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7.45* Thought for the Day
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How do you prevent a bullfinch from pecking the buds off fruit trees? Why do birds find airfields so attractive? And how can farming practices be modified to encourage wildlife? Nick Da vies and Fergus Keeling talk to Peter Greig-Smith about new approaches to pest control. Producer MILES BARTON BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Hurricane Higgins, How Are You? Written and read by Harry Towb 'I watch Ray Reardon and Hurricane Higgins making impossible pots and a fortune at the same time, and my memory races back to the YMCA in Wellington Street, when
Railton and I went snooker mad for two whole terms and squandered half our dinner money on the hire of a table - a tanner for 30 minutes.' Producer CHRIS SPURR BBC Northern Ireland
(Harry Towb is a National Theatre Player)

reflecting the issues of the day. Introduced from Broadcasting House, London Stereo

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Seven programmes compiled and presented by John Heath-Stubbs 2: Music
Readers TIM PIGOTT-SMITH and TESSA WORSLEY
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol Stereo

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Presented by Sir Robin Day with news and topics in and behind the headlines

IRENE HANDL reads Grandma and Bopper Visit the Zoo by JANET SORENSEN

Woman's Hour 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 (9)

Into Injury Time by DAVID REID with Professional football teams buy star players to enhance the quality of their squad; the Head of the PE Department at
Rokesly Grammar School wonders if he can do the same.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD

Wales and the Welsh
The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales, just published, has some 149 entries under Jones. June Knox-Mawer met one of them, poet and farmer Die Jones , when she returned to the country of her birth for this Welsh edition of Bookshelf.
Also included are
Emyr Humphreys , a passionate patriot who speaks Welsh but writes novels in English; a newly discovered novel by the late Gwyn Thomas ; and the poetry of Dannie Abse. Producer KATE FENTON
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
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Half an hour of reports from the BBC correspondents around the world including Financial Report

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(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm) Written by GUY HUTCHINS
BBC Birmingham

A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by John Timpson Producer LAURIE MASON BBC Bristol
Send your letters to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS82LR

'One plays, one dances, one laughs: that's what it is to take the waters. For every four who drink, there are usually 20 others who have come only in search of amusement.'
(SAMUEL CHAPPUZEAU, 1674)
In the first of two programmes Ian Bradley explores the spas of Europe in their heyday and today.
The Golden Age: Water, Women and Waltzes
Readers ANN ARIS and STUART RICHMAN Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.30am)
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The first of six programmes in which the tenor and opera producer Nigel Douglas talks about some of his favourite singers, with recordings. 1: Victoria de los Angeles Producer ALAN HAYDOCK Stereo

A personal portrait in conversation, recollection and anecdote; an assessment of a public figure or the story of a private individual.

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Presented by John Mills Producer MARLENE PEASE
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Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews from the arts world. Producer SIMON BROUGHTON
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

The Battle of Pollock's Crossing (9)

Presented by Richard Kershaw

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