Followed by a five-day weather forecast for farmers and growers.
Producers TIM FINNEY , DYLAN WINTER
With THE RT REV BRIAN HANNON.
BISHOP OF CLOGHER
BBC Northern Ireland. Stereo
Presented by Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with SIMON GOMPERTZ
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.25*. 8.25* Sport With ANDY SMITH
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with Brian Perkins
seeks enlightenment in the BBC Sound Archives.
Producer NIGEL ACHESON
with Robert Kee and guests Researcher JANE NUNNELEY
Producer MARINA SALANDY-BROWN Stereo
A Maritime Story by NORMAN LEVINE
Read by Michael Tudor Barnes Producer SHEILA FOX
from St George 's Church, Belfast led by THE REV DAVID LAPSLEY with the CHOIR OF THE DOMINICAN
COLLEGE. FORTWILLIAM
Sing of the Lord's goodness; Ave verum corpus (Mozart); I lift my eyes
BBC Northern Ireland
Presented by Simon Rae Readers STEPHEN THORNE and LIN SAGOVSKY
Producer SUSAN ROBERTS. BBC Bristol Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS82LR
Presented by John Howard Editor KEN VASS
If you are concerned about health, education, housing or financial matters, or if you are the victim of incompetent or unhelpful traders or authorities, write to: You and Yours, BBC London W1A 1AA
A general musical knowledge quiz in three movements, featuring anything from Bach to the Beatles.
Chairman Ned Sherrin
Second Round: First Semi-Final Simon Surtees (careers officer) Albert Holmes (retired)
Andrew Rothwell (civil servant) Programme devised by EDWARD COLE Questions set by LAN GILLIES and EDWARD COLE Producer RICHARD EDIS. Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie Editor MARTIN COX
1.55 Listening Corner This week: Let's Go to the Park Presented by HEDLI NIKLAUS and BILL TORRANCE Storyteller UNA STUBBS Today's story: Tilly Mint Tales - Tilly Mint and the Leaf-Lords by BERLIE DOHERTY Script written and produced by MARY KALEMKERLAN. Stereo
2.05 Playtime World of White Presented by TONY AITKEN and JULIE FIRST . Stereo (e)
2.20 Science Scope Staying Afloat With FRED HARRIS , JULIE RICHMOND and CLIFFORD NORGATE Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 Whirligig Stories with music Peter and the Wolf with JUDI DENCH and the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA led by MARTIN LOVEDAY conducted by BARRY WORDSWORTH Words and music by SERGE PROKOFIEV . Stereo (e)
Poets, painters and pirates, pioneers, politicians and princesses, Jenni Murray and guests invite you to join the daily forum for women. Serial: Memory (4) by MARGARET MAHY. abridged in 11 episodes by PAT MCLOUGHLIN Read by Peter Wickham Editor CLARE SELERIE-GREY
A play by JOHN WILSON. Stereo
What's On - Brum
Birmingham is changing its skyline to become a leading cultural centre. Natalie Wheen investigates the hopes and fears of the community as the bulldozers move in.
Presented by Gordon Clough and Valerie Singleton
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters Letters to: PM. BBC London W1A 1AA
5.31 City News
Editor ROGER MOSEY continued on FM 5.50-5.55
With CHARLOTTE GREEN including Financial Report
Stereo
Derek Cooper 's weekly defence of pure food at a fair price.
The sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago is the best-known extinction of a species.
Last week, an international group of scientists met in London to discuss the latest ideas about this and other causes of extinction.
Georgina Ferry reports. Producer DEBORAH COHEN
by DON HAWORTH with Bert Parnaby as Tom Tom is an affable man in his middle 50s. He has worked happily for many years with a pipe-laying gang. The prospect of early retirement is not something he would look forward to.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY Stereo
Every year on the Monday following his installation, the new Lord Mayor of London gives a banquet in honour of his predecessor. Peter Jones describes the scene in Guildhall, London, before the new Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Christopher Collett , proposes the toast to Her Majesty's
Ministers. The Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher , mp. replies, giving what is recognised as a major speech on the country's position in international affairs. Stereo
No Ordinary String Quartet
The American Kronos Quartet don't wear dinner jackets and don't play Beethoven.
Michael Berkeley talks to first violinist David Harrington. Producer SIMON BROUGHTON
A Far Cry from Kensington by MURIEL SPARK abridged and produced in ten parts by STEWART CONN Read by Phyllida Hewat 1: The Rooming-House BBC Scotland
Presented by Richard Kershaw Editor BLAIR THOMSON
A-Level French Voix de France (Litterature) - Quelques écrivains modernes An appraisal of some of today's French authors and their work. Written by MADELINE LE CUNFF Producer TONY STAPLES. Stereo (e)
