A weekly review of the agricultural scene
Presented by Michael Pickstock Producer ALLAN WRIGHT BBC Pebble Mill
Hope Sealy in conversation with a special guest about a prayer which has inspired their life and faith.
Presented by Chris Lowe and Peter Hobday
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25* Sport with GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with ROSEMARY HARTILL , the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent
8.25 The Weeklies With DAVID WALKER
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY
Presented by Cliff Morgan
Aces and dinks, ball boys and girls, barley water, chalk-dust, queues and seeds, strawberries and cream, tantrums, thunderstorms: Wimbledon Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
direct from one of Yorkshire's 'Gold Coast' resorts, the delightful old spa town of Scarborough
Bernard Falk finds out what it has on offer for all types of holidaymakers heading for the golden sands.
Chris Hawksworth goes out into the countryside and on to the moors to discover villages and places of interest only minutes away from the sea.
Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF For details of items in this week programme please send sae to:
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unravelled, dangled or tied up byNedSherrin and the likes of Craig Charles Carol Thatcher , Emma Freud and Jonathan Ross
Plus the Victor Lewis Smith Look at Life
Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY
Peter Kellner , of the Independent, presents a personal review of a week in the life of MPs and peers. Producer SHEILA COOK
Reflections on life and politics abroad
Producer SUE LITTLED ALE
(Details on Monday at 10.0am)
Clement Freud , Peter Jones Derek Nimmo and Kenneth Williams try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons. Devised by IAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo
Donald Trelford , The Rt Hon James Prior , Jean Rook and John Mortimer
The Museum of the Year award to the Beamish North of England Open Air Museum crowned the professional career of its creator Frank Atkinson. Now it's hotly tipped for the European title. Graeme Aldous takes a tram ride to sample life in the 20s, including a coalmine, 'The World's First Egg and Bacon Factory' and the Co-op in the cornfield.
BBC North East. Stereo
Shades of Blue by LEIGH JACKSON with and It is the day of the wedding of the daughter of a wealthy dentist, Adrian, who is hoping to start a new career in politics. His only rival for the local seat is his best friend Tony. Adrian 's day gets off to a bad start when he discovers that his mistress is pregnant, his wife has fallen in love with Tony and a general election has been called.
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON . Stereo
Science on 4 What do you get if you encourage thousands of the best minds in the world to indulge their curiosity? The answer is a lot of discoveries and developments in science, medicine, and technology - some important, all of them interesting. Peter Evans selects highlights from recent research. With reports from Geoff Watts Georgina Ferry and Alun Lewis Producer JENNY WALKER
Jeremy Cherfas finds out why so many ornithologists and goose eggs have to travel by plane nowadays.
with Bill Wallis , David Tate Sally Grace and Jon Glover
With SIMON VANCE including Sports Round-up
Saturday evening table talk inspired by current public and private preoccupations MUSIC by DILLIE KEANE of Fascinating Aida
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo
by Bob Couttie
"Join Ellis Weston as he takes us on the first of his guided tours around Satan's Playground...." An award-winning radio programme, a disturbed family and an ambitious producer are irretrievably damaged as a sceptical scientist investigates a terrifying poltergeist.
BBC Bristol. Stereo
Richard Baker presents a selection of words and music on record, reviving old favourites, introducing the less familiar and including some recent releases.
Producer JUDITH ROLES. Stereo
A Fatal Inversion by RUTH RENDELL (writing as BARBARA VINE) abridged in 14 parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Lewis Fiander 1: The Woodland Grave
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
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A reading, a hymn and reflection led by Eddie Neale Stereo
An Everyday Story of Country Folk
Barry Norman explores 36 years of the world's most successful soap opera. 'What we want is a farming Dick Barton ,' they said. What they got was The Archers. Like nosey neighbours, farmers and townies alike have been eavesdropping on the villagers of Ambridge, their births, marriages, deaths, divorces, affairs, disasters and triumphs. Barry Norman goes behind the scenes to find out how this
'everyday story of country folk' has withstood the test of time. Producer HELEN ROBSON
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Seventh of eight programmes Alexandria: No Abiding City The wondrous city of Alexander, Antony, Cleopatra and the poet Cavafy:
Joseph Hone returns to the remains of this fabled world - his city for a short time, too.
by BOB SINFIELD
The Cambridge Footlights
Revue starring the Class of '33: Kim Philby. Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess with and they found superfluous
Music composed by GEOFFREY WRIGHT and played by JONATHAN GEE Producer PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER Stereo (R)
followed by an interlude