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: Shipping forecast
tong wave only: Today
Presenters John Tiinpson and Libby Purves6.45' Prayer for the Day DR FRED MILSON
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by CHRISTOPHER SLADE
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day Book. Thoughts. Prayers, Reflections, 1135, available from bookshops
Contributors
Presenters:
John
Tiinpson
Presenters:
Libby
Purves
Unknown:
Dr Fred
Milson
Read By:
Christopher
Slade
: Trust to Talk
Part 7: News
: The Little Swallow and the Happy Prince
An entertainment for narrator and brass band adapted by ALFRED SHADLEY from the storv by OSCAR WILDERobert Powell tells the story of the swallow who befriends a golden statue of the Prince who wants to make the world a better place.
Specially composed music by ROGER PAYNE is played by BESSES 0' Til' BARN BAND conductor ROY NEWSOME
Producers ALFRED BRADLEY and JAMES I.ANGLEY BBC Manchester
(Oscar Wilde's ' The Selfish Giant ' is on Friday at 11.5 am)
Contributors
Adapted By:
Alfred
Shadley
Music By:
Roger
Payne
Conductor:
Roy
Newsome
Producers:
Alfred
Bradley
Producers:
James
I.Angley
: News
: Fat Man in Italy
The Olive, the Cross-bow and the Caterpillar Lucca to SienaIn the fourth of six bicycle trips. Tom Vernon goes to Tuscany, where he hears of ancient civilisations and modern patterns of agriculture. He sees the working of alabaster, and discovers medieval rivalries still fervent - and dangerous - today. Producer JOY HATWOOD
Contributors
Unknown:
Tom
Vernon
: Daily Service
NEM. p 13; 0 little one sweet (OBC 1091: Psalm 66, vv 1-3. 12-17: Romans 4, vv 8-16 (NEB): Here we bring new water from the well (Carols for Choirs Bk 2. 13): long wave only: Story Time
Tom's Midnight Garden (5): News
: Ana:ysis
Comrades: We Face Difficulties1980 has been the year of food shortages at home, the year of Afghanistan and Poland. the year when the remnants of western belief in peaceful Soviet intentions were shattered. Why has the USSR provoked such distrust? Is the threat of force the only political and diplomatic weapon the Soviets have left?
Presenter John Eidinow Producer DAVID MORTON
Contributors
Presenter:
John
Eidinow
Producer:
David
Morton
: It's Just Like Playing with Sand
(Broadcast on Boxing Day at 11.50 pm;: News
: You and Yours Special
1980 brought many changes in SocialWelfare and 19S1 brings
International
Year of Disabled People. You and Yours assesses the likely impact on those most affected.
Producer DAVID HARDING
Contributors
Producer:
David
Harding
: Never Too Late
12.55 Weather; programme news: The Archers
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only: News
: Woman's Hour
Introduced by Sue MacGregorTalking Point: opinions and ideas ...
The Sweeney Syndrome: ANNE JONES casts herself in a new role.
Future indicative: some predictions from CHARLES PANATI about scientific breakthroughs in 1981 and after.
Invasion: SONIA BEESLEY takes a look at the ubiquitous games from ' outer space '.
A. J. Wentworth , BA (4)
Contributors
Introduced By:
Sue
MacGregor
Unknown:
Anne
Jones
Unknown:
Charles
Panati
Unknown:
Sonia
Beesley
Unknown:
J.
Wentworth
: News
: Afternoon Theatre
Sweet Logic by BOB WILSON with Victoria Plucknett as Vera Dromgocilie and Tim Woodward as the Computer MindVera is a beautiful, blende, serious lady. But she doesn't understand men They get so emotional. She likes logic. Is it surprising she gets on better with LIMBO the computer?
Directed by PETER KING
Contributors
Unknown:
Bob
Wilson
Unknown:
Victoria
Plucknett
Unknown:
Vera
Dromgocilie
Unknown:
Tim
Woodward
Directed By:
Peter
King
J P R Talbot:
William
Fox
Mother:
Elizabeth
Morgan
Neville Snape:
Christopher
Scott
Alec Fitch:
John
Church
Computer machine:
John
Livesey
Receptionist:
Jane
Knowles
: Fritz Spiegl's Musical Alphabet
This week M ' is for mnemonics and mathematics gramophone records: PM
Presenters Robert Williams and Susannah Simons5.50 Shipping forecast long ware only
5.55 Weather; programme news
Contributors
Presenters:
Robert
Williams
Presenters:
Susannah
Simons
: The Six O'Clock News
Half-an-hour of reports from BBC Newsmen around the world.: Any Answers?
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions? Introduced by David JacobsProducer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Contributors
Introduced By:
David
Jacobs
Producer:
Carole
Stone
: It's a Bargain
Norman Tozer with how to get the best value for your hard-earned cash. (Repeated: Sat 7.50 am)Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Tozer
: News
: The Archers
This is the 30th Anniversary edition of The Archers - the longest-running radio serial in the world.BBC Birmingham
Contributors
Dan Archer:
Edgar
Harrison
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela
Piper
Brian Aldridge:
Charles
Collingwood
Adam Macy:
Barnaby
Williams
Tony Archer:
Colin
Skipp
Pat:
Patricia
Gallimore
Phil:
Norman
Painting
Jill:
Patricia
Greene
Shula:
Judy
Bennett
David:
Nigel
Carrivick
Christine Barford:
Lesley
Saweard
George Barford:
Graham
Roberts
Laura Archer:
Betty
McDowall
Tom Forrest:
Bob
Arnold
Walter Gabriel:
Chris
Gittins
Sid Perks:
Alan
Devereux
Polly:
Hilary
Newcombe
Martha Woodford:
Mollie
Harris
Joe Grundy:
Haydn
Jones
Eddie:
Trevor
Harrison
Jethro Larkin:
George
Hart
Neil Carter:
Brian
Hewlett
Betty Tucker:
Pamela
Craig
Col Danby:
Ballard
Berkeley
Eva Coverdale:
Hedli
Niklaus
Mark Hebden:
Richard
Derrington
Jackie Woodstock:
Anne Louise
Wakefield
: Handel's Messiah
A BBCManchester
Master Concert FELICITY
PALMER
(soprano)
HELEN WATIS (contralto) RYLAND DAVIES (tenor) ALAN TRUSS (baritone)
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS chorus-master
STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader DENNIS SIMONS conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD Part 1
Contributors
Contralto:
Helen
Watis
Chorus-Master:
Stephen
Wilkinson
Leader:
Dennis
Simons
Conducted By:
Raymond
Leppard
: Memories of Walter de la Mare
A talk from the BBC Sound Archives by VITA SACKVILLE WEST.(FIrst broadcast in 1953)
: Handel's Messiah
Part 2BBC Manchester
: The World Tonight: News
David Lay reporting: A Book at Bedtime
My Apprenticeships (4): Whisky: A Celebration
Professor David Daiches equally well known as a literary scholar and connoisseur of Scotch, looks at whisky's impact on society and art in Scotland over the ages. He is assisted by MARY RIGGANSBROWN DEREY , TONY ROPER and JOHN SHEDDEN.
Producer MARTIN GOLDMAN (First broadcast on Radio Scotland)
Contributors
Unknown:
Professor David
Daiches
Assisted By:
Mary
Riggans
Assisted By:
Brown
Derey
Assisted By:
Tony
Roper
Assisted By:
John
Shedden.
Producer:
Martin
Goldman
: News
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