Listings
: Farming Today
6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only: Today
in BrusselsAs the EEC leaders meet again in Summit, Libby Purves reports, live, for a second day, with the BBC's Chief Europe Correspondent, Donald Milner, and the BBC's European political specialist, John Sergeant. In London Brian Redhead
6 45' Prayer for the Day With THE REV M. ADDY
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Contributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves
Unknown:
Donald
Milner
Unknown:
M.
Addy
Read By:
Pauline
Bushnell
: News
: Tuesday Call: [number removed]
Folklore, Customs and Superstitions ' Day, haveOn All Fools Day, have you been sent to buy a pot of striped paint? The origins of this custom of playing practical jokes until noon today are obscure, but many folk beliefs and customs do have an explanation.
In the studio are Dr venetia Newall. Secretary of the Folklore Society, and Eric Maple, expert on superstitions. In the Chair
Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines open from 8.0 am
: News
: Newseries Medicine Now
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? is our money being spent to best effect? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and theoperatingtheatreto the dentists chair and the gp's surgery.Producer DAVID PATERSON
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoff
Watts
Producer:
David
Paterson
: Daily Service
NEM p 42; To Christ, the Prince of Peace (BBC HB 94); Psalm 122; John 19, vv 12-22 (av); My song is love unknown (BBC HB 84): Canterbury Pilgrimage
2: The Way of Commitment: News
: Thirty-Minute Theatre
Haste by JOEL KAYEFrank's a young man in a hurry. He has a good job in an engineering works but he wants to be a poet. A reading at a festival is his big chance to prove himself....
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester
Contributors
Unknown:
Joel
Kaye
Directed By:
Tony
Cliff
Frank's mam:
Rosalie
Williams
Frank:
Russell
Dixon
Frank's dad:
John
Jardine
Pete:
Martin
Oldfield
Roger:
Colin
Meredith
Mavis:
Karen
Petrie
Billy:
Peter
Wheeler
Eve:
Sally
Gibson
: Wildlife
Unusual animal behaviour, the wildlife sound competition and listeners' news and views. Introduced by Derek JonesProducer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 2.5 pm)
Contributors
Duced By:
Derek
Jones
Producer:
Michael
Bright
: News
: Down Your Way
Robertsbridge.EastSussex12.55Weather; programme news: long wave only
: The Archers
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only: News
: Woman's Hour
with Sue MacGregorChildren's Pocket Money: is it really gtmme, gimme, gimme? LUCY PARKER reports.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
Reading Your Letters.
Among the Lozenges and Lions Sedant: GYN FREEMAN at the new Heralds' Museum in the Tower of London
Hands to Dance and Sky-lark. 2: Looking for Annie
Contributors
Unknown:
Lucy
Parker
: News
: Listen with Mother
Story: Mr Baboon Dis covers a New Animal by DAVID CHILTONContributors
Unknown:
Mr Baboon
Dis
Unknown:
David
Chilton
: Women in Love
by D. H. LAWRENCE freely adapted in six episodes by ROY SPENCER starring Sarah Badel Clive FrancisPeter McEnery and Penelope Wilton with Norman Bird 5: Death and Love
Directed by TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester
Contributors
Unknown:
D. H.
Lawrence
Unknown:
Roy
Spencer
Unknown:
Sarah
Badel
Unknown:
Clive
Francis
Unknown:
Peter
McEnery
Unknown:
Penelope
Wilton
Unknown:
Norman
Bird
Directed By:
Trevor
Hill
the D H Lawrence,narratr:
Roy
Spencer
Rupert Birkin:
Peter
McEnery
Ursula Brangwen:
Sarah
Badel
Mr Crich:
Graham
Roberts
Gerald:
Clive
Francis
Gudrun Brangwen:
Penelope
Wilton
Mrs Crich:
Valerie
Skardon
First miner:
Robert
Aldous
Stallholder:
Geoffrey
Banks
Harold:
Michael
Greatorex
Emma:
Christine
Welch
Mr Brangwen:
Norman
Bird
His wife:
Joan
Anstey
: Short Story
Laughter in Naples by DOUGLAS RAILTON Read by Jon GloverContributors
Read By:
Jon
Glover
: PM
with Robert Williams and Joan Bakewell5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Williams
Unknown:
Joan
Bakewell
: The Six O'Clock News
including Financial Report: Urn
by HENRY LIVINGS with Robin Bernard CribbinsWhen a distinguished art gallery owner dies. he instructs his friends to arrange for his ashes to be placed in a specially commissioned bronze statuette of a seated nude. The task proves to be more difficult than he could ever have imagined.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY
BBC Manchester
Contributors
Unknown:
Henry
Livings
Directed By:
Alfred
Bradley
Harold:
Bob
Grant
Norma:
June
Barry
Pam:
Marcia
Warren
Betty:
Jean
Boht
Geoff:
Ronald
Baddiley
: News
: The Archers
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pin): A Country of Villages
by KNUD EBBESENNarrator Robert Lang
An intriguing sound picture of village life in developing Sri Lanka. more than 30 years after independence. Knud Ebbesen spent five months in Sri Lanka gathering material for a series of Danish radio programmes. For some of thattimehelivedinthe village of Wellaboda on the coast, about 60 miles south of the capital, Colombo. The programme is built round the sound of the concho shell and the sea, life in the hut and in the tropical night, songs, religious processions and ceremonies of exorcism, the joys and frustrations of everyday life.
Adapted and produced by JOHN THEOCUARIS
(Rptd: Good Fri 11.5 am)
Contributors
Narrator:
Robert
Lang
Produced By:
John
Theocuaris
: In Touch
Spotting the bargain, or even just the right tin or packet, is not easy for blind shoppers.KEVIN MULHERN and JANE FINNIS compare notes on how they cope in a busy supermarket, and also suggest ways in which some ordinary household rubbish can be put to good use by people with little or no sight. Presented by David Scott Blackhall Producer THENA HESHEL
Free quarterly bulletin, summarising information broadcast, available from [address removed] Send four large saes for a year's supply.
Contributors
Unknown:
Kevin
Mulhern
Unknown:
Jane
Finnis
Presented By:
David Scott
Blackhall
Producer:
Thena
Heshel
: Stritch!
A one-woman show of songs and anecdotes starring Elaine StritchTo quote from a recent magazine article, ' An evening out with Elaine Stritch is like the night they invented champagne.' Many members of the British public perhaps only know her as the formidable American writer in the television series Two's Company. To them her musical comedy talents, presented before an invited audience at a concert recorded last Sunday, will come as a surprise; those who already know will realise this is a champagne evening not to be missed.
Musical director RICHARD HOLMES
Producer GLYN DEARMAN
Contributors
Unknown:
Elaine
Stritch
Unknown:
Elaine
Stritch
Director:
Richard
Holmes
Producer:
Glyn
Dearman
: Newseries Down the Garden Path
(Full details: Good Friday9.45 am)
: Kaleidoscope
Presented by Richard CorkProducer ROB WHITE
Contributors
Presented By:
Richard
Cork
Producer:
Rob
White
: Weather
: The Hornblower Story
by c. S. FORESTER adapted for radio by VAL GIELGUD starring Nigel Anthony with Sorcha Cusack Peter Vaughan Robert Lindsay and Michael PooleBook 4: Lord Hornblower 5: Story's End
Technical presentation by DAVID FLEMING-WILLIAMS , ROGER LUCAS and MARK SEYLER Assistant director
CHRISTOPHER HAYTON-WEBB Directed by TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester
Contributors
Unknown:
S.
Forester
Radio By:
Val
Gielgud
Unknown:
Nigel
Anthony
Unknown:
Sorcha
Cusack
Unknown:
Peter
Vaughan
Unknown:
Robert
Lindsay
Unknown:
Michael
Poole
Presentation By:
David
Fleming-Williams
Presentation By:
Roger
Lucas
Presentation By:
Mark
Seyler
Unknown:
Christopher
Hayton-Webb
Directed By:
Trevor
Hill
Horatio Hornblower:
Nigel
Anthony
Marie:
Sorcha
Cusack
Brown:
Robert
Lindsay
Le Comte de Gracay:
Michael
Poole
La Duchesse d'Angouleme:
Hilda
Schroder
General Clausen:
Peter
Vaughan
Officer of the Hussars:
Malcolm
Tierney
French lieutenant:
Brian
Trueman
: A Book at Bedtime
That Uncertain Feeling(7) long wave only: The Financial World Tonight
long wave only: Today in Parliament
long wave only: News
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