with Donald Hilton
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
A History of My Early Life by w. H. HUDSON ; abridged and produced by JEREMY MORTIMER Read by IAN HOLM 8: Loss and Gain (Repeal)
with this week's collection of conversational curiosities. Producer PIPPA BURSTON. Stereo
Mother's Shop by HILL SLAVID
Read by Cyril Shaps
Stereo
Derek Robinson challenges some beliefs we take for granted. This week:
Richard III: Hammer or Anvil? 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 G K. CHESTERTON (4)
Presented by Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner Tear-Water Tea
2.0 Deutscher Club
5: Stress in der Schule Compiled and presented by CHRISTOPH UNDENMEYER and at 2.15
6: Arbeitslosigkeit Compiled and presented by DETMAR HAUKE
2.30 Books, Plays, Poems A Man For All Seasons by ROBERT BOLT Adapted by BLAIN FAIRMAN Part 1 With HUGH DICKSON , SANDRA CLARK , DIANA BISHOP , NIGEL GRAHAM and STEPHEN THORNE
Guest of the Week: Sir Robin Day.
The Soft Talkers (2)
A Bid for Freedom by SUE RODWELL with and You hear about people defecting, but for most of us it's just something we read about in newspapers or novels. So, imagine her surprise and total confusion when Harriet, quietly arranging the flowers in the village church, finds herself caught up in a young sailor's bid for freedom and in the dramatic events that follow.
Directed by DAVID JOHNSTON
Seven programmes in which
Norman MacCaig presents his personal choice of poetry. 2: Seasons and Weathers Readers LAN AGNEW and ANTHONY HYDE
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
A Valley Called The Rhondda In the second of three programmes about choral life, Ian Bradley talks to members of the Treorchy Male Voice Choir about their distinctive musical approach, which springs from the traditions of the mining communities in The Rhondda Valley. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
Master of the Moor (3)
Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report
with Steve Brown
Helen Lederer , Clive Mantle and Nick Wilton
Music by STEVE BROWN
Written by ARNOLD BROWN
PAUL B. DAVIES , JOHN DOCHERTY JAMES HENDRIE , MORAY HUNTER HELEN MURRY , VICKI PILE
ROGER PLANER , NICK WILTON and the producer JAMIE RlX (Revised Repeat) Stereo
(Clive Mantle is in 'Of Mice and Men' at the Mermaid Theatre, London)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.40 pm)
Ken Lancaster has been a boxer, a burglar, a minder for East End mobsters, and, on one occasion, he almost became a murderer.... but one night in his life changed all that.
Chris Stuart finds out how Producer MARK OWEN BBC Wales
Hugh Sykes examines the lives of five 20th-century people who rebelled against society's conventions and considers the price they had to pay for their acts of rebellion. Guy Burgess betrayed the British establishment and ended his days in lonely isolation in Moscow. However, to the end, he remained a lover of England. He said: 'I didn't spy for Russia. I was just working for peace.' The programme includes interviews with Guy's brother, Nigel Burgess , university friends and BBC colleagues. Researcher mike WOOLF
Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE
Axminster Equals Carpets Carpets were first made in Axminster in the middle of the 18th century and, even when the original company folded, the name remained as a carpet weave that has become synonymous with quality. But, it took the Dutfield family to bring carpet-making back to Axminster -and they've gone from strength to strength. Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Birmingham
When. in October 1981, the Japanese Government announced a ten-year plan to create knowledge machines, the other major developed nations were forced into a desperate race to maintain economic credibility. James Burke considers some social and cultural effects of machines made in the image of man. Producer JULIAN HITCHCOCK BBC Birmingham
A four-part series in which the veteran broadcaster reflects on a process that's still going on after 80 years.
2: The Spring of Knowledge Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham
Natalie Wheen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer DANIEL DODD
Empire of the Sun (8)
11.0 Headlines on VHFjFM until 11.0
A vous la France! French for beginners in a 15-part series on radio and television. 11:Possibilités... or, ask first! YVES AUBERT and PHYUJS ROOME describe how you ask permission to do things, and how you ask other people to do things for you. With PIERRICK PICOT Script by DUNCAN SMELS
Students' book, £5.25, three LP records, £4.75 each or two cassettes, £3.74 each from booksellers or BBC Publications • INSIGHT: pages 21-24
followed by an interlude
