Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead with Peter Hobday at the Liberal Party Assembly in Bournemouth
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by cuve ROSLIN
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day

Part 3

and another selection of conversational curiosities.
This week's Birthday Guest is award-winning writer Penelope Mortimer. Producer PIPPA BURSTON Stereo

Les Cottington invites Geoffrey Smith ,
Bill Sowerbutts and Dr Stefan Buczacki to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post. Questions on postcards only to: [address removed]. BBC Manchester

The Melodic Jonah by STEPHEN OSBORNE
Read by Michael Kelligan 'Evans was convinced that Davies was a Jonah, and a Jonah on board ship always brought bad luck. Evans couldn't pinpoint it-he just had a gut feeling, that's all.' Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

from the Chapel of Unity, Methodist College, Belfast NEM, p 84; Dear Lord and Father of mankind (BBC
HB 351); Psalm 51, w 3-6,12-14,17 (Stephen Dean ); Matthew 18; w 21-35 (rsv); God of Mercy and compassion (O'Rawe) BBC Northern Ireland. Stereo

A six-part series in which former preacher, Harry Soan , traces his complex relationship with God.
4:Prisoner of ConscienceProducer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham

Presenter Pattie Coldwell
If you have any comments on today's programmes, phone [number removed]after 11.0 am

by TED WILLIS (4)

1.55 Listening Corner Presented by TIM munro Storyteller IRENE HANDL Today's story: Grandma and Bopper at the Sales by JANET SORENSEN
2.5 Something to Think About Troll and Mole are Friends by TONY JOHNSTON ; adapted for radio by PADDY BECHELY
2.15 Quest Early Christianity by GEOFFREY CURTIS
2.35 Pictures In Your Mind (Poetry) Walking on the Moon compiled by PADDY BECHELY
2.45 Nature Trees in the park by JEAN KENWARD

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Anita Roddick , creator of a multi-million-dollar beauty business based on natural ingredients.
The Fall of the Sparrow (11)

Maurice in Memoriam by GRAHAM BLACKETT
Twelve-year-old Matthew, neglected by his quarrelling parents, falls in with Joe, an old ex-lag trying to burgle his house. Matthew wonders if Joe will fit in with his plans to bring about a family reconciliation.
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol Stereo

Six All
Compiled and presented by H. Colin Davis
5: All Is Not Lost
Readers MANNING WILSON and ROSALIND SHANKS
Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol

Before the Wind Changed
3: Zimbabwe Was A Ruin Then A new job for Dad in Fort
Victoria means that James and Mum have to hitch lifts back to Salisbury to collect the furniture. They meet the World and his Wife on the road.

Presenters Susannah Simons and Richard Bath

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

First Round - 2: London
BRAMPTON MANOR SCHOOL, NEWHAM V QUEEN ELIZABETH BOYS' SCHOOL,
BARNET Questionmasters
Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny Questions set by PAUL UVESEY ,
NIGEL RICHARDSON and PADDY FEENY Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER (Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)

(Repeated: Thursday 1.40 pm)

For much of his life, he has been obsessed with the accumulation of money. In just under a year he has gambled enough money to keep a family for many years-and lost every penny. He has no job and few prospects. He's 16.
He tells his own story to Cathy Packe.
Producer ELAINE BEDELL BBC Birmingham
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10: Debriefed by Dreams by ED
THOMASON Michael Herr was a travel writer before he went to
Vietnam in 1967. He'd never covered a war before and he stayed for only a year. For months after he got back to
New York, he would wake up sometimes convinced his room was full of dead marines....
Directed by MARGARET WINDHAM

explaining his thoughts at the piano and illustrating them with records.
Producer PATRICK LAMBERT Stereo

A lighthearted look at the life and music of Noel Coward.
Presented by Sheridan Morley 3: Noel and the 20s
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN (First broadcast on World Service)

Paul Allen investigates the variety of arts in the South West, including the Bristol Old Vic, the Amolfini Gallery and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

Stars and Bars (3)

Presented by John Hosken in London and Janet Cohen at the Liberal Party Assembly in Bournemouth
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0

Enjoying Opera Six programmes presented by MONTY HALTRECHT
5: Words and Music How important is the story in opera? And is it better to have opera in the original language or in translation? 'It's devastating for performers to sing comic opera and not get a response', says Dame Janet Baker. But, in those large-scale works painted in broad brush-strokes, says American baritone Sherrill Milnes , it's the primary emotions rather than the detailed story that count most.

12.30 Advanced Level: English Charles Dickens 5: 'Bleak House' and at 12.50
6: 'Great Expectations' with DR STEPHEN GILL