featuring the Royal Smithfield Show, London
Incl. 6.30, 7.30, 8.30, News Summary; 6.45 Prayer for the Day; 6.55, 7.55 Weather; 7.00, 8.00 Today's News; 7.25, 825 Sport; 7.45 Thought For The Day; 8.35 Yesterday in Parliament; 8.57 Weather; travel
A Weekly investigation into listeners problems
Sue MacGregor talks to the conductor, Dr Jeffery Tate, about his life and work
Kindred Spirits by Madeline Blackmore
Mary Goldring looks behind the scenes of the NAtional Helth Service and talks to Secretary of State, Norman Fowler
Consumer Affairs
A radio version of the popular series which retains the original cast
News
by Melville Jones. A key figure in a dispute bewteen Britain and other members of the EEC suddenly disappears and espionage is suspected. An old freind of themissing man embarks on a frantic search, at the end of which he learns that his own life has been profoundly changed. The author is now an hotelier, living in Cornwall. He has taught at several public schools. The cast includes Peter Wickham, Madi Hedd and Judith Arthy
Radio 4's book programme
by George Macbeth (6)
News magazine
by Michael Edwards. the story fo Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the fourth man in the great drama of the decline and fall of the British Empire in India
Direct from the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Part 1: Handel, Albinoni, Haydn, Vivaldi, Rossini
Arts magazine. Tonight's topics include Dennis Potter's play Sufficient Carbohydrate (at the Hampstead Theatre, includes an interview with the playwright), and the Central TV comedy series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. There is also an interview with Gene Allen, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
by R.S. Surtees