ODD WORLD SERVICE The LONDON PLAYERS CALLING OF PARTS Penelope Wilton, Anna Calder -Marshall, NOVEMBER 1991 Jon Strickland, Moir Leslie, Ian Holm n he Secret Rapture 111111116_111 Geraldine McEwan llingI Bowden and Robert Lindsay is Wilfred Owen in Peer Gynt in Dark Star 000 WORLD SERVICE AT A GLANCE The transmission times of regular programmes given on this page are intended only as a general guide. Some changes will inevitably occur. and readers are asked to check the timing of individual programmes on the Day to Day pages Newsdesk (30 min) Outlook (25 min) World Including World News and despatches from overseas and An up-to-the-minute mix of conversation, controversy and UK correspondents daily 0000, 0200, 0400, 0600, 1100, colour from around the world. plus latest developments in News 1800 Britain Mons-Fris 1405, 1905, Tues-Sats 0105 Broadcast on the hour: Newshour (60 min) World Business Report (9 min) 15 min: Daily 1500 A comprehensive look at the major topics of the day. plus The latest news from the markets in the Far East. Europe up to tlic minute international and British news daily and the USA Mons-Fris 0905, 1705, 2305; Tues-Sats 9 min: Daily 0300, 0500, 1300, 2100 0700, 0800, 1600, 2000 0530; Mons 0530 (brief news) Mons-Sats 1200 News About Britain (5 min) You can hear more financial news at approx 25 min past the hour in 5 min Daily 0900, 2200, Daily 0309, 1209 (ex Suns), 1609 Newshour and most Newsdesks. 2300 .310. There is more news about Britain in Newsdesk approx 20 min into Suns-Fris 1700 the programme and Newshour, usually 40 min into the programme. World Business Review (9 nun) Mons-Fris 1400, 1900 A look back at the previous week's business and a preNiew Tues-Sats 0100 Twenty -Four Hours (20 min) of upcoming events Suns 0530 rep 0905, 1705, 2305 1 min News Summary: Analysis of the main news of the dad daily 0509, 0709 Suns, Mons 0100 Worldbrief (15 min) Daily 1000 The World Today (15 min) Roundup of the week's news headlines, plus everything Sats-Suns 1400, 1900 Examines thoroughly a topical aspect of the international from sport and finance to best-sellers and weather Fris Sats 1700 Suns 1200 scene Mons-Fris 1645 rep 2009, Tues-Sats 0545 2315, Sate 0445, 0915 From The Weeklies (15 min) Multitrack (30 min) Jolly Good Show Mcience In Action (30 min) (45 min) Review of the British weekly dress 1 World Service Top 20 Mons Fris 1615 rep 2030, Suns 1001 Dave Lee Travis presents your Sets 0030 rep 0730, 1945 1830 rep 2330, Tues 1215: 2 record requests and dedications in New pop records, interviews, news Seven Seas (15 min) and competitions Weds 1830 rep his own unique way Sats 0815 Mood Books (15 min) Weekly programme about ships rep 2315, Tues 1515 Recommendation of a hook to read 2330, Thurs 1215: 3 The latest and the sea. with Malcolm Weds 1445, 2315, Thurs 0815 developments on the British music Billings Thurs 1930 rep Fris Andy Kershaw's scene Fris 1830 rep 2330, Sets 0130, 0930 World of Music (15 min) Global Concerns (15 min) 1215 Sports International Mons 0445 rep 0930, Weds Update on environmental 1,s11, s Music With Matthew 1730 Thurs 2205 rep Fris 0145, 0915 (30 min) (45 min) Live commentaries and interviews. Brian Matthew's classical music Anything Goes (30 min) ealth Matters (15 min) features and discussions Weds A variety of music and much more. H selection Suns 0815 rep 2205, 2220 rep Thurs 0230, 0630 Keeps track of new developments Thurs 1515 with Bob Holness Suns 1430 rep in the world of medical science, as Mons 0330, 0830 Sports Roundur (15/10 min) well as ways of keeping fit Mons Music Review (45 min) Daily 0315, 0945, 1245 (ex 0815 rep 1945, Tues 0145 News and views from the world of Suns), 1745, 2250 Assignment (30 min) music Thum 2315 rep Fria 0815, Weekly examination of a topical n Praise Of God (30 min) 1515 Sportsworld (150 min) issue Weds 2030 rep Thurs E Weekly programme of worship and Weekly sports magazine Sats 0330, 1001 meditation Suns 1030 rep 1715, Network UK (30 min) 1430, 1515, 1615, 1701 Mons 0030 (see page 5) Issues and events affecting the Nook Choice (5 min) lives of people throughout the UK Ehe Farming World Short book review every week Sets Thurs 0730 rep 1615, 2220 (15 min) 2310 rep Thurs 0140 1111.tzzFor The Asking (30 min) Thurs 0145 rep 0930, 1945 Sats 2220 rep Suns 0630, Weds New Ideas (20 min) MountryStyle (/5 min) 1030 Window on the world of tech- The Ken Bruce Show WithDavid AllanWeds 0145 rep nology. innovation and new (30 min) Suns (ex 3rd) 0030 rep 1130, 0445, 0915 Jazz Now And Then (15 min) products Mons 1615 rep Tues 0730, Weds 1215 1830 George Reid Sots 0145 rep Mevelopment '91 (30 min) 0430, 1001 Aid and development issues rues Eft The Shelf (15 min) The Vintage Chart Show 1930 rep Weds 0230, 0730 Daily readings from the best of (30 min) John Peel (30 min) world literature Mons-Fris 0430 Each week a classic Top 20 from Tracks from newly released albums rep 1430 (see page 9) the past with Paul Burnett. This Discovery (30 min) and singles from the contemporary month's charts are from 1979 2nd; 1n -depth look at scientific research music scene Sets 1401 rep Tues Omnibus (30 min) 1959 9th: 1970 16th, 1981 23rd, Tues 1001 rep 1830, Weds 0330, Thurs 0830 1961 30th. Sets 0330 rep Mons 0330 Each week a half-hour programme on almost any topic under the sun 1030, 2030 qter From America Weds 0030 rep 1001, 1930 MocusOn Faith (30 min) (15 min) Eaveguide(10 min) Comment and discussion on the \\ili Alistair Cooke Sats 1015 MeopleAnd Politics I I.tc to hear World Service better major issues in the worlds of faith rep Suns 0545, 1645, 2315 (30 min) Sats 0905 rep Mons 0530, Thaws 1830 rep Fris 0330, 1001 Background to the British political Thurs 0130 121 agamix(30 min) scene Fris 2220 rep Sets 0230, Words Of Faith (5 min) Folk In Britain (15 min) Compendium of musicsport. 1030 People of all faiths share how their Ian Andersonis von] Fris fashion, health, travel, news and scripture gives authority and 0445 rep Suns 2009, Tues 0130 views for young people Tues 1130 Personal View (15 min) rep 1815, 2220 meaning to their lives daily 0540 Topical ititille, in British life Sets rep 0809, 2025, 2305 (Sats From Our Own 0930 rep 1730, 2009 only) Correspondent (20/15 min) Meridian (30 min) BBC correspondents comment on Three topical programmes weekly IlecordingOf The Week Write On... (10 min) the background to the news Sets about the world of the arts Sets (15 min) Air your views about World 1830 rep Suns 0330, 0730; 0630 rep 1130, 2030; Tues A personal choice from the new Service: write to PO Box 76. Bush Weds 2205 rep Thurs 0445, 2030 rep Weds 0630, 1130; releases Sats 0045 rep Mons House. Strand. London WC2B 4PH 0915 Thurs 2030 rep Fris 0630, 1130 0545, Thurs 1445 Sets 1850 rep Suns 0350, 0750 A I. I. TIMES GM T DOB WORLD SERVICE LONDON CALLING London Calling is the programme journal of the BBC World Service in English. To listen to our worldwide transmissions you will need, in most cases, a short-wave radio set, although in some areas we also broadcast on long and medium wave and FM/VHF. On the frequency pages of this edition you will find a guide to the current recommended transmission and frequency times for your area. We work in Greenwich Mean Time or GMT (which some listeners might know betteras UTC) so you will have to convert this to local time. IN THE NOVEMBER ISSUE: 2AT A GLANCE Regular programmes y colleagues and I plan the World FEATURES Preview Service schedule in detail anything up to a year in advance. So, SPORT Preview in these fast-moving times, it requires a fair amount of nerve to 7 place most series of a political nature. 8DRAMA Preview Unfortunately, there are issues which look as though they will still be on the agenda for some time yet - among them Northern BOOKS Reading the radio Ireland, Kashmir, and Palestine. Mike Bullen's new series Conflicting Opinions looks at some of these seemingly intractable 1 0MUSICPreview problems. 12DRAMA Microphones as lie detectors In a related programme, Lines in the Sand, Roger Hardy visits the Middle East to examine how the Gulf War has changed 14DAY TO DAY Programme Guide the attitudes of the people and the states in the region. And Keith Hindell, a former BBC United Nations 1 ALTERNATIVES correspondent, has been back to old haunts to examine the For Africa, Asia. Caribbean. case for Updating the UN Charter and making the 648 For Europe organisation a more effective force for good in the world. BACK TO BASICS November is a strong month for drama, as reflected on the 1 8PETER CLAYTON cover. Greig's Incidental Music to Peer Gym is familiar to An appreciation most of us, although Ibsen's play itself is probably less well- known. If you haven't come across it, now is your chance to 1 9TELEVISION World Service TV: make its acquaintance. Eastward and onward Earlier in the month you can hear one of the most admired 2 1YOUR LETTERS contemporary British plays, David Hare's The Secret Rapture, in its first radio production.