with Robert McLeish

Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

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Astronomy
Whether you're a keen stargazer or someone who prefers to contemplate the universe from the depths of an armchair, astronomy has something for you - and, with the nights drawing in, now is the time to make a start.
Answering your questions is Heather Couper , who next week succeeds Patrick Moore as President of the British Astronomical Association. Sue MacGregor is in the Chair.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am

Producer ZAREER MASANI

by JAMES ANDREW
Read by Sandy Neilson Producer JOHN ARNOTT BBC Scotland

NEM, p 102; Lord Christ, who on thy heart didst bear (BBC HB 380); Psalm 8; i Samuel 20, vv 1-10; Father, most holy, merciful and loving (BBC HB 167) Stereo

So the poet Robert Southey called Thomas Telford , the father of civil engineering, who died 150 years ago this year. Many of his works still stand: the Menai Suspension Bridge, the Caledonian Canal, the Road to the Highlands. The son of a Scottish shepherd, Telford was poet, architect, and a man of complex personality.
Malcolm Billings traces his career and, with the help of modern-day engineers, assesses his place in the history of his profession.
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)

with Pattie Coldwell Phone comments on [number removed]after 11.0 am

by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
with Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker, Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey and Derek Fowlds as Bernard

In which Jim's privacy is invaded, and in which Sir Humphrey pays him the ultimate compliment.
Adapted for radio by the producer Pete Atkin
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pm)
(Stereo)

Presenter Sir Robin Day

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story How the Rooster Saved the Day
2.5 History: Long Ago Shakespeare's London by CHRISTOPHER RUSSEL
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (5) by DEREK FARMER
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): The Green Book (II) The Moth People by JILL PATON WALSH adopted by EDWARD KELSEY

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Woman of the Year 1984: highlights from yesterday's luncheon at the Savoy Hotel, London
A Friend in Need (2)

Troubled by the Scenery by HOWARD WAKELING with Gwen Watford as Sheila Gudrun Ure as Lally Sian Thomas as Marni and Leila Bertrand as Bobs
The Isle of Skye was Sheila's second home. Now a widow, she returns to the island, but it does not offer the comfort she expected.
Directed by CAROLINE RAPHAEL Stereo

Drefach Velindre:
Portrait of a Village
The story of economic decline in the coal-mining villages of South Wales is a familiar one. But what of the village which has that same problem - and is set in the rural heartland of West Wales? This programme is a portrait of that village, as seen by those Welsh people who live in Drefach Velindre - (Small Town Mill - Town). Compiled and presented by Sian Lloyd BBC Wales

Behaving Badly (2)

with Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

(Repeated: Wednesday 1.40 pm)

Reporter Walter Merricks Producer JOHN DRURY Editor BRIAN WALKER
(Repeated: Wednesday 4.0 pm)

Reporter Geoff Watts
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
(Repeated: Thursday 10.0 am)

Ken Livingstone and David Goode , guardians of London's ecology, wander across hidden marshes in search of mushrooms, waders, herons, newts and even tree frogs. Presented by Derek Jones Producer MELINDA BARKER
BBC Bristol

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL

Professor Alan Gemmell visits Newby Hall in North Yorkshire, where special features have been made of small gardens and enclosures, providing a variety of enjoyable walks and vistas. Producer MURDOCH MCPHERSON
BBC Scotland
(Newby Gardens can be found off the A1 at Skelton, near Ripon, North Yorkshire)

Presented by Natalie Wheen Producer CARROLL MOORE

Quick Service (2)

Presenter Richard Kershaw on VHF/FM until 11.0

11.0 The Chip Shop Stereo

followed by an interlude

Deutsch fur die Oberstufe
12.30 3: Arbeitslosigkeit bei den Jugendlichen Compiled by Gerhard Aberle
12.50 4: Frauen in der BRD Compiled and produced by Al Wolff