with PRYDERI LLWYD JONES. Stereo

Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by DAVID SYMONDS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Jamaican-born Ferdi Dennis 's journey of discovery among the communities of black Britain. 3: Birmingham - Speaking in Tongues (R)

How long do animals and plants live? Where are the best bits of unspoilt Ireland? What is now immigrating up from the deep on to our shores?
Fergus Keeling and Lionel Kelleway seek the answers - and report on the wildlife scene. Producer JOHN HARRISON BBCBristol
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

Bishop Trevor Huddleston , whose ministry has taken him to many continents, reflects on how the gospel message addresses the variety of attitudes to the elderly. Stereo

Sue MacGregor meets Christine Hart , Manager of Hartlepool
People, an organisation which has transformed an old police station into a busy centre for unemployed people. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)

David Crystal announces the results of the English Now opinion poll on English usage. Producer ALAN WILDING (e)

Presented by John Howard
Care Provision for the Elderly How do you know whether the residential home, which at first sight looks so welcoming, is really a safe and caring environment?

by ALEX SHEARER
3: A Tooth for a Tooth starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie with Peter Acre as William Frost Moir Leslie as Helen featuring Stephen Greif as the US Ambassador and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov
There is as yet no extradition agreement between the UK and the People's Republic of.... wherever it is; but some kinds of accusation cannot be lightly brushed aside.
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

Presented by Nick Worrall

1.55 Listening Comer Today's story: Harvest at Rookery Farm. Stereo
2.05 Looking at Nature Things to Grow TIMMY MALLETT explores the essentials for plant growth with ROBIN ROBBINS , at a local authority nursery. Stereo (e)
2.20 Nellie and the Dragon by ELIZABETH LINDSAY
10: Nellie Goes to the Park with NICOLA KATHRENS and BERNADETTE WINDSOR Stereo (e)
2.30 Pictures in Your Mind (Poetry): In the Saddle by MURRAY KASH (R) (e)
2.40 Listen! Nicobobinus (5) by TERRY JONES , dramatised by DAVID SELF. Stereo (e)

Liz Roberts reports from
Washington on how America's law against ageism is working. Presenter Sarah Dunant
Serial: Out of the Shelter (11)

by STAN BARSTOW with Russell Dixon as Gerald Hare
Gerald Hare 's return to the town where he lived as a boy sparks off memories of the only woman he ever truly loved.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester. Stereo
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in search of (contemporary) poetry, nigel forde peers into the poetry book society and travels
(by train) to
Crewe Producer NIGEL ACHESON
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

(Revised re-broadcast of yesterday 's programme at 9.45pm)

Presented by Robert Williams and Frances Coverdale
5.00,5,30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

With PETER DONALDSON including Financial Report

Sheila Hancock 's theatre quiz guests are Ray Brooks
Anna Massey , Sheila Steafel and Harold Innocent
Researchers JENNY BAYNES and BRIAN HAYWARD Producer BILL DARE Stereo (R)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)

Introduced by Brian Gear Compiled by LAURIE MASON Producer CAROLE STONE
BBC Bristol. Send your letters to:
Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Richard Murdoch leads you on a gently nostalgic meander through the funnier side of reaching three score or more, with tonic wine provided by Joyce Grenfell , Marty Feldman , Irene Handl and Orson Welles among others.
Written by BOB SINFIELD
Compiled and produced by NEIL CARGILL . Stereo

Peter Jeffrey and Jill Balcon read some popular poems about growing old.
Introduced by Brian Gear Compiled and produced by MARGARET BRADLEY BBCBristol. Stereo

Researching Success
Britain has an enviable record for the brilliance of its original scientific research, but now large sections of the scientific community say a spending squeeze is causing serious damage.
Is basic research under threat? Should they be directing their efforts at more commercial projects?
Presented by David Wheeler Producer MARK LAITY

Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Write to: Does He Take Sugar? BBC, London W1A 1AA Phone [number removed]
Lines open from 10.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday

Margaret Howard visits
Nicholas Haslam , a top interior designer, in his London home. Producer PETER HOARE (R)

Presented by Paul Vaughan Producer CARROLL MOORE
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Memoirs of a Midget (14)

Presented by David Sells

Secondary English Twenty Ways of Writing
4: Letters and Letter- Writing Stereo (e)