Presented from Scotland by Charlie Allan
A regional view of farming in the week ahead. BBC Scotland
A meditation for the beginning of a new day with DAVID MIDDLETON
BBC Birmingham
Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE macmillan
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
with Eugene Fraser
continues his investigations of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
Producer DAVID HEYCOCK
Famous faces and new voices meet for a not entirely serious talk about subjects that interest them and may surprise you.
Producer LAN STRACHAN. Stereo
by ELIZABETH EVANS
Read by Mary Wimbush Producer MITCH RAPER
New Every Morning, page 58;
Thou art the way (BBC HB 338); Psalm 9, Hebrews 10, vv 11-25; Who would true valour see (BBC HB 371) Stereo
Presented by Alan Brownjohn Readers BONNIE HURREN and PETER JEFFREY
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
The only national radio programme for consumers presented by Paul Heiney. Editor KEN VASS
A non-stop comedy cabaret with Fundation who are Joe Griffiths (piano)
Gareth Hale , Norman Pace Terry Morrison and Maryanne Morgan
Written by FUNDATION with contributions from
CHARLIE ADAMS and GEOFFREY ATKINSON Producer ALAN NIXON
(Fundation are appearing at The Tramshed, Woolwich)
Stereo
Presenter Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Listening Comer This week: All Around the Town Written and presented by FRED HARRIS Storyteller IRENE HANDL Today's story Bopper Goes to the Sales by JANET SORENSEN
2.5 Playtime Presented by SHIREEN SHAH and IAIN LAUCHLAN with JUDY BENNETT Producer SHEILA FRASER
2.20 Introducing Science Unit 1
1: Water for Living
2.40 Noticeboard TONY BARNFIELD with news for teachers in secondary schools.
2.45 Radio Club TOMMY BOYD and the Radio Club team bring you more items of interest for 8-12 year olds
Introduced by Liz Mardall
Winter's Tales!: jugglers, tumblers, dancers, singers, storytellers, stiltwalkers - they are all on the bill when the Medieval Players bring
Chaucer to the streets - JENNY CUFFE reports.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita by RUMER GODDEN
Read by Fiona Mathieson (1) abridged by ANN REES JONES in 13 episodes
When Fanny Clavering leaves her husband for another man it seems irrevocable. But her daughter Caddie has other ideas and 'The Battle of the Villa Fiorita' begins.
(Music: Torroba's Dialogos for Guitar and Orchestra)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
Navyman God by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
Stereo
Join the slimming club of the air, and concentrate on balanced, healthy eating. Today, Professor Arnold Bender warns against the 'miracle' diets.
Presenter David Ponting Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
The Greatest Man in the World
A short story by JAMES THURBER
Read by Kerry Shale Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
Presented by Valerie Singleton
in London, and Gordon Clough in Washington for the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
as President of the United States of America
With PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report
Stereo
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.40 pm)
Now in its fifth year, this series - about people who are successful against the odds - features the finalists in a E10,000 competition. Nova Weigh Ltd
Marjorie Lofthouse meets Stephen Burton and Peter Holmes who run a business designing and manufacturing weighing systems in Redditch, Worcestershire.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham (Revised repeat)
Presented by Peter Evans
What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories. Producer JULIAN BROWN
The Green Drum by ALLAN BERRIE
Things look bad for Dr Rory O'Driscoll. His proposed anti-terrorist campaign has caused him serious embarrassment within his party. Will Dr
O'Driscoll be able to reassert the dynastic hold his family has exerted in Irish politics, and to do so will he have to 'beat the Green Drum?'
Directed by PETER KAVANAGH BBC Northern Ireland
(Marie Kean appears by permission of The Abbey Theatre, Dublin) Stereo
Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions. Producer RICHARD DUNN Editor BRIAN BARFIELD
Second from Last in the Sack-Race by DAVID NOBBS abridged in 15 episodes by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Paul Copley (1)
13 March 1935. To Ezra and Ada Pratt of 23 Paradise Lane, Thurmarsh, a son, Henry. Mother and son both doing well. Pity about the parrot. Producer TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester
Presenter Robert Fox
National and international news, background, analysis and comment
11.0 Headlines
Editor BLAIR THOMSON on VHF/FM until 11.0
The Mind in Focus A series of five programmes exploring current thinking in psychology 3: Social Interaction We gravitate socially towards some people but avoid others. How are friendships formed and broken, and can we learn to improve our social skills? PETER EVANS introduces the topic, and chairs a discussion between: BRIAN foss, Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College; DR ANTHONY STORR ; and HELEN WEINREICH-HASTE . Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Bath. Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN
followed by an interlude
12.30 Radio Geography Our Changing World: Baltimore Written and presented by GEOFFREY SHERLOCK (RV) and at 12.50 Bosnywash Written and presented by DAN RAVIV
