News, weather, papers and sport
A regional view of farming in the week ahead presented from Wales by Handel Jones BBC Wales
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 BRIAN PERKINS
7.25* 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
A look ahead with Dilly Barlow
goes into the BBC Sound Archives to contemplate current affairs and future events.
Producer HELEN FRY
Famous faces and new voices meet for a not entirely serious talk.
Producer [AN STRACHAN
A Stanley Street by LISA TAYLOR
Read by Elizabeth Proud Producer MITCH raper
NEM. p 93; Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (BBC HB 17); Psalm 33, vv 12-21; Hebrews 1, vv 1-14; Forth in thy name 0 Lord, I go (BBC HB 406) long wave only
Brian Johnston visits Colchester in Essex.
He discovers its military tradition, its ancient history, samples its oysters and learns about something called 'The Thieves' Dinner'.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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Poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners with Vernon Scannell Readers NORMAN RODWAY and JUNE BARRIE Compiled by MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol long wave only
Patti Coldwell presents and 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 6.30pm) (Fundation are appearing at the Tramshed,
Woolwich, London)
Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
with Sue MacGregor including during the week some Talking Point discussions, Your Letters and other topics.
Every Time is a Miracle: JILL BURRIDGE talks to midwives about the nature of their work and how it is changing.
Wycliffe and the Pea-green Boat (8)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS long wave only
Fit Up by PETER SIMPKIN
International zoo vet
David Taylor visits his patients all over the world.
He recalls the sad tale of a lady who spent the night with an elephant. In the morning only her finger remained.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol
Vera (6)
Presenters Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton Editor DEREK LEWIS
with PETER DONALDSON including
Financial Report
(Repeated: Tues 1.40pm)
Written and read by Ian Skidmore
Five extracts from an unreliable autobiogaphy
2: The Mighty Midget
'By some miracle the yawn she produced as the camera shutter clicked was transformed to an expression of wide-eyed wonder. But Midget enjoyed the show hugely.' Adapted and produced by HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
by Rose Tremain
with Roy Kinnear and Fiona Walker
Larry and Marje decide to holiday on a French campsite. Larry appears to be full of jovial bonhomie but, when Trist suddenly pitches his tent next to them, Larry reveals a very different side to his nature.
BBC Manchester
Where do people willingly spend ten days in isolation, give themselves regular nasal washes and receive visitors only if they're gowned and masked? At the Common Cold Unit in Salisbury. Peter Evans finds out what it's like to be a volunteer at the unit and what current research is revealing about treatment. Producer DEBORAH COHEN
Presenter
Christopher Frayling Producer DANIEL DODD
Editor ROSEMARY HART
Irish Journal by HEINRICH BOLL translated by LEILA VENNEWITZ abridged in five parts by DOREEN MAHON
Read by John Rowe (1) The story of a novelist's visit to Ireland in the mid 1950s: its sights, its weather, and its children. Producer
MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
11.0 Headlines
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE long wave only from 11.0
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