A meditation for the beginning of a new day
With GERALD PRIESTLAND. Stereo

Presented by Sue MacGregor and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With JEREMY BOWEN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day

Part 9

In the second of four programmes on the politics of health in Britain, Clive Cookson looks at the internal politics of the Health Service. It has been described as one of the few British institutions whose staff open, rather than close, ranks when under attack. Why have doctors, nurses and administrators become increasingly politicised in their dealings both with government and with each other, and why does the voice of the patient sound so small in the clamour for attention?
Producer OLIVIA SEUGMAN

Over ten per cent of food produced in the world never reaches the table - at least, not ours! In storage and in transit, anything from grain and coffee to rice and pulses is consumed by stored products' pests.
Weevils, beetles, moth larvae, cockroaches, mealworms, rats and mice, have learned to survive and thrive in ships, factories and warehouses.
Fergus Keeling investigates where they come from, how they live, and if they can be controlled.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Eternal Triangle byJOANLENNON
Read by Eileen McCallum
Love endures beyond the grave - especially when two sisters lay claim to the same man. Producer CAROLINE ADAM BBC Scotland

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

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The first of seven programmes from Belfast in which
Paul Muldoon makes a personal choice reflecting the best of Irish poetry written over the last 20 years.
Readers STELLA MCCUSKER. KEVIN FLOOD and PETER QUIGLEY Producer CLIVE BRILL BBC Northern Ireland

Presented by John Howard For details of this week's programmes, write for Fact Sheet No 32 to: [address removed] Please enclose sae

Stereo

Presented by Gordon Clough

Presented by TONY AITKEN Stereo

Introduced by Jenni Murray Guest of the Week: the actress, Dora Bryan Serial:
The Rising of the Moon (4)

A Twist of Lemon by ALEX RENTON
Sir Charles's view of his son sounds reasonable:
'Lost! Ridiculous! Talk some sense! He's got a good job, a damned sight more money than I had at his age, a pretty girl like you around....'
But reason doesn't come into it much where heroin is concerned.
Directed by PENNY GOLD . Stereo

Brian Gear invites
June Knox-Mawer and Steve Race to pick some paperbacks.
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

(Revised broadcast of yesterday 's programme at 9. 45 pm)

Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55pm

with BRYAN MARTIN
Half an hour of reports from the BBC correspondents around the world including Financial Report

Stereo

Cast for the week: [see below]
BBC Birmingham

Stanley Williamson prowls through the pages of the provincial papers and discovers how they reflected the lives and concerns of the people of Dublin 100 years ago.
Readers DENYS HAWTHORNE and PAUL WEBSTER
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Bankruptcy, divorce, imprisonment, unemployment, widowhood or sudden conversion can all lead to the need for a fresh start in life. Does the effect of past guilt, failure or bereavement remain a stumbling block? Where do people find the strength to begin again? In a basically unforgiving society, how easy is it to leave the past behind and start with a clean sheet?
Libby Purves introduces a range of people who recount their experiences, and talks to studio guests.
Members of the public are invited to phone in with contributions to the discussion. Ring [number removed].
Lines open from 7.0 pm Researcher PENNY SEARLEY Producers ROGER HUTcmNGS and SHIRLEY PENROSE BBC Birmingham

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them
Presented by John Mills Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: Does He Take Sugar?
BBC. London W1A 4WW Phone [number removed]
Lines open from 10.0am to 5.0 pm (The first of four 'Does He Take
Sugar?' specials tomorrow at 12 noon)
0 INFO: page 75

Year 7
The Monkey Personality - witty, stimulating, wise and inventive....
A swing through the BBC Sound Archives with comments from guest 'Monkeys', Koo Stark and Fred Housego
Producer ANDREW PARFITT

Christopher Bigsby presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews.
Producer RICHARD DUNN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

All the Brave Promises (4)

followed by an interlude