With FR MICHAEL COLUNS Stereo
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.25*, 8.25 Sport With ANDY SMITH
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday In Parliament
A six-part series
From Boston by the Atlantic to San Diego by the Pacific,
Sally Hardcastle travels across the United States talking to Americans about the last 25 years of their country's life.
5:Innocence in the White House The Carter years - when Americans thought they wanted an ordinary honest man in charge of their country. Then he and they discovered honesty wasn't always the best policy. Producer DAVID POWELL
The building of a dam floods a valley. A loss to wildlife?
Maybe, but why not move the marsh and the dormice to higher ground?
Presented by Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm
Producer KATE WHITEHEAD BBC Bristol
reflecting the issues of the day. Introduced from Broadcasting House, London. Stereo
James Roose-Evans . theatre director, writer and worker-priest, is Sue MacGregor 's guest this week.
He talks about his life and work and reflects a little on both. Producer GILUAN HUSH BBC Manchester
A series of 13 talks from first-time broadcasters: new names, new voices - each with a story to tell.
5: Danny de Souza, who spent 12 years in a Turkish jail.
Presented by John Howard
The last of five programmes in which Alexander Walker recalls the screen careers of the cinema's brightest stars.
James Stewart - probably the best-loved of Hollywood's indestructible male stars, whose down-to-earth attitude towards stardom is reflected in his recollection of Lindbergh's reaction to Stewart's portrayal of the famous flyer: 'Lindbergh complimented me on the way I tapped the oil guage when I was starting the plane's engine'. Producer WENDY CLAY (R)
Presented by James Naughtie
by the Conservative Party
1.55 Listening Corner
The Bold Bad Bus by WILMA HORSBRUGH. Stereo
2.05 Looking at Nature Fungi
Safe project ideas for your class from chief natural investigators TIMMY MALLETT and ROBIN ROBBINS. Stereo (e)
2.20 Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer
by ROBERT LEESON (5) with REECE DINSDALE as Arnold and Domal. Stereo (e)
2.40 Science for All Vital Statistics
by TONY JAMES
What do doctors keep in their little black bags? STEVE BLACKNELL reveals how the medics find out what's wrong with people.
Stereo/Binaural (R) (e)
The full binaural effect can only be received by listening with stereo headphones
Jenni Murray talks to the soprano Jessye Norman , whose lustrous voice led one critic to say that Beethoven must have had her in mind when he wrote Creation's Hymn.
Serial: Lovers of Africa (2)
by JOEL SMITH with Having enjoyed a bit of help from her family on holiday, Beth is disappointed to find herself back home with sole responsibility for the household chores. When her protests about this fail, Beth decides to utilise the ultimate weapon.
Directed by PHILIP MARTIN BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo
Nigel Forde investigates Scottish Book Fortnight and gets an insight into
Scotland's turbulent past from historian John Prebble. Producer MIKE GREENWOOD
Book details available on Ceefax page 266
(Revised repeat of yesterday 's programme at 9.45pm)
Presented by Frances Coverdale and Hugh Sykes
5.00.5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55
With CHARLOTTE GREEN including Financial Report
Stereo
Introduced by Brian Gear Producer LAURIE MASON BBC Bristol
With existing radio stations extending broadcasting hours, new stations planned, the advent of RDS push-button tuning, the launch of the Radio Collection, and the Radio Show, wireless fanatics have never had it so good.
Laurie Taylor returns with a sixth series of news and reviews about radio and its programmes.
Researcher ANDREA GRAHAME Producer KEITH JONES
0 HEAR THIS! page 25
by Anthony Smith
A series of six programmes (R)
(Details tomorrow at 11.00am L W)
Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to:
Does He Take Sugar?, BBC, London, WIA IAA, or phone [number removed]Lines open 10.00am to 5.00pm
The ambitious Radio 4 drama serial God's Revolution by Don Taylor this week reaches part 4. Christopher Bigsby discusses the production, and also focuses on the successful Irish rock band U2 who are the subject of a new book.
Producer FIONA MCLEAN
No Surrender
4: Down by the Sally-Bushes
Presented by Richard Kershaw
Our Changing World Issues: For and Against Producer GEOFFREY SHERLOCK (e) at 12.30 Open Cast Mining: Sheffield Written and presented by GEOFFREY SHERLOCK. Stereo and at 12.50 Container Port Falmouth Written and narrated by DAVTDSMEETON
