Farming, food and countryside news, market trends, weather
with THE REV ANDREW WYLIE. Stereo
Presented by Peter Hobday and John Timpson
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With SIMON ROSE
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Another Countryside
Is the British countryside about to undergo dramatic change in terms of landscape and use? Howard Newby , Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, and Simon Gourlay , President of the National Farmers' Union, are in the studio to answer questions and discuss listeners' views on the future of our countryside.
Eric Robson is in the Chair.
Producer MARY PRICE. BBC Bristol Lines open from 8 0 am
Reflections on life and politics abroad.
Producer GUDRUN DALIBOR
The Man Behind
Mr Gorbachev 's Chair byjEANMCKENZlE
Read by Judith Barker
'It may not have been Dmitri Alexandrovitch I saw from Geneva on television, yet I'm sure in my own mind that it was.'
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
NEM, p 34; 0 Lord thou art my God and king (BBC HB 470); Psalm 36; II Corinthians 4, v 13 to 5, v 5; God is love (BBC HB 7)
Stereo
The Trap by PHILOMENA ULYATT with For many years the woman has waited for her husband to come home from the mine. Now she waits for her son too....
Directed by CAROLINE RAPHAEL
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9. 0pm)
A magazine edition with news of wildlife and the countryside. Presented by Peter France Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
Pattie Coldwell with the latest news and advice for consumers.
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. First Round: South
Chairman Robert Robinson Alan Glencross
(retired librarian) Richard Pennicard (research chemist)
Paul Rand (proof-reader)
Derek Osmond (retired local government officer)
The programme includes Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES Producer RICHARD EDIS Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 6.30pm)
Presented by Sir Robin Day with news and topics in and behind the headlines
IRENE HANDL reads Grandma Decorates the Kitchen, and Bopper Tries to Help! by JANET SORENSEN
and Sue MacGregor invite you to join them for an action-packed session of ideas and emotions; paradigms and practicalities; fellowship and fun; news and views - some of them your own.
Serial: The Man of Property (7)
Didn't He Ramble by PETER JOHNSON
Terry is hell-bent on making it in the world of jazz. His wild, exciting life shocks his conformist family, except for his sister, Eleanor.
THE ALAN ELSDON JAZZ BAND
Alan Elsdon (trumpet/vocals) Peter Strange (trombone) Randy Colville (clarinet)
Jim Douglas (guitar/banjo) Brian Leake (piano)
Mick Gilligan (double-bass) Laurie Chescoe (drums) Directed by PETER KING Stereo
Paul Heiney examines fashions, not just in clothes, around the United Kingdom. How different is a good night out in the North East from one in London? And why are some foods more popular in the Midlands than in the West Country?
With the help of the BBC Local Radio stations, he intends to discover whether there are any common patterns throughout the country. Editor tim PITT
Producer DAVID BENNETT
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams
continued on VHFjFM5.50-5.55pm
With BRYAN MARTIN
Half an hour of reports from the BBC correspondents around the world including Financial Report
Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
Lester Lanin is the darling of American society hostesses and his orchestra has been enticing all age groups on to the dance floor since the Prohibition era. Lavish party-givers on this side of the Atlantic now engage him to pep up their revels.
Jean Snedegar investigates his magic formula.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.5pm)
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 STUART KERR
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 10.0am)
When China's Columbus Discovered the West
When the Portuguese first landed in East Africa in 1498, the locals were not surprised to see pale faces. They had seen
'people the colour of the day' before: the crews of Chinese naval expeditions, who had charted the Indian Ocean and many of its bordering countries long before the Europeans.
The Chinese navy of the 15th century was vast, sophisticated and peaceable. Its chief admiral, Zheng He, was a eunuch in the Emperor's court. Today he is a Chinese national hero, but the West, familiar with the achievements of Vasco da Gama and the conquistadores, has never heard of him.
Written and presented by Julian May
Music specially recorded by the GUO BROTHERS
Producer NIGEL ACHESON
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Peter White
Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]. Linesopen from 8.30 to 10.0pm. Free quarterly bulletin from:
[address removed]
(Send four 84 x 12 SAEs for a year's supply)
The last of five programmes in which David Moreau recollects his attempts to come to grips with life.
Alpine Drilling
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol (R)
Paul Allen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews.
Producer CARROLL MOORE
The Battle of Pollock's Crossing (7)
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
followed by an interlude VHFIFM joins at 12.10am
