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4: The Head of a Decayed House

'Tick, tock, strike and chime,
Bury St Edmunds tells the time.'

In a Queen Anne house at Angel Corner in this Suffolk market town is kept the superb collection of Instruments for the measurement of time, bequeathed to the place of his birth by the late Frederic Gershom-Parkington, in memory of his son John. The Curator, Captain Richard Meyrick, explains the intricacies of some of the Pieces, and the clocks have their say too!
BBC Birmingham.
(Stereo)
(Broadcast New Year's Eve 7.20pm)

Peter France discovers the delights of haggis and investigates wildlife north of the border, including the curious species homo Scoticus. Producer CAROL JEFFERSON-DAVIES BBC Bristol

Seeds of Hostility by NICK YAPP
Read by Peter Wheeler Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

reflecting the issues of the day Stereo

Small can be beautiful. Both the Prime Minister and Tony Benn agree about that. But
E. F. 'Fritz' Schumacher's own path to Small is Beautiful and Intermediate Technology was far from straightforward. Peter France tells the story of the German scholar who blossomed late in life into the Buddhist, Roman Catholic guru of human-scale of living. Producer JULIAN HALE

1: The Milkman
Peter Goodall tells
David Willmott about the way his job has changed since the days of the horse-drawn float. Producer JULIAN HITCHCOCK BBC Birmingham

The only national radio programme for consumers.
Pattie Coldwell presents and lends a sympathetic ear to your phone comments and queries on [number removed].

Last of the series featuring Dave Hollins - Space Cadet I'm six trillian years from earth. I was supposed to spend the journey in suspended animation, but I couldn't sleep. starring Christopher Barrie Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton Written by BOB GRANT and DOUG NAYLOR Producer ALAN NIXON
Stereo

Presenter Gordon Clough with news and topics in and behind the headlines

Today's story: Andrew McAndrew and the Tap Tops

Introduced by Sue MacGregor For Better or Worse? Marriage is not for the faint-hearted, and wedding days rarely go according to plan - but PROMILLA MULLEN 'S special day proved to be a very memorable occasion. Flush (4)

Albert's Extra-Parliamentary Activities by NICK FISHER withand
Even Ed Case , top reporter of the famed News of the Times, is daunted by his mission to convert the popular image of Albert Arnold , mp, from bumbling ineptitude to saint-like integrity. But his task is made mysteriously easier by the apparent co-operation of the politician himself.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY Stereo

Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference
Library, sort out your queries. Producer STEPHEN SHIPLEY

Make-up can hide a multitude of sins and most women like to think that it helps them to look better. Psychologists believe that make-up goes deeper than that. It can affect job prospects, the way we see ourselves and even our health. Perhaps lipstick is a better cure than popping pills!
Marjorie Lofthouse discovers that there's more to wearing cosmetics than painting a face. Producer ANN TENNANT BBC Birmingham
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Just So Stories
4: How the Whale got his
Throat; How the Camel got his Hump; How the Rhinoceros got his Skin

Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams continued on VHFIFM 5.50-5.55

With HARRIET CASS including Financial Report

Stereo

(Repeated: Friday 1.40 pm)
Written by GRAHAM HARVEY and DONNA DICKENSON
Cast for the fortnight:
BBC Birmingham

Roy Johnston presents an affectionate portrait of the soprano Angelica Catalani , who lived at the tail end of an age when the singer dominated and the composer did what he was told. Producer DAVID BYERS BBC Northern Ireland
Stereo

Reports from BBC correspondents around the world.
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
(Repeated: Friday 10.0 am)

An introduction to political thought
The first of seven programmes presented by Brian Redhead 1: Plato and Aristotle
'Why should I obey the State?' The history of political thought is the history of attempts over the centuries to answer that question. Each week
BRIAN REDHEAD and his guests discuss some of the wide-ranging replies put forward from ancient Greece to the present day.
Today, Christopher Rowe of the University of Bristol and Peter Nicholson of the University of York introduce the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, perhaps the most famous of all thinkers. Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE

A personal portrait, in conversation, recollection and anecdote; an assessment of a public figure or the story of a private individual.

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, LondonW1A4WWHouse, Phone [number removed](10.0 am-5.0 pm)

Pursued by an alsatian, a headmistress, mosquitoes and the police, Judge Overton has an uneasy New Year. An
(almost) true account of the exploits of an English Circuit Judge in the British South Pacific Territories.
Based on his own experiences, and written by RONNIE KNOX-MAWER
Read by Ian Carmichael Producer KATE FENTON

Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

Empire of the Sun (4)

National and international news. background, analysis and comment
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines

Radio 4's international business report; market trends

followed by an interlude