With DONALD HILTON
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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Birthday Guest: the actor, John Hurt. „
Producer PIPPA BURSTON. Stereo
visits Norfolk, where members of the Drayton Horticultural Association, put their questions to
Geoffrey Smith. Clay Jones and Dr Stefan Buczacki
Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester
by Jill Norris
Read by Shirley Dixon
from Manchester led by THE REV GEOFFREY CLARK with GREAT MOOR SCHOOL CHOIR,
STOCKPORT
Matthew 13, vv 31-35; Spread, 0 spread (BBC HB 182);
Song of Caedmon; Seek ye first
BBC Manchester. Stereo
Fritz Spiegl 's ramble through the minefield of musician's jargon and shop-talk.
2: Accompanists, Woodles and Capons
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
Presented by John Howard
by G. K. CHESTERTON
The last of seven stories Stereo
Presented by Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: The Shops Go to Polly and Martin by NICK WARBURTON
2.5 Something to Think About What a Great Big Puddle! by ANITA HEWETT
2.15 Quest: Moving On by DAVID SELF
2.35 Pictures in Your Mind (Music): Peter and the Wolf by SERGEI PROKOFIEV
2.45 Nature: Observing and Painting Animals (RV) by MAURICE WILSON
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Roger de Grey , President of the Royal Academy
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (8)
A Little Touch of Death by GILLIAN TINDALL
Angie and George have been happily married for years. Suddenly the multitude of niggling everyday worries that have bound them together are swept away by the invasion of one great enormous fear which threatens to destroy their relationship.
Directed by SUSAN HOGG
Seven programmes in which
Norman MacCaig presents his personal choice of poetry. 5: Work
Readers IAN AGNEW and ANTHONY HYDE
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
The 27th Kingdom
3: Mrs O'Connor 's Turn and Other Flights
Presented by Susannah Simons andPhil Longman
continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
with CLIVE ROSLIN including Financial Report
A last chance to hear 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 JAMIE RIX
Producer JAMIE RIX
(Clive Mantle is in 'Of Mice and Men' at the Mermaid Theatre, London) Stereo
(Repeated: tomorrow 1.40 pm)
Case histories from listeners form the basis for investigation into allegations.
Presented by Roger Cook Producer JOHN EDWARDS
(Repeated: tomorrow 9.5 am)
Hugh Sykes examines the lives of some 20th-century people who rebelled against society's conventions, and considers the price they had to pay for their acts of rebellion. 4: Paul Robeson
Researcher MIKE WOOLF
Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE
Between the Wars, before the paperback was bom, the ending library had its heyday. Women, in particular, discovered a passion for reading - and a new generation of lady novelists rose up in the leafy suburbs. But this literary explosion failed to produce a feminist revolution. Despite the many new freedoms and opportunities, most women preferred, in the end, to keep their passions quiet at home.
Presented by Frances DonneUy Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE o HEAR THIS! page 16
The Governor of the Bank of England,
Robin Leigh-Pemberton , in conversation with Mary Goldring.
(Details: tomorrow 11.0 am)
Six lighthearted talks in which David Moreau recollects his largely unsuccessful attempts to come to grips with life. 1: Playing Doctors
'Whenever you're changing a typewriter ribbon and bursting to go to the loo, someone always knocks at the door. It's a bit like that with my compassion.'
Presented by Natalie Wheen Producer JOHN BOUNDY
Second from Last in the Sack Race (8)
Presented by Charles Wheeler
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0
A vous la France!
14: C'était comme ca SARA TOMEI talks to a curator at the Musee Dobree in Nantes, and YVES AUBERT and PHYLUS ROOME describe how to tell people about the past.
followed by an interlude
Help Yourself Biology: Human Physiology
12.30 The Pump at Work -and in Trouble and at 12.50 Wiping the Slate Clean (Liver and Kidneys) by PETER WARD
