Stereo

Presented by John Timpson in London and Brian Redhead at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day

Part 3

with this week's collection of conversational curiosities. Birthday Guest:
Sir Terence Conran Producer PIPPA BURSTON Stereo

Drawing-In by RAMSEY CAMPBELL
Read by John Westbrook

from St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol with the BRISTOL HIGHBURY SINGERS
Praise my soul the King of heaven (BBC HB, 15); For the fruits of His creation (BP, 18); Psalm 104; Praise the Lord,
0 my soul (English Praise, 112) Reading taken from Job 38 and 40 Musical director DR JOHN bishop Organist COLIN STUART BBC Bristol. Stereo

A six-part series in which former preacher, Harry Soan , traces his complex relationship with God.
6: Awesome and Elusive Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham

Presenter Paul Heiney reports on topical issues and how they could affect you and your family.
If you have any comments on today's programme, phone [number removed]after 11.0 am.

The last of six parts dramatised from his novel by TED WlLLIS
The police have arrested
Tomkins whose plane had been used for the kidnapping. Knowles has moved in on Sue Swinton; time is running out and he desperately needs to break down her resistance. Staccato
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD Stereo

1.55 Listening Corner Presented by SHEELAGH GILBEY Storyteller RONNlE LETHAM Today's story: The Milkman and his Horse by JENNY O'MAHONY
2.5 Something to Think About The Blacksmith by TIMOTHY WILKINSON
2.15 Quest The Non-Conformists by JOHN COUTTS
2.35 Pictures in Your Mind (Music) Music from the Planets Compiled by PAMELA KENWAY
2.45 Nature Autumn: Season of Mists (RV) by BERNARD VENABLES

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Olga Franklin , journalist, writer and broadcaster. Loose Connections (6)

Queen Lucia
A five-part comedy series based on the novel by E. F. BENSON dramatised and narrated by AUBREY WOODS 1: The Guru
It is the summer of 1920. Lucia (Mrs Philip Lucas ) returns to her beloved Riseholme after the exhausting social round in London. But all, it seems, is not well. In her absence an upstart has assumed control of the cultural life of the village. The light of battle enters Lucia's eye.
Pianist JOHN OWEN EDWARDS Directed by JOHN CARDY Stereo

Six variations on the theme of love.
Written and presented by Liz Lochhead
1: Other Poets and Shakespeare Readers JOHN SHEDDEN and ANN SCOTT-JONES
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo

Stepping Westward (8)

Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams

With PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report

A general knowledge contest between schools in Great Britain.
First Round - 4: West
WORLE SCHOOL,
Weston-super-Mare V BEAMINSTER SCHOOL 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)

Bill Breckon opens the door on the housing world with the help of financial expert
Tom Tickell. Plus current trends in house prices and the latest developments in the mortgage market.
Editor ROGER MACDONALD Producer HELEN ROBSON
(Repeated: Thursday 11.0 am) 0 HELPLINES: page 85

Rudyard Kipling first travelled from India to England at the age of 5; he circumnavigated the world in his early 20s, and remained an enthusiastic traveller all his life.
Every place Kipling visited and every person he met could fire his imagination and reappear later in story or verse. Marghanita Laski follows his travels, and explores that world which is brought to life in the writings of Rudyard Kipling. 2: Points from India with Joss Ackland as Rudyard Kipling
Readers HENRY STAMPER ,
JOHN SAMSON , MONTY MODLYN and JON STRICKLAND Producer HELEN FRY

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

Testing Times
Secondary schools are entering one of their greatest periods of change since 1944. At stake is what children should learn, how they should be tested and who sets the standards. Will national guidelines on the curriculum and a single system of exams at 16 help Sir Keith Joseph to achieve his aim of stretching the ablest pupils and motivating the others?
Presented by John Eidinow Producer ANNE WINDER
(Repeated: Friday 11.0 am)

A lighthearted look at the life and music of Noel Coward.
Presented by Sheridan Morley 4: Noël and Gertie Producer
DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN (First broadcast on World Service)

Presented by Michael Oliver Producer JOHN POWELL

The Judge and His Hangman (3)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod in London and Richard Kershaw at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0

A vous la France! An introduction Next week a new 15-part series for beginners in French starts on Radio 4 and BBC1. Yves Aubert and Phyllis Roome introduce the series, talk to some people who have learnt to speak French from radio and television, and offer some hints on learning a language as an adult. Producers NICOLE CHURCH and ALAN WILDING

12.30 Microtechnology Eight Legs Can Be Better Than Three and at 12.50 Sensing Change (RV)