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 John Humphrys and Chris Lowe
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by DAVID SYMONDS
7.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with JOHNSTON MCKAY the BBC'S
Religious Affairs Correspondent Editor JOLYON MONSON
Presented by Cliff Morgan
Britain may have lost an Empire and even the America's Cup, but the British are still pretty good at athletics. Just as well too - the World Championships start in Rome today - a chance to fly the flag!
Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
Simon Bates reports on holidays and travel. With Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs
Producer HELEN ROBSON
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Ned Sherrin with studio guests, and regular and irregular contributions from the likes of Robert Elms, Craig Charles Victoria Mather and Stephen Fry. Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward.
Additional material by ALIST AIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY
(Re-broadcast at 11.0pm)
During the summer recess the programme leaves Westminster and joins five MPs for a political and personal tour around their constituencies.
5: Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Labour MP Ted Rowlands talks to Chris Stewart about this industrial area of South Wales. Producer MARGARET HILL
Reflections on life and politics abroad
Producer DAVID POWELL
(Details on Thursday at 9.5am)
It was 20 Years Ago Last Tuesday
Join a cosmic journey back to the halcyon days of the late 60s - a time of peace and love. Stereo
(Details on August Bank Holiday Monday at 6.30pm)
The columnist and playwright Keith Waterhouse presents a selection of his favourite poetry and prose.
Readers SHEILA STEAFEL and JAMES BOLAM
Stereo
Only Connect....
Gillian Reynolds and guests set out to discover how to make the right connections. Producers LUCY LUNT and PIPPA BURSTON
An Imaginary Friend byGUYJENKIN
The Moon family seem reasonably normal, nothing really interrupting the flow of their daily routine. Then, suddenly their young daughter presents them with a situation that opens eyes, closes mouths, and echoes from Basildon to the Vatican.
Directed by GERRY JONES
Stereo
Presented by Alun Lewis
What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments from the world's leading laboratories. Producer JENNY WALKER
(Re-broadcast on August Bank Holiday Monday at 7.45pm)
That Dread Lake
Andrew Currie and Derek Cooper visit Loch Coruisk , set in the rugged Cullin Hills in Skye.
A series of investigative reports 1: There's One Born Again Every Minute
David Lander looks at unorthodox religions, and in particular the Sincere Repentist Church led by Joshua Fratt. Stereo
with EUGENE FRASER including Sports Round-up
Dr Anthony Clare 's subject is Leslie Kenton , author of such current bestsellers as The Joy of Beauty and Ageless Ageing.
by Dorothy L. Sayers
dramatised by Michelene Wandor
On his way to visit friends at Walbeach Lord Peter Wimsey's car lands in a ditch and he and his manservant, Bunter, are forced to take shelter at Fenchurch St Paul. Here they learn of the theft of the Wilbraham emeralds and the peace of the village is disturbed by the discovery of a strange body in a newly-turned grave.
BBC Pebble Mill Stereo (R)
'... soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.'
Richard Baker introduces a sequence of words and music for Saturday evening, which is rather different from usual....
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 10: A Baby's Cry
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
A reading, a hymn and reflection led by Eddie Neale. Stereo
The people of Castle Carrock in Cumbria help David Bean to put together a picture of life in their village.
2: The Weary and the Duke Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
The last programme in the series in which Bernard Braden ambles through the world of transatlantic humour
This week: Unlikely Stories Written by GEORGE ADE
AMBROSE BIERCE, JOSH BILLINGS
DON MARQUIS , ARTHUR MARX
H. L. MENCKEN , JAMES THURBER and MARK TWAIN
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo
(This morning's 's programme with at least 2. 5 per cent extra)
followed by an interlude
