Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With ROGER PARRY
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 invites your call on a subject 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.
Painters by PETER FINCH
Read by Roger Nott
'Coffee-bars had died out as a profitable idea. This last one was a sort of social thing, run on city hall grants and urban aid....'
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBCWales
NEM, p 67: Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round (BBC HB 321); Psalm 99; Ezekiel 36, vv 22-28; King of glory, king of peace (BBC HB 325) Stereo
'The sparrows in the South of France seem paler than ours. Are their feathers bleached by the hot sun in the way my hair goes blond on holiday?'
The team blanches at some of your Wildlife questions.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
Paul Heiney with the latest news and advice for consumers.
A nationwide general knowledge contest
Chairman Robert Robinson
Ian Stevens (bio-chemist) Jean Wood (teacher) Dr Weland Stone (consultant physician) Eric Hookway (local government officer)
The programme includes Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Presented by Gordon Clough
1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Albert the Running Bear by BARBARA ISENBERG and SUSAN WOLF
2.5 History: Not So Long Ago Music-Hall and Melodrama by JOHN HOLLIS
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (Complete Stories): A Rhyme in Time by DEREK FARMER Narrated by SEAN BARRETT
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): The Squirrel Wife by PHILIPPA PEARCE
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Power and Persuasion:
This month SONIA BEESLEY looks at the women Peers who are active in the House of Lords. No Comebacks and Other Stories
2: There are No Snakes in Ireland
No Get Out Clause by TONY MCHALE
Barry McGuin waits for his clients. He's built up a good business turning youngsters on, selling the first fix cheap.
But there's a price to pay for the dreams he sells ...
Electronic music composed and played by DAVID CHILTON Directed by PETER KING Stereo
There are 434 meps. Two of the newest are Margaret Daly , Conservative, Member for Somerset and Dorset West, and George Stevenson , Labour, Member for Staffordshire East. Both were elected last year. How are they faring in their constituencies and in the European Parliament at Strasburg?
Carol Paton reports.
Producer GWYN RICHARDS BBC Birmingham
Dead Man Leading (2)
Presented by Robert Williams and Phil Longman continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
with BRIAN PERKINS including Financial Report
The World of Nature
Stereo
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad
Reporter Roger Finnigan Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS 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 DEBORAH COHEN
Kevin Dwyer is an American anthropologist. Working recently in a small Moroccan village, observing, questioning, and above all talking to the remarkable Faqir Muhammad , his doubts about the way an anthropologist works became clear.
This is an account of those doubts and the conclusions he has reached. and Graham Blockey
John Forbes-Robertson and Alan Thompson
Producer piers PLOW RIGHT
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
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by Anthony Smith
Paul Allen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music, and exhibitions.
Producer JOHN BOUNDY
My Uncle Silas 5: Silas the Good
Presenter Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines onVHFjFMuntilll.O
Central American Journey HUGH O'SHAUGHNESSY continues his journey through the politically violent and internationally sensitive countries of Central America. 2: Guatemala Guatemala's present plight is epitomised in the picturesque market-town of Chichicastenango, once a thriving tourist centre. Today, the 'hidden' war in Guatemala 'has driven away visitors and brought great suffering to the indigenous population. For booklist, send SAE to: [address removed]
followed by an interlude
Voix de France: French VI
12.30 23: Exercices de Compréhension (1) Written by PETER BINNS and at 12.50
24: Exercices de Compréhension (2) Compiled by GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE
