with reports from farmers from all over the country, plus news for the week ahead.
Producers TIM FINNEY and DYLAN WINTER
with Brian Wilson BBC Northern Ireland Stereo
Presenters
Peter Hobday and John Humphrys
seeks enlightenment in the BBC Sound Archives. Producer CATHY DRYSDALE
with Melvyn Bragg and guests
Researcher JANE NUNNELEY Producer
MARINA SALANDYBROWN Stereo
Hubble-Bubble by TOBY FORWARD Read by Kate Paul
Producer ALISON HINDELL
from the MacLeod Hall ,
Pearce Institute, Glasgow, as part of Glasgow's Mayfest.
Led by THE REV JOHN BELL With THE WILD GOOSE
WORSHIP GROUP.
Producer JOHNSTON MCKAY BBC Scotland. Stereo
Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers ELIZABETH BELL and PATRICK ROMER , plus guest Wendy Cope. Producer SUSAN ROBERTS BBC Bristol
0 REQUESTS: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Presenter
John Howard Editor KEN VASS
0 WRITE TO: You and Yours, BBC, London W1A IAA
A nationwide general-knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Chairman Robert Robinson
First round - London
Contestants:
William Wates (chartered surveyor)
Patricia Wenz (information officer)
Brian Simm (businessman)
Clive Jones (light haulage contractor)
Including Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
(Stereo)
Presenter
James Naughtie Editor MARTIN COX
Countryside Animals Presenters SHIREEN SHAH and TONY ATTKEN. Today's story: A Friend Is Always a Friend by VERA RUSHBROOKE. Script written by CHRIS WARDE Producer JULIA BROOKE Stereo (R) (May be recorded for educational use)
Texas singer
Reba McEntire tells
Jenni Murray about her progress from the rodeo circuit to executive-class country music.
Serial: A Game of Hide and Seek by ELIZABETH TAYLOR abridged in 13 episodes by ANN REES. JONES
Read by Maureen O'Brien Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN
(This week: episodes 4-8) Editor CLARE SELERIE-GREY
See panel on page 88
A play by CHARLES MAROWrrZ Stereo
(Details as Saturday 7.45pm)
The Cits
Twenty years ago
Giles Havergal took control of a theatre - the Glasgow
Citizens - and, with Philip Prowse and Robert David Macdonald, was determined that the theatre should attract both a local following and national attention. Joyce McMillan goes backstage. Stereo
Presenters
Valerie Singleton and Bill Frost
LETTERS: PM, BBC, London W1A IAA
and Financial Report
Stereo
(Details as Saturday 12.25pm)
Written by GILLIAN RICHMOND
BBC Pebble Mill
with Derek Cooper
(Details as Saturday 4.30pm LW)
Zanna by NIGEL BALDWIN.
A murder investigation is under way. There's Hennessy, the tough
Detective Sergeant; Nate, the idealistic writer; and there's defiant Zanna, half child, half woman.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY Stereo
Peter Grimes , the opera by Benjamin Britten , appears in a new production by Kent Opera; and Shakespeare's King John is directed by award-winning Deborah Warner. Presenter
Christopher Cook
Producer TIM DEE. Stereo
Stones for Ibarra by HARRIET DOERR abridged in 12 episodes by ELIZABETH BRADBURY Read by Ann Morrish (8) Producer MICHAEL FOX
Presenter
Richard Kershaw
Editor MARGARET BUDY
12.00-12.10
See panel on page 88
