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Three Cheers for the World by Brian Morris
'I've never seen so much sun. Three cheers for the world '
Produced by ALAN AYCKBOURN
RADIOVISIOH FOR SCHOOLS
To follow certain broadcasts described as a radio vision programme' or 'an audiovisual programme it is necessary to have the accompanying film strip or pamphlet.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Morris
Produced By:
Alan Ayckbourn
Tim Smith:
Alan Rothwell
Mrs Smith:
Pamela Dellar
Girl:
Stephanie Turner
Webber:
Leonard Fenton
Woman:
Pamela Craig
Earnest girl:
Diana Harker
Source: Radio Times
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from Ely Cathedral
Responses (Byrd)
Psalms 148, 149, 150
Lessons: Jeremiah 6, vv. 1-21;
2 Corinthians 7, vv. 2-16
Office hymn: Most holy Lord and God of heaven
Canticles (Purcell in G minor) Anthems: 0 praise God in his holiness (Wills): Christe qui lux es et dies (Whyte)
Organist, Arthur Wills

Contributors

Organist:
Arthur Wills
Source: Radio Times
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A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
From Mink to Fun Fur:
ELIZABETH FRANCIS takes a look at the fur trade
Jazz Without Tears: STEVE
Race offers some genial jazz sounds
A Home for the Elderly:
MICHAEL WEST takes a critical look at different kinds of accommodation for old people

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Elizabeth Francis
Source: Radio Times
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The Blanket of the Dark by John Buchan adapted for radio by NORMAN PAINTING
After discovering that he is the true son of the Duke of Bucking-ham, Peter Pentecost learns that he is to lead a faction opposed to Henry VIII
2: The Parliament of Beggars
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Peter Pentecost
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Peter Pentecost:
Alan Devereux
Brother Tobias:
Arthur Pentelow
Lord Avelard:
Douglas Storm
Sir Ralph Bonamy:
Leslie Dunn
Sabine Beauforest:
Jill Meers
Solomon Darking:
Bob Arnold
Mother Sweetbread:
Joyce Latham
John Naps:
Stephen Hancock
Catti:
Emrys Williams
Timothy Pennyfarthing:
Walter Dalby
Flatsole:
George Woolley
Source: Radio Times
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A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Source: Radio Times
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† WILLIAM GARDENER talks about the significance of the animal that presides over the new Chinese year which began yesterday
Each year in China is named after one of twelve animals representing the twelve signs of the Chinese Solar Zodiac. The disposition and character of the animal under which the year falls influence—so the Chinese believe-the character of that year.

Source: Radio Times
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by lain Crichton Smith abridged as a seven-part reading from an unpublished novel set in Sutherland during the Highland Clearances
After Patrick Sellar 's visit and her own meeting with the Minister, Mrs. Scott is being slowly nursed back to health by Donald Macleod and his wife ...
PART 5
Reader, BRYDEN MURDOCH
Broadcast on July 30. 1967 (Radio
4; Scotland)

Contributors

Unknown:
Crichton Smith
Unknown:
Patrick Sellar
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Source: Radio Times

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