Presented by John Timpson 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 PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
Part 7
Bereavement
We all have to cope at some time with the loss of someone close to us, whether it's the death of a parent at the end of a full life, of a loved child from illness or accident, or of a lifetime's partner. How do you come to terms with the emotional and practical aftermath of bereavement, and how long does it take?
June Hemer of the National Association of Widows, and Derek NuttaU , Director of CRUSE, join Judith Chalmers to answer your questions. Produced by the Woman'sHourunit
Lines open from 8.0 am
Producer ZAREER MASANI
An English Woman Abroad by SHIRLEY MITCHELL
Read by Patricia GaUimore 'You have a house in Paris?' he asked.
Now, whether this was a ploy or not on his part she did not mind.
'An apartment,' she admitted. 'In Montmartre.'
Producer GWYN Richards BBC Birmingham
NEM. p 5; Sing we triumphant hymns of praise (BBC HB 130); Psalm 119, w 41-48; Acts 10, w 1-8; 0 God of truth, whose living word (BBC HB 359) Stereo
Chris Mead , Pat Morris and David Streeter tackle wildlife questions from an audience in Camberley, Surrey.
Presenter Derek Jones Producer JOHN Harrison BBC Bristol
with Cheryl Armitage
Phone comments on [number removed]after 11.0 am
Chairman Robert Robinson
Dr Russell Hafter (teacher)
Hamish Henderson (lecturer)
Christopher Wright (British Steel despatch clerk)
Ian MacDonald (public transport official)
The programme includes Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pm) Stereo
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner A Pet for the King by DIANA STOW Storyteller JOHNNY MORRIS
2.5 History: Long Ago Roman London by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (2) by DEREK FARMER
2.20 Pictures in Your Mind Space Bear by ZOE BAILEY
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Big Ben Under Wraps: bristling with scaffolding and covered with plastic sheeting, the famous clock-tower of Westminster is unrecognisable just now. Margaret Horsfield goes up to the top to see what's happening.
The Fall of the Sparrow by Nigel Balchin abridged in 15 parts by Delia Paton
Read by John Westbrook (15)
(Music: Persichetti's Divertimento for Band)
When It Was Always Summer by DOROTHY GHARBAOUI
Rachel Calvert , the widowed mother of an Ulster family, learns that her son John has died in action at the Somme.
The Ulster girl who nursed him in France is to visit them on her way home. But she becomes indispensable to the Calverts and stays many months. Do they want her for herself or for the solace she offers?
Directed by PETER KAVANAGH BBC Northern Ireland
4: The Forgotten Disaster
The final programme in this series on the Roman Catholic Church in Peru travels to the north of the country where thousands of square miles of land have been devastated by flood.
Presented and produced by David Peet
Programme Consultant DOM LEO BONSALL. OSB
Stepping Westward (2)
with Richard Bath and Valerie Singleton continued on VHFIFM 5.50-5.55
with cuve ROSLIN including Financial Report
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.40 pm)
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Reporter Stuart Simon Producer JOHN DRURY Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
A. J. Sylvester was a friend and confidant of David Lloyd
George as well as his Principal Private Secretary, and was one of a small intimate circle of people who knew about Lloyd George 's secret life. Sylvester, now into his 95th year, looks back over that 30-year-long relationship and recalls not only the successes, but also the often troubled private moments in the daily life of the political giant he always addressed as 'LG'.
Introduced by John Darren Producer JAN TAYLOR
A magazine edition with news of wildlife and the countryside.
Introduced by Michael Jordan Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]
8.30-10.0 pm
Book, E2.95, from [address removed]
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The Chief Rabbi, Sir Immanuel Jakobovits , in conversation with Trevor Barnes.
On Thursday the Jewish New Year begins and Sir Immanuel reflects on events in the past year of significance to his community and looks forward to the future.
Producer JULIA BOSNAN
Christopher Frayling presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, film, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer JOHN POWELL
Stars and Bars (7)
Presented by Alexander MacLeod on VHFIFM until 11.0
11.0 The Chip Shop
with John Roberts reporting from the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC.
Radio Geography Home or Away
12.30 Mannheim (RV) written and presented by GEOFFREY SHERLOCK
12.50 Rural India written and presented by MARK TULLY
Producer ASTLEY JONES
