Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30.7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With ROGER PARRY
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport with CHARLES COLVILLE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Your Letters

Boy: Tales of Childhood 2: The Magic Island

A second series of six lighthearted talks in which David Moreau recollects his largely unsuccessful attempts to come to grips with life. 2: A Question of Gender
'With the flowers,' he said, 'the bee acts as Heavenly Messenger between the two loving units. With human beings, you carry the sacred equivalent of the bee inside your games trousers....'

by MARK BOURNE
Read by Robert Rietty Producer MITCH RAPER

NEM, p 50; Light's glittering mom bedecks the sky (BBC HB 107); Most gracious Lord of lyfe (Church Anthem Book 58); John 21, w 1-14; This joyful Eastertide (BBC HB 115) Stereo

The story of Midshipman David Clark 's experiences in Nelson's navy.

Tools of the Trade
Where in nature would you find a crowbar, saw, harpoon and pestle and mortar? Barry Paine opens a tool chest of natural gadgets.
Producer MEUNDA BARKER BBCBristol

The last of five editions from the 1984 series
Smoked Foods
Presented by Derek Cooper

Reasonably Together Again
The first of six entertainments in words and music to help you beat the weather as David Barlow , Peter Christie , Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis make the attempt to be reasonably together again with their special guests Father's Footsteps. Producer RICHARD EDIS
Stereo

Presented by Brian Widlake

5: Friday

Tom Burke made his British operatic debut in 1919, singing Rodolfo in La Boheme at Covent Garden; his Mimi was Melba.
For one glorious decade, he was among the world's leading operatic tenors. But when he died in 1969 at the age of 79, he was largely forgotten. His story is told by some of those who knew him, and is illustrated with rare 78 rpm records from the collection of F.S. Winstanley. Narrated by Stephen Thorne
Script and production by ALAN HAYDOCK who acknowledges the help of John D. Vose, author of The Lancashire Caruso.

The last of five programmes 5: Sayonara Thames Maru

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised for radio in five parts by Constance Cox
with Martyn Read as Micah Clarke, Patrick Troughton as Decimus Saxon, James Bryce as Reuben Lockarby and featuring Simon Ward as the Duke of Monmouth

After a dramatic encounter with the stranger, Decimus Saxon, Micah and his friend Reuben find themselves drawn into the Civil War between the Protestant usurper the Duke of Monmouth and the Catholic King James II, and set off on the dangerous ride to throw in their lot with the Duke and his forces at Taunton.

(Broadcast on Easter Day at 9.0 pm)
(Stereo)

dive Jacobs brings you the stories in the world of travel and transport with help from ALANAH MARTIN and TOM BOSWELL Producer IRENE MALLIS
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

A Gun for Sale by GRAHAM GREENE abridged in ten parts and read by AUBREY WOODS (10) Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
(Starting on Monday: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord)

Presented by Susannah Simons and Robert Williams

with BRIAN PERKINS including Financial Report

Stereo

with Margaret Howard Producer SIMON ELMES

Nigel Rees examines the way the newspapers have behaved this week.
Producer EMILY BUCHANAN

Baroness Phillips, jp Jeffrey Archer , writer David Penhaligon , mp
George Davies , Guardian
Young Businessman of the Year tackle the issues raised by the audience in Bradworthy, North Devon
Chairman John Timpson Producer CAROLE STONE BBCBristol

Row over the new Russian version of the Oxford dictionary which contains politically-slanted definitions. Show more

by Alistair Cooke

Presented by Sheridan Morley Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN

The Magic Toyshop (10)

Presented by Richard Kershaw
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.0 pm

11.0 Big Band The first of four programmes on orchestrated jazz introduced by TONY HAYNES Early Days The music of JELLY ROLL MORTON KING OLIVER , BENNIE MOTEN and DUKE ELLINGTON Producer ALAN WILDING (First broadcast on Radio 3)
11.45 Finger and Thumb Keep Moving Second-stage folk guitar The first of five programmes exploring way s of making accompaniments more interesting Presented by SANDRA KERR and MALCOLM ABBS Series producer IRIS SPRANKLING

with Bill Wallis , David Tate ,
Sally Grace and Rory Bremner Written by IAN BROWN
RICHARD QUICK , PAUL B. DAVIES MARTIN BOOTH . PETE SINCLAIR STUART SILVE R. DAVID COHEN JEREMY HARDY. PETER HICKEY and others
Producer PAUL MATTHEW-ARCHER

followed by an interlude