from the Royal Smithfield Show, Earls Court, London

With MOTHER FRANCES DOMINICA Stereo

Presented by Brian Redhead in London and John Humphrys in Washington
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Talk to Nick and his guests. Producer NICK UTECHIN Lines open from 8. 00am

Presented by Geoff Watts Producer DEBORAH COHEN
(Revised re-broadcast tomorrow at
8.15pm)

The Boy Who Feared the News by MICHAEL A. PEARSON
Read by Timothy Kightley Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

New Every Morning, page 38; The advent of our King (BBC HB 39); God is our hope and strength (Bach); Zephaniah 3, vv 14-20;
Jesus shall reign (BBC HB 460) Stereo

Bruce Sandison talks with Christopher Lowell. Rannoch Moor
A bleak waste of moor, lochs and hills, once the haunt of the persecuted Clan MacGregor. (First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland)

Presented by Susan Rae

Gordon Clough and Louis Allen preside over a further series of cerebral callisthenics.
Irene Thomas and Eric Korn challenge Jack Jones and Bill Russell
Researcher AMANDA MARES Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

Presented by Nick Worrall

1.55 Listening Corner WILLIE RUSHTON reads King Jolly and the Christmas Tree. Stereo (R)
2.00 GCSE Religious Studies Belief and Suffering (e) Patterns of Language at 2.30
3: First Steps Compiled by PROFESSOR DAVID CRYSTAL (R) (e) and at 2.45
4: Playing by the Rules Compiled by TONY PENMAN (R) (e)

Introduced by Jenni Murray In the programme no woman can afford to miss, you can find out why the artist and Bohemian Dora Carrington , never quite achieved the same fame as other members of the Bloomsbury Group.

by Colin MacDonald
"I saw Jackie clear in my mind, as I saw him that strange, solitary day in 1964. And I remembered Millie. You remember Millie?"
BBC Scotland. Stereo

'Rigoletto'is Verdi's weakest work. It has virtually no chance of staying in the repertoire.
PARIS MUSICAL GAZETTE.1853
Tchaikovsky's First Piano
Concerto, like the first pancake, is aflop.
ST PETERSBURG PAPER. 1875
Music critics have often been wide of the mark, especially when reviewing new music, but they have still played a vital cultural function for over 200 years. This afternoon,
Richard Baker talks to two leading national critics, Nicholas Kenyon and Bay an Northcott, about their role and how it has changed since the great Bernard Shaw. Producer NIGEL WILKINSON. Stereo

Introduced by David Lomax No Margin for Error
Quality is being recognised as the key to competitiveness.
Lord Young says we should aim for 'zero defects'. The prize is huge cost savings and satisfied customers - the price is total worker commitment and a revolution in production techniques.
Researcher SIAN JARVIS
Producer ANDREW VIVIAN

Presented by Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton continuedon VHFIFM 5.50-5.55

With PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report

Stereo

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.05pm)

A celebration of Christmas from Salisbury Cathedral with Dorothy Tutin Sir Michael Hordern the English Brass Ensemble and the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, with its
404-foot spire, is probably one of the most famous churches in the world. It is in this beautiful setting that, on the eve of the Christmas celebrations, Christians gather for a concert of best-loved carols and familiar readings. Choirmaster RICHARD SEAL Organist DAVID HALLS Producers
JOHN KNIGHT and ERNEST REA BBC Bristol. Stereo (R) revised
(Given on 11 December 1986, arranged by Radio 4 and supported by 'Radio Times 'for the Cathedral Spire Appeal)

The programme for blind and partially-sighted people. Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL
Phone in on [number removed]Lines open from 8.30 to 10. 15pm Details of the 'In Touch
Handbook' in print, tape, moon and Braille, from
Broadcasting Support Services, PO Box 7, London W36XJ

Presented by Mark Steyn
Producer EDWINA WOLSTENCROFT

Jackdaw Cake (2) Stereo

Presented by Alexander MacLeod

followed by an interlude

Geography: Home and Away
12.30 Crossing Britain - the M62 Written and narrated by KENBLAKESON Producer GEOFFREY SHERLOCK and at 12.50 Crossing Australia - Railway Written and narrated by GEOFFREY SHERLOCK Studio direction by DAN GARRETT