A selection of music BBC Pebble Mill Stereo
Presented by Charlotte Green
7.10 LW Sunday Papers
1.15LW
Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye Make Yourself at Home For Asian listeners BBC Pebble Mill
Correspondence in English or your own language should be sent to: Make Yourself at Home,
BBC, Birmingham B5 7SA
7.45 L W Bells on Sunday from St Peter's, Soberton, Hampshire
7.50-7.55
Turning Over New Leaves Michael Saward reviews and selects readings from
Black Sunlight by TOM davies.
7.10 Open Forum: University Magazine
7.30 Summer School and Beyond
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presented by Clive Jacobs Reporter Trevor Barnes Producers DAVID COOMES and EDWARD LUCAS
talks, for the Week's Good
Cause, about the ways in which suffering and poverty in one-parent families are being eliminated.
Donations to: National Council for One-Parent Families, [address removed]
9.10 Sunday Papers
(Broadcastat 7.10am LW)
Omnibus edition
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
Directed by PETER WINDOWS Producer LIZ RIGBEY BBC Pebble Mill
Sir Harry Secombe , CBE, who, as a father and grandfather, recognises the necessity that the horrors of war must never be allowed to occur again, talks about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Enquiries to: [address removed]
John Hosken describes the scene in Whitehall as crowds gather to honour all those who have died in the service of their country.
Before the service, the Massed Bands of the Guards Division play
Rule Britannia; Hearts of oak; The minstrel boy; Men of Harlech; The Skye boat song; Isle of beauty; David of the white rock; Oft in the stilly night; Flowers of the forest; Nimrod; When I am laid in earth; and Solemn Melody
11.0 The Two-Minute Silence
The Last Post
The laying of wreaths (during which the bands play
Beethoven's Funeral March No 1, in B flat minor)
A short service is then conducted by The Rt Rev and Rt Hon the Lord Bishop of London 0 God our help in ages past:
Prayer; The Lord's Prayer; The
Blessing; Reveille; God Save The Queen; The Trumpet Voluntary This is followed by a march-past of ex-servicemen and women when the bands play Fame and glory; It's a long way to Tipperary; Pack up your troubles; There'll always be an England; Wish me luck; Roll out the barrel; and Lili Marlene. Stereo
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The Story of a Friendship Written and presented by Roy Spencer with Olive Hopkin ,
Jack Bronson , Ruth Carlin ,
Enid Hilton , Anne Jameson , James Macpherson , Natasha Pyne and Christopher Scott
Researcher NOEL MARTIN KADER
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT. Stereo (R)
Presented by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
visits the Derwentside
Federation of Allotment Associations
(Details on Wednesday at 10.0 am)
Felix Randal by JIMMY MCGOVERN with A fictional account of what might have prompted poet and Jesuit priest, Gerard Manley Hopkins, to write his famous poem Felix Randal.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Manchester. Stereo (R)
From initial euphoria to grim resolution the story of the c Scottish troops in the First
World War was chronicled by poets and writers.
Trevor Royle has compiled and introduces a selection from the work of John Buchan , Ewart Alan Mackintosh ,
Neil Munro , Charles Murray , and Charles Hamilton Sorley. Readers SANDY NEILSON.
TONY ROPER. PAUL YOUNG
Producer JOHN ARNOTT. Stereo
(First broadcast on BBC Scotland)
Presented by Laurie Taylor
Brian Johnston visits
Musselburgh in Lothian
(Details tomorrow at 11. 0 am L W)
With BRIAN PERKINS
Sally Feldman , from the Woman's Hour team, brings you the past week's highlights. Producer JILL BURRIDGE
by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Part 3
Stereo (Details on Friday at 3. 0pm)
Susan Hill presents Radio 4's good books programmes.
Hard labour, hard fare, hard bed
The first of three programmes which will examine the British prison system past and present. 1: The Dark Ages
Presented by Leslie Fairweather Producer JOHN EDWARDS
by JEFFREY ARCHER dramatised in seven episodes by BRIAN SIBLEY
1: The Kremlin - 10 May 1966 The Tsar's Icon is a fake. It is imperative that the original be found - and by 20 June. Finding it will change the course of human history.
Other parts played by SHEILA GRANT. RONALD HERDMAN. GORDON REID and JILL SIMCOX
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Wednesday at 12.27pm)
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Presented by Joshua Rozenberg
Ben Travers Interview
'Shanghai was very interesting. We went to the jail, but we weren't allowed in because a chap was going to be executed there. But the jailer said we were welcome to come early next morning and see his head sawn off. We didn't go though.... I don't like getting up early.'
Ben Travers , author of Rookery Nook, Plunder and other Aldwych farces, died on 18 December 1980, aged 94.
To mark the centenary of his birth, this interview anticipates a short season of his plays and novels specially adapted for radio.
Ben Travers talking to
Peter King was recorded in 1978. Producer PETER KING
Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 3) ('Mischief' by Ben Travers will be broadcast next Saturday afternoon)
The Word is Wild
Twelve years ago, working in Chile, Dr Sheila Cassidy rediscovered her Catholic faith among the poor in the shanty-towns, and the priests who worked with them. Her commitment led her to torture and jail. Now medical director of a cancer care hospice, she reflects on her experiences, which she sees as the consequences of a call to
'mother' the wild word of God. 1: The Wild Stallion Reader BRIAN GEAR
Producer STEPHEN LYNAS BBC Bristol Stereo
Two years ago Radio 4 profiled Mount Ayr, Iowa. The future looked bleak. Now, with the Midwest even deeper in trouble, life is still hard, but Mount Ayr is hanging on. Earlier this year, John Roberts went back to find out how the town, which some said was dying, is trying to fight back.
Producer PETER DAY (R)
Vincent Kane finds some contemporary resonances. 4: Othello
Producer RICHARD THOMAS BBC Wales (R)
followed by an interlude