Presenters Brian Redhead and Michael Stewart with John Timpson reporting from Jordan on HM The Queen's visit.
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
and good company - 55 minutes of conversation with people from all walks of life.
Tim Brooke-Taylor says
'Happy Birthday' to this week's special guest The
Rt Hon Neil Kinnock , MP. Producer PIPPA BURSTON
(Tim Brooke-Taylor is in 'Run for Your Wife!' at the Criterion Theatre, London)
The Doctor's Prescription by GUY DE MAUPASSANT translated by HARRY BELL Read by David March
Jesus Walks On the Water nem, p 21; Lord Jesus, think on me (Bp 54); Here comes Jesus (Sounds of Living Water); Mark 6; vv 45-56; My spirit longs for thee (BBC HB 331) long wave only
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Pam Ayres peers beyond her pen and paper to ponder over the passing scene and to wonder what went on in the mysterious Wychwood.
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol long wave only
Presenter John Howard reports on topical issues and how they could affect you and your family.
by John Masefield
A serial in six parts adapted by Colin Finbow
The 16 survivors of the tea clipper Blackgauntlet have suffered angry seas, hunger and parching thirst. Can Cruiser Trewsbury's captaincy survive as the spirit of his men begins to break?
Presenter Sir Robin Day
Introduced by Gillian Reynolds including
Guest of the Week: astronomer, physicist and author, Professor Sir Fred Hoyle
The Birds Fall Down (10) long wave only
Visiting by COUN HAYDN EVANS with Roger Hammond Philip has been released from hospital and lodges with a cheery widow who won't stop talking. To escape her attentions and find peace he spends his days in the park, but the dangers are greater there....
Directed by LAN COTTERELL
Authorised Versions
John Mole presents some poetic variations on biblical stories and themes.
6: Judgment Day
Readers JILL BALCON and GARY WATSON
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
Operatic Encounters Edward Downes raises the curtain on some unexpected aspects of his work in the opera house. 2: On Tour
BBC Manchester
Woman and Puppet (5)
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 PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm) Written by JAMES ROBSON Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham
The first of five programmes It might not seem like much of a job - irregular hours, modest pay and no security - but thousands of people would like nothing better than to be Members of Parliament.
Patrick Hannan who in weeks to come will be giving some irreverent career guidance to would-be journalists, spies and salesmen - offers advice on whom to meet, where to be seen, where to live, whom to marry and what to say if you really want to get into Parliament. with HOWELL EVANS and DILLWYN OWEN
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
Tom Vernon rides his bicycle from Exeter to Edinburgh; with an eye for the countryside and an ear for the people along the way.
Ill: The Waters and the Wolds: Bath to the Cotswolds
Producer JENNY DE YONG
Antony Hopkins explores a different musical work or topic, explaining his thoughts at the piano and illustrating them with records.
Producer PATRICK LAMBERT
The Challenge to Reagan As President Reagan puts himself forward for re-election, the voters will judge the man and his policies by his record in the White House. The
Democratic Party still has to choose its candidate and that choice could set the agenda for the campaign. What are the policies and issues that will dominate this year's campaign and determine the outcome? Lord
Crowther-Hunt chairs a discussion from Washington.
(Repeated: Thurs 11.0 am)
with Natalie Wheen
Producer RICHARD DUNN
The Cone-gatherers (8)
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