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KENNETH BOWEN (tenor)
ST. DEINIOL SINGERS
BETHESDA LADIES CHOIR
A section of the GWYNEDD SINGERS LLITHFAEN AND District CHORAL SOCIETY
PENRHYN MALE VOICE CHOIR accompanied by MENNA LEYSHON , WILLIAM BACON and FFRANCON THOMAS
Introduced by Die HUGHES
Arranged and conducted by James WILLIAMS

Contributors

Tenor:
Kenneth Bowen
Accompanied By:
Menna Leyshon
Accompanied By:
William Bacon
Introduced By:
Die Hughes
Conducted By:
James Williams

from St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, Sutton Park , Guildford, Surrey
Celebrant and Preacher, FR. GORDON ALBION
Readings: 1 Corinthians 10, vv.
6-13; Luke 19, vv. 41-47
Hymns (Praise the Lord): The
King of Love my Shepherd is (128); My God accept my heart this day (89): 0 Bread of Heaven (18); Praise, my soul (152)
Choirmaster, Guy Pritchett Organist, Monica Martland

Contributors

Unknown:
Sutton Park
Choirmaster:
Guy Pritchett
Organist:
Monica Martland

The game that turns the pages of show-biz history with NICHOLAS PARSONS
SHEILA HANCOCK , PETER MURRAY JOHN JUNKIN
Chairman, BARRY TOOK
Devised and compiled by DENIS GIFFORD
Produced by Bill Worsley
Last Monday's broadcast (Radio 2)
Nicholas Parsons is In ' Uproar in the House ' at the Whitehall Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Peter Murray
Unknown:
John Junkin
Unknown:
Denis Gifford
Produced By:
Bill Worsley
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons

A year of Gardeners' Question Time
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recalls some of the places visited and some of the questions asked during the past year with FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Produced by Kenneth Ford

Contributors

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

Turn of the Century by Michael Brett with Marjorie Westbury
When George Maxwell. a reporter for the Coanta Gazette, sets out on a sentimental journey to interview Mr. and Mrs. Mellowes, the celebrated centenarians, he does not forsee the hazards.
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
Broadcast on May 14, 1962 (Home)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brett
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
George Maxwell.
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Stella:
Gudrun Une
Frederick Elton:
Felix Felton
George Maxwell:
Frederick Treves
First yokel:
Peter Claughton
Second yokel:
William Eedle
Judith Mellowes:
Janet Burnell
Mr Mellowes:
James McKechnie
Mrs Mellowes:
Marjorie Westbury
Mary Anderson:
Barbara Mitchell

Every year accepted knowledge of what happened in history is altered by new discoveries, new interpretations.
1: Hunters Become Masters
What is domestication? When and where did man first put animals to work for him? How has this relationship developed?
The speakers include
IAN CORNWALL, PETER JEWELL and MICHAEL RYDER
Introduced by NICHOLAS THOMAS
Produced by Roger Laughton

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jewell
Introduced By:
Nicholas Thomas
Produced By:
Roger Laughton

A magazine of special interest to blind listeners
GEORGE MILLER reports on blind people's reactions to scented gardens
KIT MASTERS visits a bowling alley in Fleetwood which caters specially for blind visitors
JOHN JARVIS talks about the work of the European Committee for the welfare of the blind
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Unknown:
George Miller
Talks:
John Jarvis
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

Your questions about wildlife and the countryside answered by MAURICE BURTON , ROBERT GOODDEN , and BRUCE CAMPBELL
Question-Master, DEREK JONES
Produced by Robina Gyle-Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Burton
Unknown:
Robert Goodden
Question-Master:
Bruce Campbell
Question-Master:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Robina Gyle-Thompson

Introduced by JACOB DE VRIES including:
MOTOR RACING: German Grand Prix for Formula 1 Racing Cars
Robin Richards from NUrburgring. (By arrangement with South-West German Broadcasting Service)
ROWING
F.I.S.A. Youth Championships
Desmond Hill from the Bosbaan. Amsterdam.
CRICKET
Kent v. Nottinghamshire
Brian Johnston from Dover
Lancashire v. Yorkshire
Robert Hudson from Old Trafford Derbyshire v. Leicestershire
Peter Cranmer from Burton-on-Trent
ATHLETICS: who's going to Mexico?

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacob de Vries
Unknown:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Desmond Hill
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Peter Cranmer

A discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
STUART HALL, HAROLD HOBSON David PIPER , JOHN WEIGHTMAN In the chair,
PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
Produced by Carl Wildman

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Hobson
Unknown:
David Piper
Unknown:
John Weightman
Produced By:
Carl Wildman

Church of St. Mary, North Marston, Bucks by SIR EVELYN HONE, G.C.M.G.
Built originally in the thirteenth century with the proceeds of pilgrims' offerings, St. Mary's is in need of extensive restoration.
Donations, preferably by crossed P.O. or cheque, to: Sir Evelyn Hone[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Evelyn Hone.

An Evening Service from St. Bride's Parish Church, West Kilbride, Ayrshire conducted by the Minister, THE REV. WILLIAM G. PENNY
The Man who worked with Wood
Metrical Psalm 148 (Tune. St. John) 1 : He made doors '
All people that on earth do dwell
(R.C.H. 229)
2: He made tables
We sing the praise of him who died (R.C.H. 109)
3: ' At the last, wood '
Let all the world (R.C.H. 15)
Organist, Andrea Steele

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. William G. Penny
Organist:
Andrea Steele

by George Meredith
A History of a Father and Son adapted for radio in twelve parts by JOHN RICHMOND with Gabriel Woolf
The idyll at Raynham has been broken and Richard summoned to join his father in London.
5: Fever
Production by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Unknown:
George Meredith
Unknown:
John Richmond
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Production By:
David Davis
Narrator:
John Wyse
Richard Feverel:
Gabriel Woolf
Tom Bakewell:
Leroy Lingwood
Farmer Blaize:
Stephen Jack
Molly Davenport:
Jan Edwards
Benson:
Garard Green
Adrian Harley:
Harold Reese
Sir Austin Feverel:
Norman Shelley
Lady Blandish:
Marjorie Westbury
Woman:
Jan Edwards
Dr Clifford:
Peter Baldwin
Hippias Feverel:
Anthony Jackson

with the BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader. Colin Staveley
Conducted by RAE JENKINS
Introduced by IWAN THOMAS
Written and produced by J. Alwyn Jones
Third of four programmes

Contributors

Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Introduced By:
Iwan Thomas
Produced By:
J. Alwyn Jones

A portrait of Martin Luther King
Compiled by JONATHAN POWER
' I've been to the mountain-top ... I've looked over and I've seen the Promised Land.' Martin Luther King uttered these words just four months ago: the next day he was assassinated at the age of thirty-nine.
Jonathan Power introduces recordings of Dr. King and people who knew him.
Produced by Daniel Snowman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Power
Unknown:
Martin Luther King
Unknown:
Dr. King
Produced By:
Daniel Snowman

Praise be to God
Psalm 150. v. 1
Psalm 145. vv. 1-12 (Br. Ps.)
Reading from ' Centuries of Meditations ' by Thomas Traherne
Give to our God immortal praise
(BBC H.B. 6. omitting v. 3)
Ephesians 1, vv. 3-12

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Traherne

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