With MARGARET HEBBLETHWAITE BBC Birmingham

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
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Backs
What is a slipped disc? When is surgery necessary? What about massage or manipulation? Whatever happened to lumbago? Surgeon
John O'Brien and physiotherapist Chris Hayne with Barbara Myers in the Chair to answer your questions.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit Lines open from 8.0 am

Producer ZAREER MASANI

Statements of Account by JENNY HURSELL
Read by Judy Bennett Producer GWYN RICHARDS BBC Birmingham

Stereo

'It's thought by some that the rhino's horn is the source of a powerful aphrodisiac. If great size and great strength is a symbol of virility, why is the elephant only hunted for its ivory and skin?' The Wildlife team tackle another postbag of your questions.
Producer CAROL JEFFERSON-DAVIES BBC Bristol

Presenter Paul Heiney

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the Chair Michael O'Donnell Questions compiled by PETER MOORE Producer PETE ATKIN
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pm) Stereo

Presenter Sir Robin Day

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Percival's Party by JULIA HYNARD
2.5 History: Long Ago Life in the 18th Century (RV)
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (11)
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): The Last Wolf

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Even in a self-proclaimed
'liberated' society, a woman who is a lesbian keeps her sexual identity secret or confronts a degree of public disapproval and hostility. If she decides to have a child, there are even more arguments to consider.
KAREN DECO has been talking to women who have faced this issue.
The Soft Talkers (6)

What's Got Into You? by ELAINE MORGAN
'A woman gets married. If she fancies having a job, she demands the right to work. If she gets bored with that, she wants the right to be kept. If she doesn't want a family, she wants the right to veto it, and if she does want a family, she expects some poor sod to slog his guts out supporting her and them!'
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo

MARRIAGES
Glennis, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Brown , to
Joseph, son of Mrs Ita Grinion and the late Mr N. Grinion.
An ordinary notice in the local paper, but not quite an ordinary wedding-it's different because the bride is white and the bridegroom is black.
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones joined Glennis and Joe on their wedding day to hear their story, and discovered the families' reaction to the marriage.
Producer FRANCES ACHESON BBC Birmingham
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Master of the Moor (7)

Presenters Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams

With PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report

Stereo

(Repeated: Wednesday 1.40 pm)
Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

A portrait of Sir Thomas Bouch , who built the ill-fated bridge over the Tay.
Written and presented by Malcolm Jones with Russell Dixon , Randal Herley , Andy Rashleigh and Paul Webster
Producer GILLIAN HUSH
BBC Manchester

Reporter Geoff Watts Producer DEBORAH COHEN
(Repeated: Thursday 10.0 am)

Professor Ted Wragg asks if education offers value for money.
Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE

Presenter Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL

Lord Gowrie, Minister for the Arts, chooses This Sweet
Sickness by Patricia Highsmith. Presented by Frank Delaney Reader BLAIN FAIRMAN
Producer MIRIAN NEWMAN
(First broadcast on World Service)

Presenter Natalie Wheen Producer JOHN POWELL

Empire of the Sun (12)

Presenter Charles Wheeler
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0

11.0 Staying in Business Presented by PETER HOBDAY
2: You and Your Clients

Secondary English (14-16)
12.30 By St Thomas Water (2) Stereo and at 1.0 Schooldays (2): A Scatter Matter by GLENYS PLENDERLEATH