Producers ALLAN WRIGHT andTMFINNEY
for the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle from the 1662 rite conducted by THE REV ALAN LUFF Responses (Byrd) Venite(S.Elvey)
Psalm 139, vv 1-11 (Barry Rose ) Reading (AV): John 20, w 24-31 Benedictus (Stanford in G)
Anthem: Blessed are the men who fear him (Mendelssohn) Hymn: Give me the wings of faith
BBC SINGERS directed by BARRY ROSE
Organist ANDREW LUMSDEN Producer S. OLIVER Stereo
Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.20* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.30 News Summary
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY
starring with and in Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'
Cast for the week:
Written by SIMON BRETT Producer PETE ATKIN (R)
Producer VlCTOR LEWIS SMITH. Stereo
Another chance to hear episodes 24-36. 'I want that woman. ALL of her. Her vast acreage must be mine tonight....'
Cast for the fortnight:
With special guest appearances by and Other parts played by CHRISTOPHER BARR
FELICITY MONTAGU. RICHARD PLATT PAUL B. DAVIES. NICK REVELL
JOHN JUNKIN. ALAN THOMPSON
LIZ CROWTHER. SUSIE JOHNS
Adapted (from the Mirror cartoon) by BILL TIDY and JOHN JUNKIN Producer ALAN NIXON
Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 2)
A not entirely frivolous look at the role played by the spouses often great composers. Would their music have turned out differently had it not been for the woman at the composer's shoulder?
Presented by Fritz Spiegl
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)
Brian Johnston visits the National Theatre, which moved to its present site on the South Bank of the River Thames ten years ago. Three theatres in one, with simultaneous performances, and it all started as the idea of a publisher over 140 years ago.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBCBristol
Presenter Charles Tomlinson Readers tim PIGOTT-SMITH and DIANA BISHOP
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
Presented by Susan Rae Editor KEN VASS
by JIM ELDRIDGE starring and 5: Language Unit
A difficult day for Mr Beeston , in which a proposed Unit for immigrant children produces more heat than the school central-heating system. Cast for the week:
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON Stereo (R)
(Episode 6 tomorrow at 6.30pm)
Presented by Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
Quincy the Christmas Toy Written and read by TOMMY STEELE
1: The Toys Come to Life Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN. Stereo (Tommy Steele is in 'Singing in the Rain'at the Hippodrome,Birmingham)
Introduced by Jenni Murray School's 's Out at Our School
At Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, staff and pupils heave a sigh of relief after the usual end-of-term activities and a seasonal round of carol-singing. Kate SneU spotlights the term's main issues involving parents and staff - supervision of homework, discipline and the value of compulsory education for the under-16s.
Eight Stones by Elizabeth Bowen abridged by JANET HICKSON Read by Patricia Hodge 6: Pink May
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
The Latin Lover by CHRISTOPHER DENYS
Stereo
Presented by Michael Billington
Presented by Robert Williams and John Sergeant Editor DEREK LEWIS continuedon VHFIFM5.50-5.55pm
With PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report
Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
(Revised broadcast of Saturday at 7. 15 am)
The Napoleon of Notting Hill An extravaganza by G. K. CHESTERTON dramatised by PETER BUCKMAN Written in 1904, Chesterton's vision of London 80 years on is still full of horse buses and hansom cabs. But democracy is dead, and the King is chosen by rote from among government officials. No one minds because none of it matters - until the choice falls on Auberon Quin ...
Producer ERIC STOVELL
Directed by RICHARD IMISON. Stereo
Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer JOHN POWELL Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)
My Uncle Silas by H. E. BATES abridged in three parts and read by David Neal 1: Shandy Lil
The first of three stories about one of Bates's richest characters, his great-uncle
Silas, who lived a wondrous life of wine and women in a beautiful part of Bedfordshire. Producer CHERRY COOKSON
Presented by Richard Kershaw Editor BLAIR THOMSON
Ravel Ballet suite: Mother Goose
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/
ANDRE PREVIN Stereo record
followed by an interlude