A meditation for the beginning of a new day
Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business news With ROGER PARRY
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by cuve rosun
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILLE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Cuckoo
Surely no bird can have inspired as many superstitions to do with birth, marriage, fertility and death, or as much music and poetry as the cuckoo. So what is the real truth about the bird, its behaviour and its song?
Producer CAROL JEFFERSON DAVIES BBC Bristol
Flying Eggs and Things Written and read by Henry Livings
'We'd been mucking about in the old dyeworks for about a trillion years before Bakey decided it was haunted. The whole place was mysterious and silent; any noise you heard. it was you.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
reflecting on the issues of the day. Stereo
Famous people and famous events evoked in prose and poetry.
Four programmes compiled and presented by John Carroll
3: The Restoration of Charles II Readers ANTHONY HYDE ,
GARARD GREEN and CAROLE BOYD Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
Presented by Pattie Coldwell
Stereo
Presented by John Harrison
1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: The King's New Crown by SHEILA ARCHER
2.5 The Music Box Written and presented by MICHAEL BURNETT and SANDRA KERR
2.20 Living Language Speak Up with GEORGE LAYTON and Flying Alone by ELIZABETH LINDSAY
2.40 Newscast A current affairs series for schools and colleges. Presented by LIBBY FAWBERT
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Mind that Child! For the vast majority of working mothers, the child-minder is the person who makes it all possible. But what exactly do they do? How do you become one - or find one? And, should local authorities be doing more to help this valuable section of the workforce. KAREN DECO reports. The Private World of Georgette Heyer (7)
Widowers
The second of two plays by ALUN OWEN
Brothers Dave and Morgan Roberts are both widowers struggling to maintain good relations with their children.
Dave is a garage owner, Morgan a university lecturer. They rarely meet.
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS. Stereo
Everyone has queries, quibbles and quandaries which they mean to resolve but which always lie unanswered at the back of their minds. Let Neil Landor , together with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out the answers.
Questions on a postcard please, to: Enquire Within
BBC, Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA
Producer STEPHEN SHIPLEY
Jennings in Particular (8)
Presenters Susannah Simons and Robert Williams
With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report
Stereo
Written by MARGARET PHELAN Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by John Timpson Compiled by LAURIE MASON Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Reports from BBC correspondents around the world.
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
Hi-tech can mean space shuttles, ceramic car engines, intelligent computers - or talking coffee-pots and electronic rodent disposal devices. Alun Lewis beats a path to the door of the latest technological developments. Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
A personal portrait in conversation, recollection and anecdote.
A magazine for disabled listeners and their families Presented by John Mills Editor MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW
Phone [number removed](10.0 am-5.0 pm)
Presented by Christopher Bigsby
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
The Rich Mrs Robinson (9)
National and international news, background analysis and comment.
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0
The State of the Vatican
followed by an interlude
Software Review (Secondary)
