Northern Ireland
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
A look ahead with Harriet Cass
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
Producer KATE FENTON (Repeated: Fri 9.30 pm)
who invites you to meet some of the names who are hitting the headlines this week.
Kenneth Robinson adds his own brand of humour.
Producer IAN STRACHAN
Sunday Walks by HILL SLAVID
Read by Cyril Shaps Producer MITCH RAPER
NEM, p 58; Who would true valour see (BBC HB 371); Psalm 33 (Gelineau); Genesis 42, vv 18-28; Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round (BBC HB 321) long wave only
Brian Johnston visits the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire. He gets involved with biscuit- and soap-making, poultry and game, meets a wartime pilot and a man whose hero is Clint Eastwood. Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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Presented by Vernon Scannell
Readers NORMAN RODWAY and JUNE BARRIE Compiled by MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol
Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol [Postcode removed] long wave only
The only national radio programme for consumers. Presenter John Howard lends a sympathetic ear to your phone comments and queries on [number removed]. Editor KEN VASS
Non-stop cabaret with Fundation who are
Joe Griffiths (on piano) Gareth Hale Norman Pace
Terry Morrison and Victy Silva
Written by FUNDATION with contributions from
CHARLIE ADAMS. GEOFFREY ATKINSON.
PAUL B. DAVIES.
JOHN LANGDON and SIMON PARKE Producer ALAN NIXON
(Repeated: Tues 6.30 pm) (Fundation are at the Tramshed, Woolwich, London)
Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
with Sue MacGregor including
And I Also Miss the Gossip....: JEAN SNEDEGAR eavesdrops on a lip-reading lesson and finds out about the trauma of going deaf in adult life. Mrs Pooter 's Diary (6) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS long wave only
The Snake by JAMES DOUGLAS
How do you give a lion a manicure? Zoo vet David Taylor recalls his nailbiting experiences with the big cats.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
Atlantic City Proof (11)
with Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton 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)
'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
Slipping Away by ELIZABETH TROOP adapted by the author from her novel
, a film director, has taken his elegant wife Claudia and his talented son Sam to Italy in an attempt to finish a failing script with his American writer Tom Vermeer. But the melancholy quiet of a Tuscan village in August proves to be no escape from the crises of middle age-and in their isolation they indulge in reckless and dangerous games.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)
The Museum of Alexandria
The museum in Alexandria was more than just a museum; it was the first science research laboratory in the world. It was founded in the fourth century BC. Euclid worked there, as did Hero of Alexandria - who invented the steam engine.
David Jones investigates the Museum's track record and its fate.
Producer MARTIN GOLDMAN
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer BRIAN BARFIELD Editor ROSEMARY HART
The Lost Domain by ALAIN-FOURNIER abridged in 15 parts by SUSAN COKYLL Read by MICHAEL WILLIAMS (6)
Headlines, analysis and comment
11.0 Headlines
Editor ALISTAIR OSBORNE long wave only from 11.0
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