An interview with a prominent figure in the agricultural industry, followed by a five-day weather forecast for farmers Producers ALLAN WRIGHT andTIMFINNEY
Presenter CANON GEORGE AUSTIN Stereo
Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With SIMON JONES
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by DAVID SYMONDS
7.25*. 8.25* Sport with JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND
with Charlotte Green
continues his investigation of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion.
Producer FRAN ACHESON
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 9. 30pm)
Today's guests appear before an audience in the Studio Theatre of the Crucible, Sheffield. Producer IAN STRACHAN (Tickets available from:
[address removed])
Presented by Vincent Duggleby Money Box keeps a watching brief on your money problems, including pensions, tax, social security and investment in general.
Details from: Money Box, Room 4099 BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
by Jill Norris
Read by Fleur Chandler
In the window of the local drugstore stands an enormous jar, full of jelly-beans. To two little girls, the jar is both an attraction - and a challenge!
New Every Morning, page 1;
Immortal, invisible (BBC HB 10); Psalm 19; Genesis 12, vv 1-9; The God of Abraham praise (BBC HB 283). Stereo
Presenter Charles Tomlinson
Readers ROSALIND SHANKS and GEOFFREY COLLINS
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY
BBC Bristol
Presented by Pattie Coldwell Editor KEN VASS
A History of Pantomime in seven parts
Narrated by Richard Briers 5: Tricks, Traps and Transformations
A glimpse behind the scenes at pantomime's visual 'magic' and its long obsession with animals, mechanical or 'skins' Performers:
Janice Cramer , Robert Daws Carol Hall , Charles West
Pit Band and Singers under the musical direction of COLIN SELL
Written and compiled by GERALD FROW
Series conceived by JOHN DYAS
Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 6. 30pm)
Presented by Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Listening Corner Goes to Wales Presented by MYFANWY TALOG and HUW TUDOR Today: Mel the Milkman and Rees the Horse Script by JULIE BROOKS THOMAS Producer MARGARET BIRD . Stereo
2.5 Playtime Babies Presenters LOLA YOUNG and CHRISTOPHER BRAMWELL (R) (Re-broadcast Thursday 10.10am)
2.20 Introducing Science Sciencescope
7: Blow Me Down. Stereo
2.40 Topic Songbook (7) Stereo (R)
2.45 Radio Club Join TOMMY BOYD and the Radio Club for an action-packed programme full of information, competitions, jokes and drama for junior schools. Producer ELERI JONES (Re-broadcast Wednesday 11.45am)
Introduced by Jenni Murray A small cottage hospital has influenced the nearby and large Radcliffe Infirmary to experiment with a new style of nursing care. ANNA PERRY reports on the benefits of flexi-time and nurses in mufti. Serial: Enquiry by DICK FRANCIS abridged in 12 episodes by JACK SINGLETON
Read by Hywel Bennett (10) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
Mrs Morgenstern 's. Bad Bargains by DAVID BEAN . Stereo
Presented by Robert Hewison
Presented by Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton continuedon VHFIFM5.50-5.55pm
With HARRIET CASS including Financial Report
Without hesitation, the least repetitious and most undeviating programme on radio with Kenneth Williams Peter Jones , Clement Freud and William Franklyn
In the Chair, the thick and frequent confusion Nicholas Parsons
Devised by IAN MESSITER
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
(Revised broadcast of Saturday at 7. 15 am)
Presented by Peter Evans
A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories Producer JULIAN BROWN
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
Inukshuk by RACHEL WYATT
An inukshuk is a cairn, built by the Inuit people of northern Canada to resemble a human being. Will Jessie Maynard 's work among the Inuit turn her, and her family, to stone?
Directed by PATRICK RAYNER Stereo
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Richard Kelly tells the story of Joe Wilson , the Victorian entertainer who became a campaigner for temperance in 19th-century Newcastle upon Tyne.
BBCManchester
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Michael Oliver presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer CARROLL MOORE Editor THOMAS SUTCLIFFE
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)
Lake Wobegon Days
Written and read in ten episodes by Garrison Keillor (6)
Presented by Tim Llewellyn
Editor BLAIR THOMSON
followed by an interlude
12.30 Choices 86
1: Choosing Courses and Subjects (Age: 14-16) and at 12.50
2: School, YTS, College or Work? (Age: Wplus) Presented by MARGARET KORVING Producer GRAHAM TAYAR