with Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by bryan MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Lively and unpredictable conversation with people from all walks of life. Tim Brooke-Taylor interviews this week's birthday personality.
Producer PIPPA BURSTON
(Tim Brooke-Taylor is in 'Run for Your Wife' at the Criterion Theatre, London)
by Jill Norris
Read by Elizabeth Proud
The Kingdom of God
NEM, p 71; Thou art the way (BBC HB 338); Psalm 84;
Mark 4. vv 21-34; Take my life and let it be (EH 582) long wave only
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The first of six programmes in which we ask busy people to pause awhile and consider the views from their windows. Leslie Crowther opens his window to be reminded of both Switzerland and Canada as he looks across the valley of the Avon near Bath.
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol long wave only
Woddis On: page 81
Presenter Paul Heiney reports on topical issues
by JOHN MASEFIELD (4)
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.35 Party Political Broadcast by the Conservative Party
with Gillian Reynolds Guest of the Week: writer and celebrated Hollywood gossip columnist, Sheilah Graham
The Birds Fall Down (5) long wave only
Principles of Flight by BOB COUTTIE
When Clare disappears on her wedding night everyone fears the worst. Except Mum. She knows where Clare has gone and is determined to follow her. The trail takes her along the route of her past life to the aerodrome where she was stationed during the war.
Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER
Authorised Versions
John Mole presents some poetic variations on Biblical stories.
5: Marked with the Cross Readers JILL BALCON and GARY WATSON
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
Children Talking
GYN FREEMAN canvasses the views of youngsters in Oxford.
BBC Manchester
Reporter Roger Finnigan Producer JOHN DRURY Editor DAVID TAYLOR
The Marsh Lions by BRIAN JACKMAN and JONATHAN SCOTT abridged in seven parts by BRIAN JACKMAN Read by VIRGINIA MCKENNA (7)
Producer VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham
with Robert Williams and Susannah Simons
with PETER DONALDSON including
Financial Report
A musical panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
Producer PETER ATKIN
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
A weekly investigation into the problems of listeners, which can include being the victims of unfair dealings, sharp practice, injustice and even fraud.
Presenter Roger Cook Producer JOHN EDWARDS
A series of eight programmes in which
Tom Vernon rides his bicycle from Exeter to Edinburgh; with an eye for the countryside and an ear for the people. 2: Dark Gods and Travelling Light: Montacute to Bath
Producer JENNY DE YONG
Each week Antony Hopkins explores a different musical work or topic, explaining his thoughts at the piano and illustrating them with records.
Producer PATRICK LAMBERT
Britain's farmers are often accused of being feather-bedded; they're seen as a privileged and protected group receiving massive subsidies which encourage large-scale production of some crops at the expense of others.
Is this a fair picture? If so, should famers be forced to face the same chill economic wind that's swept through manufacturing industry?
David Wheeler reports on the state of British agriculture.
In the last of 12 talks,
Anthony Smith continues the story of his motorcycle journey from Cairo to Cape Town last year - retracing with his son Adam the path he first rode nearly three decades ago.
with Paul Allen
Producer RICHARD DUNN
The Cone-gatherers (3)
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