With THE REV PETER MULLEN BBC Manchester. Stereo

Presented by Brian Redhead 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 BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day

by ROBERT MARSHALL abridged in eight parts by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by Nigel Anthony (8) Producer MAURICE LEITCH (R)

Producer
VICTOR LEWIS SMITH. Stereo

This week the hosts are members of the Alston and District Flower Club, Cumbria who put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki Daphne Ledward and Geoffrey Smith
Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Pint of Porter by FRED RANDALL Read by Peter Wickham
'... .. Undergraduates shall, on the occasion of their Final
Examination, be supplied with a Pint of the best porter should they so request.'
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

NEM, p 71; What does the Lord require? (BP 98), Psalm 34, w 1-10; John 6, vv 27-35; 0 Father, whose creating hand (BP 67) Stereo

Johnny Morris with a philosophical perspective on five pet subjects. 1: Pet Worship BBC Birmingham
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A six-part practical guide to tenants' rights.
When you rent a home from a private or council landlord you enter into a complex and controversial legal relationship. With the help of experts in housing law and practice,
John Howard explains how to make the most of your rights as a tenant.
1: Finding Somewhere to Live If you're homeless, are you entitled to a council house? Can accommodation agencies charge you for finding a flat? Producer GRAHAM ELUS Editor LESLIE ROBINSON (Phone-in tonight at 8.15) • INFO: page 77

by PALMA HARCOURT dramatised in six parts by NEVILLE TELLER
4: White Knight, Black King
An attempted abduction and a betrayal.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING Stereo
(Moray Watson is in 'Two Into One' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London)

Presented by Gordon Clough

by the Conservative Party

1.55 Listening Corner Lucy and Tom Go to School by SHIRLEY HUGHES
2.5 Looking at Nature Morning Dew Gather up your spider-collecting kit and discover how to make the right kind of spider house for your finds. Stereo
2.20 Quest Passover by JEFFREY SEGAL
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Music) The Sorcerer's Apprentice by COLIN DAVIS
2.50 Something to Think About Come Home with Me by ANITA HEWETT

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
HRH The Prince Andrew
Serial: The Village by the Sea (5)

Lucia in London
A five-part comedy series based on the novel by E. F. BENSON. dramatised and narrated by Aubrey Woods 1:Peppino's 's Legacy
Last October Radio 4 broadcast a comedy series based on the first ofE. F. Benson's Lucia novels, Queen Lucia. Now the irrepressible Lucia is back in a dramatisation of the second novel. This time, not content with being the social queen of the little village of Riseholme, she seeks equal eminence in London society, with some surprising results.
Pianist JOHN OWEN EDWARDS
Directed by JOHN CARDY. Stereo
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Poems selected by the poet and novelist John Wain Readers DIANA BISHOP and CHRISTOPHER SCOTT Producer ALEC REID (R)

For one great critic
Tristram Shandy , published in 1759, was 'irresponsible, trifling and nasty'; for many others its author Laurence Sterne is the father of the modern novel.
Christopher Bigsby visits the writer's home, Shandy Hall in Yorkshire, which has been turned into a Sterne museum. Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN (R)

Presented by Susannah Simons and Robert Williams continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55

With CLIVE ROSLIN including Financial Report

John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Programme devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Producer PETE ATKIN
Stereo

Written by GRAHAM HARVEY Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Buying an old house can be a pleasure or an expensive nightmare. Bill Breckon , with the help of Tom Tickell , looks at the problems of getting grants and ways of buying that ruin which won't ruin you. Producer HELEN ROBSON
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.35 am)

Each week Antony Hopkins explores a different musical work or topic, explaining his thoughts at the piano and illustrating them with records. Producer PATRICK LAMBERT. Stereo

Phone-in: [number removed]Following up today's programme at 12.0 on finding somewhere to live,
John Howard is joined by barrister, Andrew Arden ; Bob Young ,
Director of Housing in Greater Manchester; Geoffrey Cutting of the Small Landlords' Association; and Nick Raynsford , Director of the housing aid group, SHAC, to answer your questions about finding somewhere to live. Who's entitled to a council home? How can you join a Housing Association? What is 'key money'? Lines open at 7.0pm

Clown by don RODGERS
Stereo

A solo show of songs, stories and humour in the company of East-End lad made good Richard Digance
Producer ALAN NIXON. Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 2)

Presented by Natalie Wheen Producer SIMON BROUGHTON
(Revised broadcast tomorrow at 4. 35)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (13)

Presented by Tim Llewellyn including a special report from the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth.

followed by an interlude

12.30 Radio Geography Home or Away Forestry UK Written and presented by KEITH PROUD and at 12.50 Alpine Forest Written and presented by ALAN MCGREGOR