Featuring the Royal
Smithfield Show in London. Plus the latest market prices and trends.
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
with this week's collection of conversational curiosities. Birthday Guest:
Prima Ballerina Assoluta Dame Alicia Markova
Producer pippa BURSTON. Stereo
by Jill Norris
Read by Shirley Dixon
Advent Calendar: The Tower of Babel
NEM, p 9; The Lord is King!
Lift up thy voice (BBC HB 26); Lord, I trust thee (Anthems for Choirs 1); Genesis 11, w 1-9; Rise up, 0 men of God (BBC HB 364). Stereo
Derek Robinson challenges some beliefs we take for granted.
Two Cheers for the Olympics Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Presented by John Howard
by G. K. CHESTERTON (1) Stereo
Presented by Sir Robin Day
by the Social Democratic Party
1.55 Listening Corner Adelaide's Naughty Granny 3: Sand and Sunshine
2.0 Education Now Phone-In [number removed]More Power for Parents? LIBBY PURVES talks to TED WRAGG , Professor of Education at Exeter University, and JAMES HAMMOND , of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations.
2.30 Books, Plays, Poems Julius Caesar (3)
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Cuban-born composer and conductor, Odaline de la Martinez. A Room with a View by E. M. FORSTER abridged in 11 episodes by ANN REES-JONES
Read by HELEN RYAN (11)
(Music: Glinka's Variations on Themes from Bellini's 'La Sonnambula
Thanksgiving by JEHANE MARKHAM
Three women who used to be close friends have a reunion dinner. The shared experiences of the past have kept the friendship going, yet now they cannot talk directly to each other about their problems. 'Is it the past we know, or the future we do not, that holds us together?'
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON . Stereo
Parodies
Six programmes compiled and presented by Simon Brett 4: Uncannily Accurate
Readers tim pigott-smith and ELIZABETH BELL Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol. Stereo
Laugh with Lardner 3: The Love Nest
Read by William Roberts
The film tycoon has a Rolls, a fine mansion in landscaped grounds - and a skeleton in his cupboard.
(William Roberts is in 'Of Mice and Men' at the Mermaid Theatre, London)
Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report
First Semi-Final
13: North (1) v Wales
MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL, Accrington v KING HENRY VIII SCHOOL, Abergavenny Questionmasters Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny
Questions set by Paul Livesey, Nigel Richardson and Paddy Feeny
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.40 pm)
Case histories from listeners form the basis of this weekly investigation into allegations that can include unfairness, injustice, bureaucratic bungling, or even fraud. 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.
5: A Changing Reality
'According to the standard theory of scientific explanation, explaining a phenomenon consists in showing how its occurrence follows from certain scientific laws. Now, whatever merit this type of explanation may have in the natural sciences, it is quite worthless to us in explaining human behaviour.' In his fifth lecture, Professor Searle discusses one of the most vexing intellectual problems of the present era:
Why have the methods of the physical sciences failed to help us to understand ourselves?
'Minds, Brains, and Science' is available from booksellers (after 7 December): £5.25 paperback, £8.95 hardback
Peter Hobday with news, views, and stories from the business world. This week: Mail Order American -style
Are we, in Britain, likely to follow suit? Plus a round-up of the competitions for everyone in business. Producer ROSALIND BEW
Private Lives
The Government says privatisation promotes competition, increases efficiency, and reduces public expenditure. Now that a dozen state-owned businesses have been sold off, Mary Goldring investigates whether the facts bear this out.
Producer DAVID BROOKE
(Repeated: Friday 11.0 am)
A lighthearted look at the life and music of Noel Coward.
Presented by Sheridan Morley 12: Noel on Relative Values Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN (First broadcast on World Service)
Paul Allen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer DANIEL DODD
Mr Facey Romford's Hounds 8: Mr Romford's Debut
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0
A vous la France! 9: Dttes-moi YVES AUBERT and PHYLUS ROOME explain how to find your way to a part of town, or discover how to use a particular medicine. pierrick PICOT asks a specialist how to cook a Breton pancake, and JACK STARR reports from Paris. Script by ALAN WILDING
Students' book, £5.25; three LP records, £4.75 each or two cassettes, £3.74 each from retailers
followed by an interlude
