With RABBI NORMAN SOLOMON BBC Birmingham. Stereo
Presented by Sue MacGregor and David Davies
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
Part 5
with Anthony Howard ,
Deputy Editor of The Observer Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
A Radio News production by ADAM RAPHAEL
On the Spot
Written and read by Brian Glanville
Producer MITCH RAPER
NEM, p 122; Ye servants of God (BBC HB 287); Psalm 50; Revelation 12. vv 7-12;
Stand up, stand up for Jesus (BBC HB 368) Stereo
Dick Taverne , Qc, chairs the series in which issues of controversy and concern are put on trial before an audience of jurors in Broadcasting House, London. The motion: Women arm funny
Proposer William Davis Opposer Ann Leslie
The two advocates each call supporting witnesses to be questioned and cross-questioned; the jury votes at the beginning and end of the trial so that any swing of opinion may be measured and a verdict reached.
Researcher MARY WOLF Producer JOHN EDWARDS
Stereo
'That devil-bird comes screaming in ag'in tonight.
There'll be no rest for wicked souls.' Barry Paine reveals the mysterious Shearwater. Producer GEORGE MONBIOT BBCBristol
Presented by John Howard For Fact Sheet No 35, write to
You and Yours, BBC, Room 726
Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA
Live comedy direct from the Radio 4 Feedback office for the second time. (Cuts out the middleman). With
Steve Brown , Helen Lederer
Clive Mantle and Nick Wilton Music by STEVE BROWN
Written by ARNOLD BROWN
PAUL B. DAVIES. JEREMY HARDY HUNTER AND DOCHERTY.
HELEN MURRY. GEOFFREY PERKINS ROGER PLANER. SMITH AND KYAN NICK WILTON and the producer JAMIE RIX (R)
(Another programme tomorrow at
11.30pm) Stereo
Presented by Brian Widlake
KENNETH SHANLEY thinks about food (R)
Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray The Adoption Gap
Many couples discover their infertility too late to adopt in this country. JONATHAN AND TERESA HEWAT solved their problem by offering a home to a Colombian child. Now they advise others on how to go about adopting third-world babies. Producer ANDREW VIVIAN BBCBristol
Serial: Persuasion (4)
by E. M. FORSTER dramatised in four parts by JEFFREY SEGAL
2: Margaret's friendship with Mrs Wilcox has been blossoming. But death in the family causes suspicion and separation.
Directed by CAROUNE RAPHAEL Stereo
Vicki Hughes looks back on her adventurous years. 4: Happy Ending
(Firstbroadcasl on BBC Radio Cumbria) (Rev R)
The last in a series of four documentaries in which a contemporary moral or religious topic is investigated. 4: The Exiles Go Home
At the beginning of this year thousands of Ethiopian Jews, the Falashas, were airlifted out of famine-hit Ethiopia and flown to Israel by the Israeli government.
Recent reports suggest, however, that all has not gone smoothly for the migrant
Ethiopians in their Promised Land. Carole Rosen discusses some of the issues and problems raised in the wake of 'Operation Moses'.
Producer and series editor JOHN NEWBURY (Rev R)
Life and Other Punctures (5) (Starting on Monday:
Just Williams by Kenneth Williams )
Presented by Susannah Simons and Gordon Clough continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
with CLIVE ROSLIN including Financial Report
Clive Jacobs and the team monitor the world of travel and transport and the implications for the customer.
This week Tom Boswell tests the Yugo 513
Producer IRENE MALUS
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 1. 40pm)
Anne Nightingale presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television programmes over the past seven days.
Producer ANDY PARFITT
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 10. 30 am) Stereo
Michael Parkinson hears from journalists and their victims about the newspapers this week. Producer EMILY BUCHANAN
The Rt Hon Tom King , mp, Secretary of State for Employment
Sir Peter Parker
Chairman, British Institute of Management
Jonathon Porritt
Director, Friends of the Earth The Hon Sara Morrison industrialist tackle the issues raised by the audience in Chelmsford, Essex. Chairman John Timpson Producer CAROLE STONE BBCBristol
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Summer's end, September 1985
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
End of summer sees the holiday cottages empty and normal life resume in the coastal towns. Show more
by Alistair Cooke
Michael Billington presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, film, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON
The Woman Who Rode Away (3) (Starting on Monday.
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway)
Presented by Richard Kershaw
A series of investigative reports by David Lander
An examination of the practical and ethical implications of new methods of baby production. Is AID an exciting development or does it mean the next generation will be produced by six medical students in Bristol? Is Commercial Surrogacy immoral or a form of antenatal child-minding?
David Lander tackles these questions and investigates Mallory's Babies Ltd, a firm which deals in this new 'commodity'.
Dramatic reconstructions by Jack Klaff, Phil Nice and Robert Bathurst
Studio production by Stephen Fry with Tony Robinson, Julia Hills, Stephen Frost and Felicity Montagu
Research by Tony Sarchet
Editor Paul Mayhew-Archer
followed by an interlude