Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather

Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with Simon Rose
7.0.8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport with Garry Richardson
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Public Speaking
It may not happen very often, but there are moments when most people have to speak in public. A phone-in, radio interview, self-help group, best man at a wedding, speaker at a women's group, job interview, business conference ... moments when people must use their voices publicly. How do you prepare? How can you project your voice without shouting? Why are women's voices less resonant than men's? Can all voices become more effective?
How important is a good speaking voice anyway? Gordon Clyde , actor, broadcaster and teacher of public speaking and Elizabeth Pursey , adviser at RADA and to actors in rehearsal, answer your questions.
Produced by the Woman 's Hour unit Lines open from 8.0am

Reflections on life and politics abroad from the BBC's team of foreign correspondents.

Three in the Afternoon Written and read by Annest Wiliam
'He always hated that hour between three and four, especially on Sundays. How airless it was, how lacking in sensation.'
Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

NEM, p 97; Jesus, where'er thy people meet (BBC HB 263); Psalm 126; Matthew 25, w 31-45; Dear Lord and Father of mankind (BBC HB 351) Stereo

Born on Monday
Christened on Tuesday Married on Wednesday Took ill on Thursday....
In the fourth of six programmes reflecting aspects of life from cradle to grave in the mill towns of north-east Lancashire, Phil Smith listens to experiences of coping with quadriplegia. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Pattie Coldwell with the latest news and advice for consumers

Browsing through the Sound
Archives, Michael is reminded that there's 'nowt so strange as folk' and some of the strangest are locked up in the Archives, together with the telegraph poles they collect, the fairies they talk to and the nightingale that sings to the cello, all under a cold, cold sun which might not exist at all.
Producer HELEN FRY

Presented by Sir Robin Day

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Mrs Mopple 's 's Washing Line by ANITA HEWETT
2.5 History: Not So Long Ago The Airman by DEREK LOMAS (R)
2.25 Contact The Quarrel by CHRISTOPHER LILLICRAP Presented by PAUL MCDOWELL (Stereo)
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories) Aladdin
1: Aladdin and the Cave of Treasure by COLIN DAVIS (R)

Introduced by Sue MacGregor Store Wars, or Are You Really Being Served?
Today Woman's Hour takes a nationwide look at shopping and the battle for the High Street.
Is the out-of-town precinct leading to the death of the inner-city store? Shall we in future favour Covent Garden style complexes that combine shopping with entertainment? A studio panel discuss reports from centres in Britain and the United States and hear from the shoppers themselves. Serial: Breath of Life by ANN ARMSTRONG abridged in 11 episodes byPATMCLOUGHLIN
Read by Margaret Tyzack Over 30 years ago
Ann Armstrong contracted a severe dose of poliomyelitis, which put her in an iron lung. The next few years saw her fighting with all her strength to leave hospital and return to as normal a life as possible with her husband and two sons.
(Music: Reineche's Undine)

Merrigan's Wife by BRIAN CROOKES
Council leader Peter Merrigan has fought a lifelong battle against privilege and corruption, but he only realises the full price he's paid as his career reaches its climax.
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester. Stereo

Deep red hues in the wine trade this summer have been less to do with vintage burgundy than the blushes of embarrassed Austrians caught with an additive too many.
Derek Cooper uncorks the latest developments in British wine consumption and English wine production.

Stereo

Presented by Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton continued on VHF FM5.50-5.55

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

(Re-broadcast tomorrowat 1.40pm) Written by GRAHAM HARVEY Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad
Reporter Roisin McAuley Producer MAX EASTERMAN Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester

What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS

The Great Canadian Novel
A series of three programmes 1: A Sense of Identity
Margaret Horsfield investigates the ingredients that go to make up 'The Great Canadian Novel' with the help of writers
Margaret Atwood , Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence and readers LIZA ROSS and SHANE RIMMER.
Producer VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
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Michael Oliver presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, film, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer KEVIN JACKSON

Palace of Green Days (2)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod

followed by an interlude

12.30 The General Strike and at 12.55 The Motor Car Presented by ALARIC cotter