at Westminster Abbey in the presence of HM The Queen
The Service of Holy Communion celebrated by The Archbishop of Canterbury will be followed by The Legal Ceremony
Until today there has been no constitutional association of Bishops, clergy and laity within the Church of England to deliberate and legislate over the whole field of Church affairs. The opening of the first Session of the General Synod begins a constitutional association of great historic importance and starts a new era in the government of the Church
Scene described by Tom Fleming
Today's story is "The Great Oak" by Elizabeth and Gerald Rose
Published by Faber
A second start in mathematics
with Peter Woods reporting the world tonight with the BBC's reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad
Weather
In the race for today few of us spare enough time to listen - even to learn -from people who. also know about yesterday
Reporters Jim Douglas Henry, Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, Gillian Strickland, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson
This week: If at first...
...try, try and try again. But some people go on beyond the point that most of us consider reasonable, seem never to know the meaning of the word failure, although they seem unlikely to taste success. Are they deceiving themselves? Are they really born failures - rather than stubborn triers?
James Astor reports on Havergal Brian, a composer with a head full of symphonies; on Mrs Miriam Hargrave, refusing to accept defeat after 39 driving tests and passing at the 40th. And on singer Oriel Clair, refusing to accept a score of refusals.
(Sticking at it: see page 4)
on behalf of the Labour Party
(also on BBC1 and BBC Wales)
Introduced by Jack Pizzey
Pests and parasites, infections and allergies provide most veterinary surgeons with a steady stream of patients.
by James Brabazon
Adapted from "The Sleepwalkers" by Arthur Koestler
Starring Tony Calvin as Kepler and Richard Vernon as Tycho de Brahe
Michael Dean talks to Norman Mailer, American novelist, professional rebel and self-styled 'Left-Conservative'
