Presented from Scotland by Charlie Allan
A regional view of farming in the week ahead BBC Scotland
With CANON FRANK WRIGHT BBC Manchester Stereo
Presented by Sue MacGregor in London and John Timpson in Bournemouth at the Labour Party Conference
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by clive ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
with David Symonds
by ROBERT MARSHALL
Read by Nigel Anthony (6)
Famous faces and new voices meet for a not entirely serious talk about subjects that interest them and may surprise you. Producer IAN STRACHAN. Stereo
The Voice byv S. PRITCHETT
Read by Siôn Probert
'After the air raid, the rescue party gather round the ruined church. From beneath the debris they hear a curious sound. Under the rubble a man is singing....'
Producer MITCH RAPER
(Sion Probert is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
New Every Morning, page 9; Sing to the Lord of harvest (BBC HB 442); Canticle:
Benedicite (Part 1); Job 28, w 1-11; God, whose farm is all creation (BBC HB 440) Stereo
Presented by Dannie Abse Readers ELIZABETH BELL and HUGH DICKSON
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBCBristol
Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS82LR
Presented by Paul Clark Editor KEN VASS
The nationwide general knowledge contest for schools First round. 4: Midlands -
Netherhall School, Cambridge v Pilgrim Upper School, Bedford
Questionmasters
Tim Gudgin and Paddy Feeny Questions set by NIGEL RICHARDSON and DAVID SELF Producer GRAHAM FROST
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 6.30pm)
Presented by Brian Widlake The World at One was first broadcast 20 years ago this week. In this special week you can hear. broadcasting from around the world, the fastest, most authoritative news and current affairs programme. 0 FEATURE: page 3
1.55 Listening Corner This week: What's the Time? Presented by KENNETH SHANLEY Storyteller LOLA YOUNG Today's story: The Little Boy Who Did Not Want to Get Up by RUTH AINSWORTH Script by VALERIE MCCARTHY
2.5 Playtime Homes Presented by ANDREW BRANCH and TONI ARTHUR (Re-broadcast on Thurs at 10.10am)
2.20 Introducing Science Unit 1, Programme 1 Poles Apart
2.40 Radio Shop A weekly review of educational material on sale
2.45 Radio Club TOMMY BOYD and the Radio Club team scour the country to find interesting items for all Radio Club members. (Re-broadcast on Wed at 11.45am)
Introduced by Sandra Boler , editor, Brides magazine
For ten years The British Kidney Patient Association has been helping those who suffer from renal failure. JILL BURRIDGE meets a young mother who only manages an active life thanks to a kidney machine in the home. Serial: The Village by the Sea by ANITA DESAI abridged in eight episodes by JANET HICKSON
Read by Sam Dastor (3) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
The Pugilists by KEN BLAKESON
Stereo
with Christopher Cook
Presented by Gordon Clough and Valerie Simpson continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report
More bon motley with Nigel Rees and guests Alan Bennett Janet Suzman , Leslie Thomas and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Producer ALAN NIXON (R) Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
James Dean 1931-55
Thirty years to the day after
James Dean 's violent and early death in a car smash,
Terence Pettigrew looks at the character behind the Dean legend. Was he really the suicidal, uncompromising 'Rebel
Without a Cause'? Or was his death a terrible accident that interrupted the carefully planned career of a calculating young man? Recollections from Dean's friend Carroll Baker , enthusiast Adam Faith and expert Ray Connolly together with clips from his three films piece together a revealing picture of the real Dean. Producer HARRY THOMPSON * FEATURE: page 14
Presented by Peter Evans
What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories Producer DEBORAH COHEN
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
Elusive Factors by LEE GALLAHER
The dominating force in Cora's and Clare's life has been their father, a celebrated writer who is now very ill. When the family gathers for what is meant to be an anniversary celebration, it becomes something more like an inquest on the past, where all their failings as a family and as individuals are painfully exposed.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON
(Re-broadcast next Sunday) Stereo
An occasional series in which Edward Blakeman presents portraits of some of the world's great flute players, illustrated with some of their recordings. Today Elaine Shaffer plays music by Mozart, Bach,
Schubert, Kuhlau and Copland. Producer ANDREW LYLE
A BBC World Service production (R)
An Actor in Disguise
'I admired them all - Guthrie, Gielgud and Saint-Denis, but I needed my own independence. I've never wanted to be broken down and started again. For better or worse my acting is what it is.'
Sir Alec Guinness has been a leading actor both on the stage and screen. A champion of new writing, he appeared in The
Ascent ofF6, The Cocktail Party, Huis Clos and Habeas Corpus among others.
The director Alan Strachan talks to this self-effacing actor about his major roles and his attitude to the profession he loves.
Producer JOHN BOUNDY
Editor THOMAS SUTCUFFE
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm) Stereo
0 HEAR THIS! page 15
For Whom the Bell Tolls by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Read by William Roberts (11)
Presented by Alexander MacLeod and a special report from the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth
Editor BLAIR THOMSON
followed by an interlude
12.30 Radio Geography Home or Away What is meant by the Environment? Written and presented by ASTLEY JONES and at 12.50 Farming in Northern Finland Written and presented by REG KENNEDY Producer GEOFFREY SHERLOCK
