An interview with a leader of the agricultural industry, followed by a five-day weather forecast for farmers Producer TIM FINNEY
A meditation for the beginning of a new day With GARETH HAULFRYN BBC Wales. Stereo
Presented by Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with Eugene Fraser
goes into the BBC Sound Archives to contemplate current affairs and future events with the benefit of hindsight.
Producer HELEN FRY
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 9.30pm)
Producers ROD MACRAE and MARINA SALANDY-BROWN Stereo
Presented by Louise Botting
The Luck of the Devil by CELIA FREMLIN
Read by Sandra Clark
Lucy telephones in urgent need of a shoulder to cry on. An erring husband is the cause - but Lucy has one great advantage.... an abnormal amount of luck! producer MITCH RAPER
from the Chapel of Keele University, Staffordshire, led by NORMAN IVISON Director of Music PETER DE CRUZ
Christ, whose glory (BBC HB 137); Matthew 5, w 3-20; If ye love me (Tallis); Thou, whose almighty word (BBC HB 185) BBC Pebble Mill
Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners
Presented by Alan Brownjohn Readers GEOFFREY BEEVERS and ROSALIND SHANKS
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBCBristol
Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS82LR
The only national radio programme for consumers Presented by Susan Rae Editor KEN VASS
by JIM ELDRIDGE starring and 10: Breaking Up is Hard to Do featuring and The end of the school year is in sight. All the staff are torn between the need to finish reports, and the desire to study holiday travel routes. All, that is, except Eric Brown.
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at a 30pm)
(Vivienne Martin is in 'Cabaret at the Strand Theatre, London)
Presented by Brian Widlake with news and topics in and behind the headlines Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Listening Corner This week: Music, Music, Music Presented by BILL TORRANCE and BARBARA MCNAMARA Today's story: Stanley and the Band by MARJORIE NEWMAN Script by RUTH CRAFT Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN (e)
2.5 Playtime Weather all Around Presented by LIZ watts and BEN THOMAS. Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast on Friday at
11.20am VHF/FM)
2.20 Science Scope
7: Blow Me Down. Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 Pictures in Your Mind (Stories) Who is Pippa? adapted from 'Race Against Wolves' by NORA ROCK (R) (e)
Introduced by Jenni Murray President Reagan's controversial Star Wars Policy is channelling massive amounts of money into Britain's scientific establishments. Yet for some scientists, this is a cause for anxiety rather than satisfaction. Physicist Dr Viv Moore joins the BBC Defence
Correspondent Christopher Lee to assess why so many women scientists are boycotting
Strategic Defence Initiative research. Serial:
In Chancery by JOHN GALSWORTHY abridged in 14 parts by ANN REES-JONES
Read by John Bennett (9) Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
The Chancer by ALLAN PRIOR Stereo
Can Trafalgar Square Learn from Las Vegas?
Michael Oliver travelled to the USA to see some of Venturi's buildings and to talk to critics, architects. colleagues, to people who use Venturi's buildings and to Robert Venturi.
Presented by Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton Editor DEREK LEWIS continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55pm
With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report
In-depth reporting and investigative journalism of the highest quality and sensational revelation of undiscovered news stories: all of these are blatantly ignored this week and replaced by the ill-educated guesses of Richard Ingrams and Alan Coren. Their guests are
John Walters from the world of music journalism and the Colonel's friend, Kate Adie. Their nemesis comes in the shape of Barry Took. Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON with the producer HARRY THOMPSON. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
(Details on Friday at 4.5pm)
Nowadays you don't even need glue to build your own brain cell, fully functioning ear nerve or prehistoric rubbish pit. Alun Lewis visits four model-making scientists to see how it's done. Producer NICHOLAS MORGAN (Re-broadcast next Saturday)
SmallTalk by PETER FLANNERY and ELIZABETH GAMLIN with and 'Look, I've seen these people on other TV programmes. With the rooms stuffed full of teddy bears and the train sets all laid out in the shed gathering dust.
Non-stop talk about the one thing they can't have. One-track minds going round in circles.
They're lethal. I want nothing to do with them.'
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY. Stereo (Re-broadcast next Saturday Stephen Moore is a member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company)
Presented by Michael Oliver Producer RACHEL YORKE Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)
Love Lies Bleeding by EDMOND CRISPIN abridged in ten parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by David March (1) The atmosphere at
Castrevenford School is heady and ready for its Speech Day, and the distinguished Professor Gervase Fen has been invited to present the prizes. But backstage all is far from well. First of all something strange and terrible seems to have happened to nubile Brenda Boyce, not to mention the theft of all those dangerous poisons from the chemistry lab. That sort of thing could end in murder.
Producer DAVID JOHNSTON
Presented by David Sells
National and international news, background, analysis and comment
Editor BLAIR THOMSON
followed by an interlude
Help Yourself to Mathematics Unit 4 A: Formulas B: Basic Algebra Written and presented by NORMAN GOWAR (R) (e)
