Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
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
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

This week's Birthday Guest is the actress, Diana Quick.
Producer PIPPA BURSTON. Stereo

(abr) by Ramsey Campbell
Read by Sean Barrett

NEm, p 42; Come, my soul, thou must be waking (BBC HB 404); Psalm 33, vv 1-12; n Corinthians 12, vv 1-10;
How lovely are thy dwellings fair (BBC HB 458). Stereo

Derek Robinson challenges some beliefs we take for granted.
7: A Night to Mis-Remember? Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol

Presented by John Howard
If you have any comments for today's programme, phone [number removed]after 11.0 am.

by TED ALLBEURY (7)

Presenter Sir Robin Day

by the Conservative Party

1.55 Listening Corner Kings and Queens
2.5 Something to Think About Mole and Troll Trim the Tree
2.15 Quest: Something for Others
2.35 Pictures in Your Mind (Music): Night Music
2.45 Nature: Grey Seals
2.0-3.0 LW Woman's Hour Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Sir Charles Troughton , retiring Chairman of the British Council, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. A Room with a View by E. M. FORSTER ; abridged in 11 parts by ANN REES JONES Read by Helen Ryan (1) 'The signora had no business to do it. She promised us south rooms with a view, close together, instead of which here are north rooms, a long way apart. Oh Lucy!' (Music: Glinka's Variations on Themes from Bellini's 'La Sonnambula

by Sheila Hodgson based on an idea by M.R. James
with David March as James

One of his few great passions in life was a fascination for our great English abbeys. So, when he received an invitation to spend Christmas at Medborough Abbey, James accepted without a second thought. But, had he known what was to take place, he might have thought again.

(Stereo)

A series of six programmes, compiled and presented by Simon Brett.
2: Nursery Rhymes
Readers ELIZABETH BELL and DAVID BRIERLEY Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol. Stereo

Let the People Sing by J. B. PRIESTLEY ; abridged in 13 parts by DEREK LOMAS Read by ENN REITEL
13: Sir George Lunches and Arbitrates
Producer TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Presented by Susannah Simons and Robert Williams : continued on VHFIFM 5.50-5.55 :

with LAURIE MACMILLAN including Financial Report

Second Round
11: London v Wales
QUEEN ELIZABETH BOYS' SCHOOL, Barnet v KING HENRY VIII SCHOOL, Abergavenny
Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
Questions set by PAUL LIVESEY, NIGEL RICHARDSON and PADDY FEENY
Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)

(Repeated: Thursday 1.40 pm)

Presented by Roger Cook Producer JOHN EDWARDS

Minds, Brains, and Science Six talks by John Searle, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
3: Grandmother Knew Best
'Some of the greatest intellectual efforts of the 20th century have attempted to get a science of human behaviour which was not just common-sense "grandmother" psychology, but was not scientific neuro-science either. Up to the present time, without exception, the efforts have been failures....'
In his third lecture, Professor Searle examines the new discipline of cognitive science - an attempt to discover a bridge between commonsense and science.

This week reports on the 26th International Packaging Exhibition in Paris.
Presented by Peter Hobday Producer ROSALIND BEW

Paying the Piper
Is the licence fee the best way of paying for BBC radio and television? If it were abolished, would public service broadcasting survive?
David Wheeler looks into other ways of financing it and asks whether the programmes would suffer. Producer ANNE WINDER
(Repeated: Friday 11.0 am)

Presented by Sheridan Morley 10: Noel on Travel
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN (First broadcast on World Service)

Alan Ayckbourn
'I don't actually like writing at all. I like it when I've done the writing: we sit down with the actors and get on with it. I do love that. I'm a theatre nut!'
Paul Allen examines the work of this prolific playwright with actors, friends and colleagues including Penelope Keith ,
Richard Briers , Sir Peter Hall , Lavinia Bertram and Robin Herford.
Producer DANIEL DODD

Some Do Not (13)

Presenter Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines on VHFIFM until 11.0

A vous la France! 7: Bon appétit! With YVES AUBERT , PHYLLIS ROOME, and CAROLLE ROUSSEAU.

followed by an interlude

Economics (O-level)
12.30 Supply and Demand 5: Winning Out
12.50 Your Money and Your Life: First Wage-Packet