Music selected by Michael Ford BBC Birmingham. Stereo
A sequence of hymns presented by Charlotte Green
Preparing Your Home and Your Family
7.10 LW Sunday Papers
7.15ApnaHiGhar
Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves Kenneth Slack reviews
Death 's Gift by PETER HARVEY
8.10 Sunday Papers
Religious news and views from home and abroad
Presented by Clive Jacobs Reporter Trevor Barnes Producer DAVID COOMES
Phil Archer of The Archers-talks, for the Week's Good Cause, about the need for planting and the care of trees for the benefit of future generations.
Donations to: Norman Painting
The Tree Council[address removed]
9.10 Sunday Papers
Omnibus edition
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
Directed by DIANE CULVERHOUSE Producer WILLIAM SMETHURST BBC Birmingham
Baron Michel Donnet. a Belgian Air Force General who joined the RAF and was decorated after escaping from occupied Europe, talks about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Enquiries to: [address removed]
Raymond Baxter describes the scene in Whitehall as crowds gather to honour all those who have died in the service of their country.
Before the service, the Massed Bands of the Guards Division play
Rule Britannia; Hearts of oak; The minstrel boy; Men of Harlech; The Skye boat song; Isle of beauty; David of the white rock; Oft in the stilly night; Flowers of the forest; Nimrod; When I am laid in earth; and Solemn melody
11.0 The Two-Minute Silence
The Last Post
The laying of wreaths (during which the bands play
Beethoven's Funeral March No 1, in B flat minor)
A short service is then conducted by The Rt Rev and The Rt Hon Graham Leonard , the Lord Bishop of London. 0 God our hope in ages past;
Prayer; The Lord's Prayer;
The Blessing; Reveille; God Save The Queen;
The Trumpet Voluntary
This is followed by a march-past of ex-servicemen and women when the bands play
Fame and glory; It's a long way to Tipperary; Pack up your troubles; There'll always be an England; Wish me luck; Roll out the barrel; and Lili Marlene. Stereo
The glossy Sunday magazine presented by Margo MacDonald A Year of My Own: Mary Peters , MBE recollects the year she won the Olympic Gold Medal for the Pentathlon, 1972.
International Exchange: a link-up with other countries for a broader perspective on current issues.
High Noon: guests in the studio discuss one of the week's topics. Plus Rory Bremner continues his everyday story of broadcasting folk and Stephen Fry reaches the parts other colour supplements can't reach. Production LAN GARDHOUSE
SIMON SHAW. VANESSA HARRISON and CATHIE MAHONEY
Presented by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
from Winchester, where members of the Hampshire Federation of Women's
Institutes put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Geoffrey Smith and Daphne Ledward Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
(Re-broadcast on Wed at 10.0am)
Road to Normandy by DOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE
For 40 years Dave has put behind him the fact that he landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He doesn't remember his comrades with any special affection and has no wish to indulge in memories. But in June 1984 he goes back to
Normandy and faces the ghosts of the past, and one ghost in particular.
Stereo
(Details on Thursday at 9.5 am)
Brian Johnston visits Northampton
(Details tomorrow at 11.0am)
With EUGENE FRASER
The last programme in a series of unlikely stories by the French humorist ALPHONSE allais 'The door opened and there stood the imposing figure of an old. grey-bearded man wearing a long white robe."And who may you be?" they all cried.' 4: God and other tales
Read by Christopher Godwin English translation by MILES KINGTON
Producer NIGEL ACHESON (R)
(Details on Thursday at 4.5pm)
by E. W. HORNUNG
4: Nine Points of the Law
(Details on Wed at 12.27pm) Stereo
Why, when we have a woman
Prime Minister, are there so few other women in Parliament? Is prejudice keeping more of them out of the national forum?
Sonia Beesley marks the 66th anniversary of Nancy Astor 's election victory by investigating why women have always been such a tiny minority in the House of Commons. Members of Parliament elected from the 30s onwards provide a revealing picture of life in a male-dominated chamber. Producer ROY SAATCHI BBC Birmingham
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Conversation was once defined as an unrehearsed intellectual adventure in which the journey matters more than the destination. Brian Redhead and guests travel hopefully.... Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester Stereo
by U H LAWRENCE
(Details on Friday at 3.0pm) Stereo
The Silence Following
( Details on Friday at 11.0 am) Stereo
A series of seven talks in which Sir Richard Acland reflects on his lifelong quest for a way of expressing religious truth which has meaning for 20th-century men and women. 3: Stumbling BlocksReader BRIAN GEAR BBCBristol
As the Commons and Lords get down to business for the new session of political debate and law-making. Robert Booth goes behind the scenes at the Palace of Westminster to talk to some of the 3,000 backroom people who make it possible for
Parliament to run smoothly and efficiently.
Producer HOWARD BENSON
by Anthony Smith (R)
followed by an interlude
