featuring the Royal Smithfield Show in London as well as the latest market prices and trends.
A meditation for the beginning of the new day.
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Live every Thursday morning, and broadcast simultaneously on BBC1 and Radio 4, an audience of 150 start their day with a chance to say what they think about issues which guarantee a good argument long after the headlines have faded.
Paul Sieghart puts their opinions to the test Research JUDY HILL and ANN CHANCELLOR DA VIES Producers JULIET MAY and ELAINE BEDELL
Executive producer JOHN WILCOX A Radiovision Unit production BBC Birmingham
Under-Dog by PHILIPPA ADAMS
Read by Geoffrey Wheeler Producer gillian HUSH BBC Manchester
Advent Calendar: Jacob's Vision nem, p 118; Thy kingdom come! (BBC HB 28); Jacob's ladder (Oxford Book of Carols);
Genesis 28, w 10-22; 0 God of Bethel (BBC hb 495) Stereo
An inquiry into the existence and character of God.
A series of eight programmes written and presented by Gerald Priestland
6: The Scene of the Crime
The scene of the alleged crime is here on earth, and among the witnesses are survivors of the Holocaust. But in spite of their sufferings, it is not God whom they accuse.
Researcher PATRICK FORBES
Music arranged by BARRY ROSE Producer CHRIS REES
A BBC digital recording
Presented by Paul Heiney
Stereo
Presenter Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner
Adelaide's Naughty Granny 4: The Jumble Sale
2.0 Education Now Phone-in: [number removed]: What are Special Needs?
Libby Purves talks to Barbara Smith, headteacher, and Tony Lewis of Special Education in Manchester.
2.30 Books, Plays, Poems: Julius Caesar: 4
with EDWARD DE SOUZA, DENYS HAWTHORNE and DAVID BRIERLEY
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
The Cricket on the Hearth: CHRISTINE STRETCH looks into the fate of the once-familiar insect commemorated by Dickens and remembered, not necessarily with affection, from the days before central heating.
Life's Rich Pageant written and read by Arthur Marshall (1) abridged in eight parts by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
'In my last winter term at Stirling Court something happened that was profoundly to influence my life. I made everybody laugh. What a splendid sound! Since that time I have sought laughter wherever possible.'
(Music: Mayerl's Honky Tonk)
A Little Learning by JULIA JONES with Christine Pollon as Gwyneth Mary and Gwyneth have long enjoyed the gentle world of infant-teaching in rural Wales. But now the departure of one troublesome family from the village may mean their school has to close for ever. That is unless Gwyneth can patch up Morgan Jones' failing marriage.
Made with the assistance of the LLANDAFF CHURCH IN WALES
JUNIOR SCHOOL, CARDIFF
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo
Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference
Library, sort out your queries. Producer NIGEL ACHESON
Laugh with Lardner 4:
Nora Read by Kerry Shale
How to take a straight play, turn it into a musical, and drive the author to drink.
Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams
With CLIVE ROSLIN including Financial Report
Stereo
Written by JOANNA TOYE Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
Introduced by John Timpson Compiled by LAURIE MASON Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
Send your letters to Any Answers? BBC Bristol [Postcode removed]
A series of five programmes which profiles the nations of the United Kingdom in all their aspects.
4: England: The Way We Live In the first of two programmes, Brian Redhead examines some of the assumptions often made about living in England. How much truth do they contain -how much do they hide? People who've made it their business to know offer ideas and analysis about the State of the Nation.
Producer CHARLES SIGLER Editor ANNE SLOMAN
A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them. Presenter John Mills Editor MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: BBC, Broadcasting House, LondonW\A4WW
Phone [number removed](10.0 am-5.0 pm)
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer KEVIN JACKSON
Mr Facey Romford's Hounds 9: A Dinner Invitation
National and international news, background analysis and comment Presented by Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0
Joining In A series of six programmes on joining and running voluntary groups.
4: Rich and Famous Raising money and publicising their cause are two areas to which many groups devote a great deal of time and effort. SUSAN MARLING and MARK SMITH find out about some successful ways of bringing in funds and drawing attention to a group's activities. (Revised repeat)
followed by an interlude
