Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather
Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With TOM TICKELL
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Sue MacGregor is in the Chair to take your calls on a topic of current concern.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit Lines open from 8.0 am
BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the countries they work in - the politics and the people.
Miss Blossom's Nursery by CYNTHIA THOMAS
Read by Christine Pritchard 'The room resembled a shady green wood. She seemed to have allowed the plants to do exactly as they wanted....'
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales
nem, p 84; Father of heaven (BBC HB 290); Canticle 4; Romans 5, w 12-21;
Jesu, lover of my soul (BBC HB 145) Stereo
'While I was listening to a performance of Messiah, a butterfly settled on my knee and did not fly off until the applause. Can butterflies hear music?'
Paul Whalley , Peter Moore and Clive Catchpole tune in to some more of your Wildlife questions. Presented by Derek Jones Producer MELINDA BARKER BBCBristol
Paul Heiney with the latest news and advice for consumers.
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. First Round: West
Chairman Robert Robinson
Richard Thompson (industrial civil servant) Linda Marsden (librarian) Christopher Warner (retired schoolmaster) Humphrey Temperley (farmer)
The programme includes Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN
Questions set by IAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD EDIS
Stereo
Presented by Gordon Clough
by the Conservative Party
1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Rain, Rain, Go to Spain by JOHN BETT Script by LEE PRESSMAN
2.5 History: Not So Long Ago The Victorian City (RV) by ARTHUR SCHOLEY
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (Complete Stories) A Tale of a Shed by DEREK FARMER Narrated by SEAN BARRETT
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): The Tree God from Folk Tales of the World: India by A. w. CROWN adapted for radio by PADDY BECHELY
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Without Our Consent: rape can happen to any woman at any age. Jenni Mills reports on the ambivalent responses to a crime which can leave the victim with a permanent sense of guilt.
FEATURE: page
The Summer of the Barshinskeys Part 2 by DIANE PEARSON abridged in 12 parts by Delia Paton
Read by Patti Holloway (12) (Music: Alder's Wilderness Suite)
(Starting tomorrow: Real Life with Small Children Underfoot by Alan Franks )
by John P. Rooney
Mabel and Joan have lived in isolation for over 40 years. They hide a terrifying secret. Harry, a young enthusiastic evangelist, invades their privacy in the determination to save their souls. To be born again, the sisters must confess and then they must repent. But do they want to be forgiven?
BBC Northern Ireland. (Stereo)
Following the recent London Marathon, which attracted 58,000 applicants,
Frances Donnelly looks into the growing popularity of running among women - be they unassuming joggers aiming to stay fit, or those who push themselves towards tougher goals, often emerging as talented athletes. She also volunteers to be wired up for a fitness test at a new centre in Surrey.
But what is fitness, and how does it relate to athleticism and health or indeed to diet and dieting? And is it sensible to start running after years of inactivity?
Producer GORDON HUTCHINGS
Schoolgirls' Own 2: Dancing Honour by ELSIE J. OXENHAM
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams
With BRIAN PERKINS including Financial Report
6: Language Unit
Stereo
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer JULIAN BROWN
When Ted Edwards set out to attempt the first solo crossing of the southern Sahara, he took with him two camels and a tape recorder.
Ted's running commentary on his 300-mile trek has been edited to make this programme. Producer PETER EVERETT BBC Manchester
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Ian MacRae Producer THENA HESHEL
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by Anthony Smith
Michael Oliver presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music, and exhibitions.
Producer CARROLL MOORE
Voices in an Empty Room (2)
Presenter Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines on VHF/FM until 11.00
From Coping to Confidence 5: What Next? Six programmes about students with learning difficulties now moving on from special schools to colleges of further education. MAUREEN GALVIN provides a context for new teaching materials about to be introduced and interviews teachers, parents, and the students themselves. Resource pack for lecturers in Further Education available from: [address removed]
followed by an interlude
English for Examinations (14-17) CSE English
12.30 Introducing East End at Your Feet Script by PAUL ASHTON and at 12.50 Introducing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Script by MIKE RALEIGH
