Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather.
A meditation for the beginning of a new day.
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
with this week's collection of conversational curiosities. Producer VICTOR LEWIS-SMITH Stereo
visits London, where members of the Roehampton Garden Society put their questions to Geoffrey Smith , Daphne Ledward and Dr Stefan Buczacki
Questionmaster Les Cottington BBC Manchester
by ALPHONSE DAUDET translated by HARRY BELL Read by Garard Green
nem, p 89; Be near us, Holy Trinity (BBC HB 165);
Psalm 150; I Peter 2, vv 9-17;
Come, ye people, rise and sing (BBC HB 270). Stereo
Fritz Spiegl's illustrated, anecdotal and random ramble through the minefield of musicians' jargon and shop-talk.
BBC Manchester
Presented by Paul Heiney
by E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
The first of five episodes. Old Friends Meet
Stereo
Presented by Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Lizard's Song by GEORGE SHANNON
2.5 Something to Think About The Long Day by AMTA HEWETT
2.15 Quest: Water
2.35 Pictures in Your Mind (Music) St Francis and the Wolf by PAMELA KENWAY
2.45 Nature The Bengal Tiger by BARRY CARMAN
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Frederick Forsyth
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita by RUMER GODDEN abridged in 13 episodes by ANN REES-JONES
Read by FIONA mathieson (13) (Music: Torroba's Dialogos for Guitar and Orchestra)
(Starting tomorrow: Appointment with Venus by Jerrard Tickell )
Last Lesson by BEN RIGBY Gordon Hargreaves is a teacher facing a Disciplinary Board after a complaint from a parent. Many people might feel that his action was justified, but this is the second time he's been in this situation and he's a man of principle, which doesn't help.
Directed by TONY CUFF BBC Manchester
Seven programmes in which
Norman MacCaig presents his personal choice of poetry. 6: Wit and Humour Readers LAN AGNEW and DIANA OLSSON
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
From Russia with Love by IAN FLEMING
Abridged in eight episodes by DOUGLAS YOUNG
Read by David Rintoul 1: The Moguls of Death
'It is agreed then, Comrades. An act of terrorism against the British Secret Service. And now for the target....' Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland
Presented by Susannah Simons and Robert Williams continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With CLIVE ROSLIN including Financial Report
Without hesitation, the return of the least repetitious and most undeviating programme on radio.
Stereo
Presented by Roger Cook
Hugh Sykes concludes his examination of the lives of five people who rebelled against society's conventions.
Lenny Bruce helped to reshape the concept of comedy, forcing his audience to look critically at themselves. But he became an angry moralist, persecuted by the 'respectable' society he satirised.
Researcher MIKE WOOLF
Producer GAYNOR SHUTTE
Frances Donnelly visits L'Arche Community in Liverpool and talks to young people who have committed themselves to serving the mentally handicapped. They live and work together in family groups - a radical departure from the life and attitudes of the more traditional 'institution'.
Producer GORDON HUTCHINGS
* HELPLINES: page 77
The Tanzanian Experiment President Nyerere's socialist road was meant to lead to prosperity and self-sufficiency. But, after 23 years, war, drought and mismanagement have led to an increasing reliance on international aid. How much will Tanzania be forced to change? Is its experience relevant to other developing countries?
Presented by David Wheeler Producer DAVID BROOKE
Six lighthearted talks in which David Moreau recollects his largely unsuccessful attempts to come to grips with life. 2: Remoteness of Damage
'Standing up, and fearful of fisticuffs, I made my move. "I'm a lawyer," I elocuted carefully, "and I can tell you that ex turpe causa non oritur actio. We have the secular authority of the Lawlords for this.'"
Presented by Paul Allen Producer RICHARD DUNN
Second from Last in the Sack Race (13)
Presented by Charles Wheeler
11.0 Headlines on VHFIFM until 11.0
A vous la France! The last of 15 programmes of French for beginners. Faisons le point (3) I SARA tomei presents a portrait I of La Rochelle, and YVES AUBERT and PHYLLIS ROOME look back over the course and introduce some final revision. With OLIVIER PIERRE .Written and produced by ALAN WILDING (A new second-level series, 'France Ertra', begins this autumn on Radio 4) Students' book, £5.25, two LP records, £4.75 each, or two cassettes, £3.74 each from retailers or BBC Publications
followed by an interlude
Voix de France
12.30 French 5 La France des affaires (5) Compiled by GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE Dramatic sketch by RICHARD APLIN and at 12.50 French 6 Les arts en France by PIERRICK PICOT
