Farming, food and countryside news, market trends, weather
Presented by John Timpson and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Moving House
Can you take the misery out of moving? Is there an art to it?
How much should you expect of removal contractors? What is the division of labour and who packs what for maximum safety?
Joan Zunde , author of The
Househunter's Handbook, and removal firm foreman, Andrew Reeves , answer your questions. Jill Burridge is in the Chair.
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. Producer ZAREER MASANI
A Bean Called Turnstile by HARRY BARTON
Read by Stephen Boxer Producer ROBERT COOPER BBC Manchester
NEM, p 42; Breathe on me, breath of God (BBC HB 148); Psalm 119, w 17-24; Matthew 5, w 1-10; Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him (BBC HB 16). Stereo
After the cold and long-delayed spring, the countryside is at last in summer bloom, but how has wildlife coped with the slow start, and what effect will it have on the rest of the season? Derek Jones investigates. Producer TIM GROUT-SMITH BBC Bristol
(A new series of 'The Living World' begins on Sunday at 4.30pm LW)
Presented by Paul Heiney
Second Round: South
Chairman Robert Robinson Richard Abbott
(computer manager) Richard Leathes
(educational consultant) George Little
(retired civil servant)
Brian Parsons (teacher)
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES Producer RICHARD EDIS
Presented by Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner Presented by SUSANNA DAWSON and Tim MUNRO
2.5 History: Not So Long Ago At the Seaside by MARGERY MORRIS .
2.25 Listen and Read Radio Thin King (Complete Stories): The Golden Spoon of Toot Hoot Ka-Moot by DEREK FARMER Narrated by SEAN BARRETT
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories): The Guarded Fleece A Greek legend re-told by ALARIC COTTER
Introduced by Sue MacGregor From Clyndeboume to Grange Hill ... opera is losing its stuffy reputation and is gaining popularity among youngsters all over the country. CHERYL ARMITAGE talks to singers, directors and some new young enthusiasts.
Exit Lady Masham (7)
Staying in Touch by NEIL SHENTON
Samantha is 17, unmarried, unemployed, and living in a council flat with her mam;
Helen is 37, married, wealthy, and living in the lap of luxury.
Directed by CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester. Stereo
Presentation at Court, curtseying to a cake at Queen Charlotte's Ball and meeting 'Mister Right' used to be the highlights of a debutante's season. Now 'The Season' is no longer stage-managed by the Lord Chamberlain, and debs simply regard it as a way of making friends and having fun at parties.
Glyn Worsnip talks to debs of the past and the present to find out the significance of 'The
Season' and how exclusive it is. Producer ANNE HINDS BBC Birmingham
Sea Views
2: Through the Tunnel by DORIS LESSING
Read by Elizabeth Bell
Why did the tunnel present such a challenge to Jerry?
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Gordon Clough continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With CLIVE ROSUN including Financial Report
The World of Nature
Reporter Stuart Simon Producer MAX EASTERMAN Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care.
Producer NICHOLAS MORGAN
In this last programme
Jenni Mills talks to June Hemer, Director of the National Association of Widows,
Derek Nuttall , Director of CRUSE, and Dr Colin Murray -Parkes, a psychiatrist specialising in bereavement. about the many emotional and practical problems which can occur after the death of a partner.
Producer SARAH ROWLANDS Listeners can speak to a member of CRUSE on [number removed]Lines open 9.0-10.0pm
Presented by Ian MacRae Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments on [number removed]Lines open 8.30-10.0pm
In August 1933 Punch published a poem about a duck-billed platypus which managed to qualify for the Diplomatic Service - but who wrote it?
Michael Paffard follows a trail of clues which leads to the Mother of Parliaments. Reader Geoffrey Banks Producer FRASER STEEL
Presented by Paul Allen Producer JOHN POWELL
Foreign Affairs (2)
Presenter Alexander MacLeod
11.0 Headlines onVHFIFMuntilll.O
Central American Journey Panama The last of seven programmes in which HUGH O'SHAUGHNESSY travels through the countries of Central America Producer MICK WEBB For booklist, send SAE to: [address removed]
followed by an interlude
Bengali Language Magazine
