selected by Thelma Bailey and Michael Ford
BBC Birmingham. Stereo

7.10 Today's Papers

A weekly review BBC Birmingham

A note from Religious Affairs Correspondent
Rosemary Hartill

Mike Gilliam asks
Alan Titchmarsh about jobs in the garden this weekend

8.10 Today's Papers

Tony Adamson keeps you in touch with all the news, views and people in the sporting world. Cricket: from Bombay, where
England's cricketers are playing in the First Test against India - reports on their progress.
Plus a look at the lighter side of sport.
Producer EMILY MCMAHON

Presented by Roger Cook Producer JOHN EDWARD

David Yip, star of the BBC1 series The Chinese Detective was born in Liverpool. His father was Chinese. Sally Hardcastle talks to him about his efforts to discover his Chinese roots and the problems of typecasting in British television.

with William Davis
Producer SUSAN SNAILUM

Peter Kellner , Political Editor of the New Statesman, reviews the past week.
Producer jm GRAY

with Margaret Howard Stereo

Producer ZAREER MASAM

Presented by Louise Botting (Details: Monday 10.0 am)

The news of the last seven days examined by the people who write it, with searching questions put in a curious way by Simon Hoggart to
Alan Coren , Nigel Dempster Peter Birkett and Ann Leslie Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and JENNIE CAMPBELL Producer JENNIE CAMPBELL
(Repeated: Monday 6.30 pm) Stereo

Angela Rumbold , mp
Clive Jenkins , John Egan and Prabhu Guptara

by Neville Smith

'Do you see a lifetime of working in bras and knickers for yourself?'
When Terry's asked that, he doesn't give an enthusiastic answer, but having done badly in his A-levels he's not in a position to choose, and somehow he finds himself fighting to establish a position in a factory that makes those vital articles.

starring Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees , Chris Emmett Fred Harris
Written by ANDREW MARSHALL and DAVID RENWICK
Producer DAVID HATCH Stereo

A dramatised investigation into the extraordinary career of Edward Irving , one of the most controversial clerics of the 19th century. lain Cuthbertson plays the part of the tanner's son from Annan whose mesmerically powerful preaching made him the darling of fashionable
London society. But that same charisma also brought about his downfall. His services were disrupted by strange phenomena, condemned by some as proof of hysteria, hailed by others as sign of Divine approval. Irving compounded his notoriety by maintaining that Jesus took on sinful flesh and the age of miracles was not past. He was put on trial for heresy and found guilty, but his story is not over yet, as Bernard Jackson finds out.
Written and researched by ANDREW WALKER
Producer FRANCES GUMLEY. Stereo

Presented by Barry Norman (Details: Tues 11.0pm VHFIFM) Stereo

Written and presented by Vincent Kane
2: The Policeman's Tale Producer RICHARD THOMAS BBC Wales

Presenter Derek Jones
(Stereo)

Stereo

With PETER DONALDSON including Sports Round-up

Conversation inspired by current public and private occupations.
Music by PETER SKELLERN
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo

Richard Baker presents a selection of words and music Producer JILL ANDERSON. Stereo

The Yang Chi Jade by MICHAEL CAMPBELL
Based on a short story by FREEMAN WILLS CROFT , with Confucius said: 'The wise man does not hide his true nature; it is only the impure who try to conceal what they really are.' This is true, too, of the Yang Chi Jade , in which the beauty consists of the flaws that are visible in the transparent stone -and perhaps it is also true of the mysterious French girl who plants the priceless jewel on Charles Pemberton.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHUN BBC Bristol
Stereo

At the turn of the century it was difficult to name a county where otters did not exist. Where are they now?
Narrator Eleanor Bron Readings by BARRY PAINE
Written and compiled by KATE TIFFIN BBC Bristol

Dick Taverne , qc returns as chairman to the series in which issues of controversial concern are put on trial before a representative audience of 150 jurors.
The motion:
Men are just as much in need of liberation as women Proposed by Professor Hilary Rose Opposed by Professor Hans Eysenck
The advocates are each allowed two supporting witnesses who are examined and cross-examined. The jury votes at the beginning and end of the trial so that any swing of opinion may be measured and the verdict recorded. Producer PETER ESTALL
(Repeated: Wednesday 11.0am) Stereo

Glory to thee, my God, this night (BBC HB 414); Abide with me (Church Anthem Book); Matthew 21, w 1-13;
Round me falls the night (BBC HB 422) Stereo

The first of six programmes
The memories of seafarers past and present of the days of the big ships using the port of Southampton. 1: Early Days
The build-up of trade, the competing shipping lines and conditions at sea.
Presenter Robin Worman
(First broadcast on Radio Solent)

Featuring Captain Invisible - 'I was on that operating table 16 hours, then they found me.'
Starring Christopher Barrie, Nick Maloney, Nick Wilton
(Repeated: Thurs 12.27pm)
(Stereo)

followed by an interlude