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Ante-Communion from
All Saints Church, Fleet, Hampshire
Conducted by THE REV. COLIN DEEDES
Epistle: Galatians 4, vv. 1-7
Gospel: St. Matthew 1, vv. 18-25
Hymns (A. and M. Rev.): Hark the herald angels sing (60); Of the Father's love begotten (58); Once in royal David's city (432); To the name of our salvation (190)
Organist, L. Wright

Contributors

Organist:
L. Wright

A spontaneous discussion by The RT. Hon. FRANK COUSINS
ANNE ALLEN
NORMAN ST. JOHN-STEVAS, M.P .
DAVID STEEL, M.P.
Produced by Michael Bowen from Greyfriars Hall , Bristol
Last Friday's broadcast on Radio 2
(Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Allen
Unknown:
Norman St. John-Stevas, M.P
Unknown:
David Steel, M.P.
Produced By:
Michael Bowen
Unknown:
Greyfriars Hall

The One O'Clock News leads off this sixty-minute review of 1967 (and preview of 1968) which will also include (if warranted) the latest news, the background to the news. and the people in the news
Presented bv
William Hardcastle and Alastair Burnet
Programme Editor, ANDREW Boyi. r
A World at One production

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hardcastle
Unknown:
Alastair Burnet
Editor:
Andrew Boyi.

The Spinster of South Street by R. F. Delderfield adapted for radio by CYNTHIA Pughe with Rachel Gurney , Austin Trevor and Duncan Mclntyre
The dramatic story of Florence Nightingale's relentless fight to improve nursing and medical services after her return from the Crimea.
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Broadcast on March 16. 1963

Contributors

Unknown:
R. F. Delderfield
Unknown:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Duncan McLntyre
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Aunt Mai:
Hester Paton Brown
Temperance Hatcher:
Elizabeth Morgan
Dr Sutherland:
Duncan McIntyre
Lord Herbert:
Austin Trevor
Arthur Clough:
Michael Spice
Dr Andrew Smith:
James Thomason
Florence Nightingale:
Rachel Gurney
Margaret Douglas:
Polly Murch
Lord Palmerston:
Norman Claridge
Peter Grillage:
John Gray
Parthenope Nightingale:
Margaret Ward
Miss Croot:
Barbara Mitchell
Miss Belham:
Sheila Grant

Questions about Wills: answered by the Secretary of the Principal Probate Registry
From Here and There: JOAN YORKE with some useful information
Furnished or Unfurnished?: a Barrister explains how a tenancy is defined and what difference it makes to the tenant
Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

KENNETH ALLSOP introduces some interesting personalities and topics, including:
Music with a Difference: GEORGE NEWSON has just produced a symphony called ' The Silent Spring' about man's impact on the countryside. Birdsong rather than instruments plays a prominent role Aaah-Ugh!: two forms of exclamation use...! for animals. Why are some animals so popular and others unpopular? DESMOND MORRIS explains
Bird Spotting: IAN WALLACE talks about the tallyhunters who are organised to travel anywhere in the country to add a new species to their year's list
Produced by John Sparks
Repeated: Wednesday, 9.5 a.m.

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
George Newson
Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Talks:
Ian Wallace
Produced By:
John Sparks

Special Edition
A discussion on some outstanding books, art, theatre, and cinema of 1967
On art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH, EDWIN MULLINS, BRYAN ROBERTSON
On books: KENNETH ALLSOP, RICHARD MAYNE, KARL MILLER
On films: EDGAR ANSTEY, Dilys POWELL, ROBERT ROBINSON
On theatre: RONALD BRYDEN, HAROLD HOBSON, PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
In the chair, J. W. LAMBERT
Produced by Carl Wildman
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.20 p.m.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Edwin Mullins
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Kenneth Allsop
Unknown:
Richard Mayne
Unknown:
Karl Miller
Unknown:
Edgar Anstey
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Ronald Bryden
Unknown:
Harold Hobson
Unknown:
J. W. Lambert
Produced By:
Carl Wildman

The Medical Commission on Accident Prevention by RAYMOND BAXTER
The Medical Commission is a voluntary body of doctors which has set itself to study accidents-a major problem of modern life. It conducts research, advises non-medical organisations, and promotes life-saving techniques. The demands on its services, begun in 1964, increase.
Donations, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque, to: Raymond Baxter , [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
Raymond Baxter

An abridgement for radio with incidental music by GORDON JACOB
The music was composed for a dramatised adaptation by Phoebe Pickard given at the 1966 Festival of the Arts at Saffron Walden, Essex, where it was recorded in the Parish Church with: JOHN FRANCIS (flute)
HANNAH FRANCIS (harp)
THE MACNAGHTEN STRING Quartet GORDON PEARCE (double-bass)
JAMES BLADES , STEPHEN WHITTAKER (percussion)
SAFFRON WALDEN MADRIGAL GROUP conducted by THE COMPOSER
Broadcast on March 12, 1967

Contributors

Music By:
Gordon Jacob
Unknown:
Phoebe Pickard
Flute:
John Francis
Harp:
Hannah Francis
Double-Bass:
Gordon Pearce
Double-Bass:
James Blades
Double-Bass:
Stephen Whittaker
Narrator:
Rolf Lefebvre
The Eternal:
John Glen
The Accuser:
Ronald Herdman
Job:
John Justin
His comforters:
Alan Dudley
His comforters .:
Frank Henderson
His comforters .:
Preston Lockwood

by Anthony Trollope, adapted for radio in thirteen parts by H. Oldfield Box
with Margaret Gordon, John Wyse, Raf de la Torre, Bernard Brown, Peter Claughton

In the court the first witnesses have been called.

(Repeated: Tuesday, 3.0 p.m.)
(Next Sunday: Part 1 of 'Attic and Area' by Francesca Marlon)

Contributors

Author:
Anthony Trollope
Adapted by:
H. Oldfield Box
Producer:
R.D. Smith
Mr Joseph Mason:
Malcolm Hayes
Dockwrath:
Peter Claughton
Judge Maltby:
John Dearth
Lady Mason:
Margaret Gordon
Edith Orme:
Ann Murray
Round Senior:
Duncan McIntyre
Furnival:
Raf de la Torre
Augustus Staveley:
Christopher Bidmead
Felix Graham:
John Justin
Madeline Staveley:
Linda Goodman
Judge Staveley:
Robert Sansom
Young Peregrine:
Charles Hodgson
Lucius Mason:
Bernard Brown
Sophia Furnival:
Barbara Mitchell

Beatrice Lillie
One of the great stars of light entertainment looks back on her life and recalls the years between 1942 and 1955 In her own ebullient uninhibited, and unpredictable fashion she talks to PETER BAKER about the songs she made famous and about some of the famous men who wrote music and irreverent and witty lyrics for her.
Produced by George Angell
Repeated: Thursday, 4.5 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Baker
Produced By:
George Angell

Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major
(K.287) tlayed by the INTERNATIONAL MOZART ENSEMBLB Alan Civil (horn)
Shirley Hopkins (horn)
Leonard Friedman (violin) Eleanor St. George (violin) John Underwood (viola) Olga Hegedus (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
Broadcast on November 6. 1966

Contributors

Horn:
Alan Civil
Horn:
Shirley Hopkins
Violin:
Leonard Friedman
Violin:
Eleanor St. George
Viola:
John Underwood
Cello:
Olga Hegedus

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