An interview with a leader of the agricultural industry, followed by a five-day weather forecast for farmers
with THE REV JOHN CONGDON. Stereo
Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with David Anderson
by ELIZABETH BOWEN abridged by JANET HICKSON Read by Patricia Hodge 1: Maria Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN
(First broadcast in Woman's Hour)
It's Easter Monday and Bernard Cribbins, P.J. and Mary Mulch are going to have a day out. They're going to Spooky Hole Cave! Bernard is looking forward to a quiet day; P.J., however, has other ideas.
Storyline by DAVID CREGAN
The programme also includes a quiz, a competition, features by NICHOLAS FISK and CHRIS REASON, a story from GRACE HALLWORTH, and a condensed version of Fantastic Mr Fox by ROALD DAHL adapted by ALFRED BRADLEY
Taking part JUDITH BARKER, SOPHIE BUCKLEY, DELIA CORRIE, BERNARD CRIBBINS, EDWARD DE SOUZA, CHRISTOPHER GOOD, CLIFF HOWELLS, JENNY LUCKRAFT, STEVEN RENDALL Producer CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester. (Stereo)
(The next Cat's Whiskers programme will be on May Day Bank Holiday)
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Presented by Louise Botting
White Light by JANE COLES
Read by Jennifer Piercy Producer SHEILA FOX
Thine be the glory (A&MNS 428); The strife is o'er (Ley: Church
Anthem Book) Luke 24, vv 13-34; This joyful Eastertide (BBC HB 115). Stereo
A cathedral and an ancient university are just two of the attractions of Durham which is Brian Johnston 's choice of location this Easter weekend.
BBC Bristol
Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners
Presented by P.J. Kavanagh
BBC Bristol
(Stereo)
Requests to: Poetry Please! [address removed]
Presented by Susan Rae
Stereo (Details tomorrow at 6.30pm)
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Presented by Gordon Clough
ROY HUDD reads Tales from the Tub (1) by GUY HUTCHINS
Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN. Stereo
invites you to
Lie Back and Think!
Don't worry, it's not a formal occasion - all you need to have on is your radio! Tune in to a quiz about women - the ones who came first, the ones who came out on top and the ones who only came for the drinks. Sue MacGregor finds out if actions speak louder than words when she pops questions to the Performers: actresses
Maureen Lipman and Janet Suzman , with Jane Glover , conductor of the London Mozart Players; and the Writers Gillian Reynolds, radio critic of the Daily Telegraph, novelist Sarah Harrison and Angela Gordon , News Editor of the Observer
With music from the FAIRER SAX Devised and written by SALLY FELDMAN and HARRY THOMPSON
Producer SALLY FELDMAN Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
Pygmalion by BERNARD SHAW with Shaw's famous play about a common flower girl who is tutored in phonetics to'speak like a lady', and all that happens as a consequence. London 1912.
Other parts played by ANDREW BRANCH . GARARD GREEN and DAVID LEARNER
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN Stereo (R)
It's taken years of political fighting to get the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, London, open to the public.
Now it's nearly ready, complete with theatre, box office and special exhibitions.
Joyce MacMillan reports.
Presented by Gordon Clough and Phil Longman Editor DEREK LEWIS continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With CLIVE ROSLIN
Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
Holding the Fort
Stereo (Details on Friday at 4.5pm)
Presented by Peter Evans
A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories. Producer JENNY WALKER
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
by Michael Wall
with Edward Petherbridge as Charles Catchpole, Eleanor Bron as Princess Malvezzi and Greg Hicks as Jack Cody
She was the talk of Venice in the 1850s. She was captivating, but was she really dangerous? When the gondola arrived to take Charles Catchpole to the Princess Malvezzi, he had no idea that it would deliver him into a world of romance and political intrigue.
(Stereo)
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
Waxing Lyrical
The Beatles broke the mould of the separate identities of performer, composer and lyricist. Since then the rise of the songwriter who composes both music and words, and gets up on stage to perform them, has continued, while the role of the lyricist has become more important in the theatre.
Talking about their craft and the current issues, are lyricists Don Black and Tim Rice , and songwriters Billy Bragg and Simon Climie. Chairing the discussion is Mark Steyn. Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)
The War of the Worlds by H. G. WELLS , abridged in eight parts by JOHN SCOTNEY Read by Simon Ward 6: The 'Thunder Child'
Presented by Richard Kershaw
Compiled by PETER JUKES
1968: on the streets of Quebec there was chaos; in its theatres the work of the French-speaking playwright Michel Tremblay was being premiered. His plays became a clarion call for a voiceless, repressed people.
Now performed worldwide in translation, Michel Tremblay and the director Andy Jordan discuss his work and life in Montreal.
Producer CAROLINE RAPHAEL Stereo (R)
followed by an interlude
