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from The Tabernacle
Congregational Church, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Conducted by THE REV. NOEL CALVIN
Psalm 139
Readings from Isaiah 61 and Romans 8
Anthem: 0 Holy Spirit. Lord of grace (Christopher Tye )
Hymns (C.P.): Thou, whose almighty word (328); Spirit divine, attend our prayers (210); 0 thou who earnest from above (438); Almighty Father of all things that be (461)
Organist, Eric Hopkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Noel Calvin
Unknown:
Christopher Tye
Organist:
Eric Hopkins

The One O'Clock News leads off this sixty-minute up-to-the-minute report on the world around us
The latest news, the background to the news, and the people in the news: presented by William Hardcastle
Editor, ANDREW BOYLE
A World at One production

Contributors

Presented By:
William Hardcastle
Editor:
Andrew Boyle

FRANKLIN ENGELMANN invites
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL to answer questions put to them by blind gardeners at the Centenary Exhibition of the Royal National Institute for the Blind Produced by Kenneth Ford

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Produced By:
Kenneth Ford

A musical account of the British Trade Union
Movement from the Anti -Combination Acts to the forming of the T.U.C. NEILSON TAYLOR , CHARLES YOUNG
BENNY LEE , JOANNE BROWNE
PAT WHITMORE
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
Orchestra conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Narrators,
JOHN WESTBROOK , HARRY LANDIS CHARLES CHILTON , ANN MURRAY Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON
See page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
Neilson Taylor
Unknown:
Charles Young
Unknown:
Benny Lee
Unknown:
Joanne Browne
Unknown:
Pat Whitmore
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Narrators:
John Westbrook
Narrators:
Harry Landis
Unknown:
Charles Chilton
Unknown:
Ann Murray
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

A programme of special interest to blind listeners
Going Blind: DR. Roy Frrz -GERALD, a psychiatrist who has been making a special study of newly blind people, talks about his research findings to Angela Pain
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Roy Frrz
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

... of Trees
Forest is our natural form of vegetation: three-quarters of the land was once covered by trees-now it is only one-tenth.
Are we sufficiently tree-conscious?
What is the role of trees in a healthy and productive countryside?
DEREK JONES explores the subject of trees with DAVID MCCLINTOCK , ERNEST NEAL and DAVID STREETER Produced by John Sparks

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jones
Unknown:
David McClintock
Unknown:
Ernest Neal
Unknown:
David Streeter
Produced By:
John Sparks

News of the weekend sporting events
Introduced by JACOB DE VRIES including CYCLING
Tour of Britain Promoted by the Milk Marketing Board
John BURNS reports from Leicester at the end of the eighth day's stage of this 1,444-mile International Amateur Road Race
ATHLETICS
PETER HILDRETH reports from East London Stadium on the preliminary rounds of the Inter-County Championships
Sponsored by the News of the World
CRICKET
Hampshire v.
Kent BRIAN JOHNSTON from Southampton
LAWN TENNIS
The French Championships
MAX ROBERTSON from Stade Roland Garros. Paris
Broadcast by arrangement with the French Broadcasting Service

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacob De
Unknown:
Peter Hildreth
Unknown:
Kent Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Stade Roland

Adiscussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week: RICHARD FINDLATER EDWIN MULLINS , DILYS POWELL ALAN PRYCE-JONES
In the chair, J. W. LAMBERT Produced by Oleg Kerensky

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Edwin Mullins
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Alan Pryce-Jones
Unknown:
J. W. Lambert
Produced By:
Oleg Kerensky

Wellclose Square Fund by the Founder,
THE REV. JOSEPH WILLIAMSON
Wellclose rescues girls in moral danger. It cares for them in the Fund's Home-finding them employment: returning some to their own homes; above all, helping them to build a new life.
Donations, preferably by crossed P.O. or cheque, to: Fr. Joe Williamson [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Joseph Williamson
Unknown:
Joe Williamson

A play for radio in thirteen parts by HOWARD AGG based on the novel by CHARLES DICKENS 9: Act of Vengeance Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Novel By:
Charles Dickens
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Solomon Daisy:
David March
The traveller:
Lewis Stringer
John Willett:
Alan Dudley
Dolly Varden:
Carol Marsh
Hugh:
Denys Hawthorne
Geoffrey Haredale:
Simon Lack
Emma Haredale:
Rosalind Shanks
Dennis:
Harold Kasket
Sir John Fielding:
Henry Stamper
Stagg:
Frank Henderson
Jailer:
Alan Haines
Scout:
Antony Viccars
Footman:
Antony Viccars

Why can some people eat five times as much as others and never get fat? Why are so many children overweight—could school meals be the cause? What drives some people to crave food as alcoholics crave drink? Is obesity a danger to life? Are we ever likely to get a pill to control it?
ANGELA PAIN, who has been talking to leading physicians. nutritionists, psychiatrists, and others concerned with these problems, presents the results of her enquiries Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Produced By:
Thena Heshel

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