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long ware only: Today
Presenter John Timpson with WENDY JONES6.45* Prayer for the Day with SISTER MARTINA
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by COLIN DORAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Contributors
Presenter:
John
Timpson
Unknown:
Wendy
Jones
Read By:
Colin
Doran
: News
: Red Arrows
How does it feel to loop the loop in a supersonic jet? What does it take to become one of Britain elite front-line pilots?Clive Jacobs spent a weekend with the Royal Air Force AerobaticsTeam
The Red Arrows in their last season flying the Hawker-Siddeley Gnat aircraft, and experienced some of the thrills that compensate for the gruel. ling timetable of the eight pilots and the work that goes on behind the scenes.
Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
Contributors
Unknown:
Clive
Jacobs
Producer:
Susan
Snailum
: JeremyTaylor Revisits South Africa
Moyra Bremner talked toJEREMY TAYLOR while he was back in South Africa just before Christmas. performing his one-man show there for the first time since he was banned in 1970. Producer IAN GARDHOUSE
Contributors
Unknown:
Moyra
Bremner
Unknown:
Jeremy
Taylor
Producer:
Ian
Gardhouse
: News
: The 70s by the 80s
Some well-known and some anonymous octogenarians cast a canny eve over their own 70s and the events and personalities of the last decade.Producer LESLIE ROBINSON
Contributors
Producer:
Leslie
Robinson
: Daily Service
NEM. p 13; I.ove came down at Christmas (BBC HB 53): Psalm 116: Romans 4. vv 8-16 (NEB):Sing lullaby: (Carols For Choirs 2: 41)
: Turn of the Year
Richard Briers brings you Bank Holiday bric-a-brac, a revue of sketches and songs from recent radio shows more typical than topical. Snatches and quips from Quote.... Unquote, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Frankie Howerd Show, The News Huddlines, The Burkiss Way, Hello Cheeky, Week Ending, and The Grumbleweeds.Written by BARRY PILTON
Producer JONATHAN JAMES-MOORE
(Richard Briers is in Middle Age Spread at the Lyric Theatre, London)
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Briers
Unknown:
Frankie Howerd
Show
Written By:
Barry
Pilton
Producer:
Jonathan
James-Moore
Producer:
Richard
Briers
: News
: You and Yours
Buyer Beware-the Future of Consumer Power?After two decades of growing consumer consciousness Norman Tozer looks to the future in discussion with leading figures in the consumer world.
Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Tozer
: Down Your Way
i Broadcast Sun 5.15 pm)12.55 Weather: programme news: long wave only
: The Archers
(Broadcast New Year's Eve at 7.51.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
: News
: Woman's Hour
starts a new decade with a backward glance at the century. with Gordon Snell and octogenarians Richard Goolden. Canon Roy McKay , and Denise Robins : with forecasts of scientific and medical developments in the SOs from Judith Hann , Dr Kit Pedler , and Geoff Watts ; and with Helene Hayinan and Simon Jenkins con sidering the prospects and expectations for the immediate future.Presenter Sue MacGregor (Richard Goolden is in Toad of Toad Hall' at the Old Vic Theatre, (London)
Children in the House (4)
Contributors
Unknown:
Gordon
Snell
Unknown:
Richard
Goolden.
Unknown:
Canon Roy
McKay
Unknown:
Denise
Robins
Unknown:
Judith
Hann
Unknown:
Dr Kit
Pedler
Unknown:
Geoff
Watts
Unknown:
Helene
Hayinan
Unknown:
Simon
Jenkins
Presenter:
Sue
MacGregor
Presenter:
Richard
Goolden
: News
: Listen with Mother
Story: Simon Rhymon by SHELLEY R. LEEContributors
Unknown:
Simon
Rhymon
Unknown:
Shelley R.
Lee
: Afternoon Theatre
The Fruit of the Vine by J. C. WILSHER with Manning Wilson and John SalthouseTED: You don't want to worry about this job, Michael ..
MICK: Yes, well, I don't think a summer job in a wine-merchant's office is going to present any major challenges.
Directed by DAVID H. GODFREY
Contributors
Unknown:
J. C.
Wilsher
Unknown:
John
Salthouse
Directed By:
David H.
Godfrey
Ted Wallace:
Manning
Wilson
Mick Wallace:
John
Salthouse
Stevie:
Alan
Reid
Mr Attwood:
Gregory
de Polnay
Yvonne:
Amanda
Murray
Dustman:
Bruce
Beeby
Claire:
Jennifer
Piercey
Rakoff:
Hector
Ross
Mr Standish:
Lewis
Stringer
Mr John Standish:
Roy
Spencer
: Bookshelf
4.40 Announcements: Short Story
Going on 16 by DOUGLAS RAILTON Read by Jon GloverContributors
Unknown:
Douglas
Railton
Read By:
Jon
Glover
: PM
with Susannah Simons and Robert Williams5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Contributors
Unknown:
Susannah
Simons
Unknown:
Robert
Williams
: Just a Minute
ChairmanNieholas Parsons with Kenneth Williams (lenient Freud Derek Nimmo and Patrick MooreDevised by IAN MESSITER Producer DAVID HATCH
Contributors
Unknown:
Kenneth
Williams
Unknown:
Freud Derek
Nimmo
Unknown:
Patrick
Moore
Unknown:
Ian
Messiter
Producer:
David
Hatch
: News
: The Archers
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm): Schools Prom
Over three evenings in November 1979 some 1.250 school-age musicians from all over the country performed in London everything from symphonic music to jazz. It was a rapturous success. This evening you can hear a varied selection of those outstanding groups that took part. Introduced by Derek Jewell ProducerANTHONY FRIESE-GREENE
Contributors
Introduced By:
Derek
Jewell
Producer:
Anthony
Friese-Greene
: In Touch
Peter White presents a lighthcarted look at situations faced by people with a visual handicap, including the art of getting the best help from sighted friends, and ways of using household rubbish to overcome some practical, everyday problems.Producer THENA HESHEL
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
White
Producer:
Thena
Heshel
: 1880
: Kaleidoscope
A Music for Our TimeSir Michael Tippett has always been concerned with the relevance of his music to society, ranging from his war oratorio. A Child of Our Time, to the opera The Ice Break. dealing with modern race and drug problems. On the eve of his 75th birthday, SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT talks to Paul Vaughan about his philosophy and the influences he has felt on his music.
Producer JOHN BOUNDY
9.59 Weather
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Michael
Tippett
Talks:
Sir Michael
Tippett
Unknown:
Paul
Vaughan
Producer:
John
Boundy
: Frank Muir goesinto....
CelebrationsFrank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject. Celebrations
Here's to a temperance supper
With water in glasses tall And coffee and tea to end with - And me not there at all! with the voices of TONY HANCOCK , TOM LEHRER. MICHAEL BENTINE. PETER COOK AND DUDLEY MOORE , NOËL COWARD
Written by FRANK MUIR and SIMON BRETT. Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
Contributors
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Unknown:
Tony
Hancock
Unknown:
Tom
Lehrer.
Unknown:
Michael
Bentine.
Unknown:
Peter
Cook
Unknown:
Dudley
Moore
Written By:
Frank
Muir
Written By:
Simon
Brett.
Producer:
Geoffrey
Perkins
: A Book at Bedtime
Lord of the Flies by WILLIAM GOLDING abridged in 14 parts by VIVIEN CREEGOR. Read by Michael Williams (1)Signs of life were visible now on the beach. The sand, trembling beneath the heat-haze, concealed many figures in its miles of length: hoys were making their way towards the platform through the hot. dumb sand. Some were naked and carrying their clothes: others half-naked. or more-or-less dressed, in school uniforms; grey, blue, fawn. jacketed or jerseyed. There were badges, mottoes even. stripes of colour in stockings and pullovers.'
Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Golding
Unknown:
Vivien
Creegor.
Read By:
Michael
Williams
Producer:
Maurice
Leitch
: The Underwater Towering Inferno
An underwater musical in three acts. A live transmission from the Birkenhead AquadromePresented by Baby Grand
Libretto and music by Cousteau, after Cocteau (sung in English and with special breathing equipment)
Scuba divers, a consumptive hero, and a shapely marine biologist, work out their watery destinies above street level in this, the ultimate disaster entertainment.
BBC Wales (Exact times depend on tides)
Contributors
Producer:
Gareth
Rowlands
Producer:
Richard
Thomas
Ray, a consumptive scuba diver:
Neil
Watson
Ursula, a gypsy marine biologist.:
Judith
Glanville
A reluctant plumber:
Cliff
Prior
A hunchbacked harpoon carrier:
Chris
Stuart
Second hunchbacked harpoon carrier:
Robin
Lyons
Presented by:
Baby
Grand
Chorus of scuba divers, telephone operators and piranha fish:
Baby
Grand
: News
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