With THE REV DOUGLAS ALEXANDER Stereo
Presented by Sue MacGregor and Brian Redhead in London with Peter Hobday in New Orleans
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
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Letters
Write to: Today Letters, BBC, London WIA 1AA
6: Malaise in Shanghai Stereo
For the first time a politician faces Dr Anthony Clare 's gentle probing: Edwina Currie , mp, the outspoken Junior Health Minister.
Researcher RONNI DAVIS Producer MICHAEL EMBER
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)
by LEO ROSTEN abridged in six episodes by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Kerry Shale (4)
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
The pride of my heart, and the delight of my eyes is my garden.
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (Our Village 1824-32)
A chance to check your knowledge of gardening and related subjects against two teams lead by Irene Thomas and Norman Painting. This week's guests are
Vince Hill , Zandra Rhodes Mollie Weir and Elizabeth-Jane Howard. Questionmaster
Dr Stefan Buczacki Producer IAN STRACHAN BBC Manchester. Stereo
Covent Gardens, 1968 by AUGUSTUS YOUNG
Read by Tim McInnerny Producer SHEILA FOX
NEM, p 42; The King of love my shepherd is (BBC HB 475); Psalm 36, w 1-6; Matthew 25, w 31-40; Judge eternal (BBC HB 393) Stereo
A Superstar's Superstar
John Burrows talks to aspiring Jeeveses of the 80s at a school for butler/administrators. With DOUGLAS CLIENT. MARTIN
CONNOLLY. ANDREW HASTINGS.
ROBERT KLINGE. SHARON POSTE.
IVOR SPENCER and JULIAN STEWART Producer ED THOMASON Stereo
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Stereo
Presented by John Buckley
The Confession of Guilt
The firstin a series of sevenplays by JOHN MORTIMER
Horace Rumpole , barrister-at-law, is concerned with a disquieting incident at Lord's Cricket Ground. He investigates the truth of a true confession and learns the drawbacks of being an Old Bailey hack.
Nick Rumpole ..MICHAELMALONEY Directed by IAN COTTERELL Stereo (R)
Presented by Nick WorraU
Matilda's Birthday Surprise Stereo (R)
How much do people learn about life before they're born? And how much does physical development affect later psychological development? The programme that blends practical advice with reassurance investigates whether your baby's experiences in the womb can determine later development.
Serial: The Colour of Murder (6) Presenter Jenni Murray
by CAROLYN SALLY JONES
The ability to see into the future can be a frightening 'gift'. Cilia has that ability, and her meeting with the strange and haunting Lucy reveals how dangerous such powers might be.
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester. Stereo
A series of fiveprogrammes 3: From under the Fruit Nets'On a sheep-cropped knoll under a clump of elms we ate the strawberries and drank the wine - as Sebastian promised, they were delicious together.... A taste of summer in poetry and prose with Hannah Gordon and Richard Pasco Producer JULIA PARKER BBC Pebble Mill
Four programmes in which Jenni Mills traces critical periods in family life
3: In 1979 Sue's husband, Steve, was arrested for receiving stolen property.
Producer SARAH ROWLANDS BBC Pebble Mill (R) revised
Presented by Rory Maclean 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 PAULINE BUSHNELL including Financial Report
The 1988 world tour continues at Redbourn Cricket Club.
Brian Johnston umpires the proceedings and captains Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are ably assisted by Benny Green and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint . Written by PETER HICKEY and MALCOLM WILLIAMSON Producer PAUL SPENCER Stereo (R)
Written by GRAHAM HARVEY Cast for the week:
BBC Pebble Mill
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
This week, the Big Fun team asks the question: 'In this troubled world of ours, with planetary resources fast running out, is it enough just to have big fun?'
In the studio Paul Merton and John Irwin
Out and about Neil Mullarkey Josie Lawrence and Tony Hawks
Special roving correspondent Julian Clary
Song by TONY HAWKS
Additional written contributions from the cast
Produced by DAVID TYLER in a big fun sort of way. Stereo (R)
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The Programme with Listener Power
(Details tomorrow at 9. 05am)
A radio portrait in conversation, recollection and anecdote
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
An interview with the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen on his 60th birthday, plus a round-up of the latest films presented by Nigel Andrews.
Producer JOHN BOUNDY
(Rev re-broadcast tomorrow 4.35pm)
The Countrywoman 8: Marriage
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
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