Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead with Peter Hobday at the SDP Conference in Buxton
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
edited by MARY DUNN abridged in eight parts by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by MARGOT BOYD (8) Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
Birthday Guest Stirling Moss discusses his life and times with Clement Freud , mp. Producer pipa BURSTON Stereo
visits Cumbria where members of the ULVERSTON
VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL PTA put their questions to
Geoffrey Smith , Alan Mason and Dr Stefan Buczacki Questionmaster Les Cottington BBC Manchester
by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Rex Holdsworth
Valerie Beaumont , the school secretary, is dead. Was it an accident?
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
NEM p 122; Jesu, our hope, our heart's desire (BBC HB 126); Psalm 119, w 9-16; Acts 9, w 19-25; Father, hear the prayer we offer (BBC HB 352) Stereo
A six-part series in which former preacher, Harry Soan , traces his complex relationship with God. 3; Learning to Preach
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham
Presenter Pattie Coldwell
If you have any comments on today's programme, phone [number removed]
by TED willis (3)
Stereo
Presenter John Harrison
Maureen Morris and David Peart with rhymes and poems.
by ELIZABETH TROOP with Frances Jeater as Suzi and Crawford Logan as Hugo Having lived together for five years, Hugo and Suzi know all there is to know about one another. But when Hugo decides that they need the stability of marriage, their honeymoon in Brittany reveals something of the 'animal' in Suzi's nature, and that is the beginning of the end....
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY Stereo
Six All
Compiled and presented by H. Colin Davis 4: All Aboard
Readers MANNING WILSON and GEOFFREY COLUNS Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol
The fighting lasted many days. Bedlam surrounded us. Then, suddenly, everything stopped. A terrifying silence fell.
Alexander Pasternak , younger brother of the poet, Boris, was brought up in a cultured
Moscow household at the turn of the century, where artists such as Tolstoy, Rachmaninov and Scriabin were regular visitors. Ann Pasternak Slater , his niece, tells the story of the break up of society, and of the Pasternak family, in a feature based on Alexander's memoirs (soon to be published).
With Michael Pennington as Alexander Pasternak Producer CATHY WEARING
(Michael Pennington is a National Theatre player)
Act of Mercy (8)
Presenters
Robert Williams and Carole West continued on VHFjFM 5.50-5.55
With PAULINE BUSHNELL including
Financial Report
A general knowledge contest between schools in Great Britain.
Inverness High School v. Nairn Academy
Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
(Repeated: Thursday 1.40pm)
by ROBERT FERGUSON
Sarah is very self-possessed for a ten-year-old, perhaps because her father is dead and the friends with whom she goes out are of her mother's generation rather than her own. Among them, John commands her particular affection and respect.
Directed by RICHARD IMISON (First broadcast on Radio 3)
9: A Small Town Girl: Marguerite Higgins by CLARE TAYLOR with Anna Nygh as Marguerite Higgins One of America's most celebrated war correspondents, Marguerite Higgins reported on World War n, Korea and Vietnam. Her brash and patriotic style matched the mood of her generation.
Narrated by Nigel Graham
Other parts played by william HOPE, ROGER HUME , FRANCES JEATER and CLIVE PANTO Producer PETER WINDOWS BBC Birmingham Stereo
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 Stereo
The legacy of our most distant -ancestors is written in the subtle chemistry of our cells. Their primitive genes are essential to life. Yet they may also have the ability to destroy it. Geoff Watts examines the mounting evidence that if these genes are damaged or disturbed they spell out the code for cancer.
A lighthearted look at the life and music of Noel Coward
Presented by Sheridan Morley 2: Noël on the Past
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN
Presented by Natalie Wheen Producer KEVIN JACKSON
Wide Sargasso Sea (8)
Presented by Richard Kershaw in London and Peter Paterson at the SDP Conference in Buxton.
11.0 Headlines on VHFIFM until 11.0
Enjoying Opera Six programmes presented by MONTY HALTRECHT How important is the acting in opera?
4: Opera as Drama Operatic acting is often criticised, but producer JOHN cox thinks singers can be 'way out front' when it comes to impact on audiences.
Tonight, Ted Harrison looks into astrology. Is it just a bit of harmless fun, or is there something more sinister behind this ancient form of fortune-telling.
Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS Series editor JOHN NEWBURY
