including 6.45 Prayer for the Day, 7.00, 8.00 Today's News, 7.30, 8.30 News HEadlines, 7.45 Thought for the Day
-5
(new series) The Memoirs of Prof. John Kenneth Galbraith. A series of readings adapted from his book 'A Life In Our Times'. 1 (of 6) The Making of an Agricultural Economist
a portrait of Mongolia, including an interview with President Yuumjaagin Tsedenbal. Presenter: John Osman
A Betting Man by Brian Glanville
The true story of Alexander Fleming's discovery, through the accounts of eye-witnesses
The Wedell Seal
from Bristol
Something and Nothing by Peter Russell
The facts and fallacies of dieting
The third of four programmes about depression: Depression in Adult Life
Biggles Flies North (3) by Capt. W.E. Johns
including Financial Report
Continental Travel
Willie Hamilton, MP
Melvyn Bragg with a personal choice of poetry and prose
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Baseball strike, 1981
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The 1981 Major League Baseball strike comes to an end, while a strike by air traffic controllers threatens to continue.
by Alistair Cooke
a comedy series starring Robert Bathurst, Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Emma Thompson & Griff Rhys Jones. Includes song 'The Peggy Jane Tragedy'. Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
Bevis: The Story of a Boy (5/15) by Richard Jefferies abridged in 15 episodes by Donald Bancroft and read by Michael Williams. Produced by Maurice Leitch
BBC Sound Archives