with Peter Hobday 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 LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters
Colin Semper pursues your criticisms of, and questions about, the BBC and its programmes. Send them to
Feedback, BBC,
Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW
Producer JANET THOMAS
A radio news production by ADAM RAPHAEL
On Bulburrow Hill by JOHN G. MILLER
Read by John Westbrook
NEM, p 84; Sing praise to God who reigns above (BBC HB 18); Psalm 27,
Part 1; Exodus 2, vv 11-22; Bright the vision that delighted (BBC HB 269) long wave only
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'... they presented unto him gifts; gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Malcolm Coe presents the story of the resin trees of Africa, which for centuries, have provided the peoples of the East with perfumes, pomades and incense.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol long wave only
Consumer news, information and advice with Pattie Coldwell including Called to Account, in which representatives of trades and professions deal with your queries and criticisms.
This week - newspaper journalism with guest
Andrew Neil , Editor of the Sunday Times.
For Fact Sheet 20 send a sae to [address removed]
Presenter Brian Widlake
Introduced from Birmingham by Marjorie Lofthouse The University of the Third Age: people reaching retirement are all too easily written off as 'too old to learn' but time and again the initiative of older people disproves that theory. This is a shining example of how bright and mentally active older people can be.
Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Birmingham
The Fatal Shadow by GAVIN BLACK abridged in ten parts by ELIZABETH BRADBURY
Read by HANNAH GORDON (8) long wave only
by CHARLES DICKENS (8)
Seven variations on the theme of love, written and presented by P. J. Kavanagh 7: The Next Stage
Readers DENYS HAWTHORNE and BONNIE HURREN Producer MARGARET BRADLEY
BBC Bristol
- an introduction to political thought Seven programmes presented by Brian Redhead
1: Plato and Aristotle Why should I obey the State? The history of political thought is the history of attempts over the centuries to answer that question. Each week BRIAN REDHEAD and his guests discuss some of the wide-ranging replies put forward from ancient -
Greece to the present day. Today. Christopher Rowe of the University of Bristol and Peter Nicholson of the University of York introduce the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, perhaps the most famous of all thinkers. Producer
CHRISTOPHER STONE
Hunt the Slipper (5)
with Gordon Clough and Susannah Simons
with BRIAN PERKINS including
Financial Report
with Clive Jacobs and help from ALANAH MARTIN
TOM BOSWELL and RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS
Producer HELEN ROBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Mon 1.40 pm)
with Margaret Howard Producer HELEN fry
A personal portrait
Baroness Phillips The Rt Hon Denis Healey , mp
Teddy Taylor , mp
Rabbi Lionel Blue , lecturer. Leo Baeck College from Penge, south east London Chairman David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.
by Alistair Cooke
Sheridan Morley presents tonight's edition which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, film, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
Against the Stream by JAMES HANLEY abridged in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by LYNN FARLEIGH (10) (Starting on Monday: 'Falls the Shadow' by Emanuel Litvinoff )
Headlines - national, international and financial news, background analysis and comment
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An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with Bill Wallis.
David Tate , Jon Glover and Sally Grace Written by IAN BROWN , JAMES HENDRIE
RICHARD QUICK, JOHN LANGDON PAUL B. DAVIES , MARTIN BOOTH ALAN WHITING. STEVE PUNT
PETE SINCLAIR , PETER HICKEY and others.
Producer JENNIE CAMPBELL (Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm) long wave only