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RHIANNON DAVIES (mezzo-soprano)
ST. DEINIOL SINGERS
BETHKSDA LADIES CHOIR
A section of the GWYNEDD SINGERS LLITHFAEN AND District CHORAL SOCIETY
PENRHYN MALE VOICE CHOIR accompanied by MF.NNA LEYSHON, WILLIAMBACON and FFRANCON THOMAS
Introduced by Die HUGHES
Arranged and conducted by JAMES Williams

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Rhiannon Davies
Introduced By:
Die Hughes
Conducted By:
James Williams

from Wesley's Chapel, City Road, London conducted by the Minister, THE REV. G. HERBER DAVIES
Preacher,
THE REV. E. GORDON Rupp
Principal of Wesley House. Cambridge, and President of the Methodist Conference
Lessons: Jonah 1, v. 17, to 2, v.
10 (R.V.); John 11, vv. 17-44 (Jerusalem Bible)
Canticle: Jubilate Deo
Hymns (Methodist Hymn Book):
Hail to the Lord's Anointed (245); Almighty Father, who dost give (907); Come, let us anew (956); Lo! He comes (264)
Organist and Choirmaster, Ronald G. Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. G. Herber Davies
Unknown:
Rev. E. Gordon

Radio's correspondence programme, which reflects listeners' own views on current topics, presents a special Sunday selection of letters with all the family in mind
Introduced by WALTER JAMES
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post. BBC. P.O. Box 1AA. London. W.l.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Walter James

The game that turns the pages of show-biz history with DICK BENTLEY , RAY ELLINGTON
Jimmy HANLEY , ANNE SHELTON
Chairman, BARRY TOOK
Devised and compiled by DENIS GIFFORD
Produced by Bill Worsley
Last Monday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Ray Ellington
Unknown:
Jimmy Hanley
Unknown:
Anne Shelton
Unknown:
Denis Gifford
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

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

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

18491852
The letters of John Ruskin and his wife in the early days of their marriage, based on the book Eflie in Venice by Mary Lutyens , with additional material from other sources.
Compiled and written by THEA HOLME
Produced by DAVID DAVIS
See page 37

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ruskin
Unknown:
Mary Lutyens
Produced By:
David Davis
Effie Ruskin:
Colette O'Neill
John Ruskin:
Michael Gwynn
Old Mr Ruskin:
John Laurie
Narrator:
John Richmond

Every year accepted knowledge of what happened in history is altered by new discoveries, new interpretations.
5: Castles of the Iron Age
Massive ramparts on lonely hill-sides are the most conspicuous reminders of the people who lived in the British Isles in the centuries before the Roman Conquest. But who were these people, and how did they live?
GEOFFREY WAINWRIGHT ,
MICHAEL AVERY , STAN STANFORD, and EUAN MACKIEdescribe recent excavations on Iron Age hill forts in Pembrokeshire. Northamptonshire. the Welsh Marches, and Scotland.
Introduced by NICHOLAS THOMAS
Produced by Roger Laughton

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Wainwright
Unknown:
Michael Avery
Introduced By:
Nicholas Thomas
Produced By:
Roger Laughton

A magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Going Blind: RAE BARASH , ALBERT HUMPHRIES. and DORA MONTFORD compare their experiences with DR. ROY FITZGERALD
Introduced by DAVID Scott BLACKHALL
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Unknown:
Rae Barash
Unknown:
Albert Humphries.
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

Your questions about wildlife and the countryside answered by JAMES FISHER , ERIC HOBBIS , L. HUGH NEWMAN , and RALPH WIGHTMAN
Question-Master, DEREK JONES
Produced by Robina Gyle-Thompson
Repeated: Wed. at 9.5 a.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Eric Hobbis
Unknown:
L. Hugh Newman
Question-Master:
Ralph Wightman
Question-Master:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Robina Gyle-Thompson

News of the weekend sporting events
Introduced by JACOB DE VRIES including:
MOTOR CYCLING
Snetterton Road Races ALAN CLARKE from Norfolk
CYCLING
World Cycling Championships
John Burns in Imola on this afternoon's Professional Road Race Broadcast by arrangement with Italian Radio
BOWLS
Hastings Masters Tournament CEDRIC SMITH from Hastings
CRICKET
The County Championship Reports and commentary
WATER SKI-ING
European Championships BOB BURROWS from Bedfont, Middlesex

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacob de Vries
Unknown:
John Burns
Unknown:
Cedric Smith
Unknown:
Bob Burrows

A discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
Introduced by RICHARD FINDLATER
J. R. HALE. JOHN HOLMSTROM JULIAN MITCHELL BRYAN ROBERTSON
Produced by Russell Harty
Repeated: Tuesday, 4.10 p.m.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Findlater
Introduced By:
J. R. Hale.
Unknown:
John Holmstrom
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Produced By:
Russell Harty

In 1867 Queen Victoria emerged from retirement to lay the foundation stone of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences in memory of the Prince Consort.
David Franklin tells the story of London's largest and oddest memorial
Research by Ann Meo
Recordings from the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Denys Gueroult
Broadcast on May 21, 1967

Contributors

Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Ann Meo
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

Springfield Boys' Club by GRAHAM HILL, O.R.E. President of the Club
Springfield provides indoor and outdoor activities for boys between eleven and eighteen in Upper Clapton a thickly populated area of north-east London.
Donations, preferably by crossed P.O. or cheque, to: Graham Hill[address removed]

by George Meredith
A History of a Father and Son adapted for radio in twelve parts by JOHN RICHMOND with Gabriel Woolf
Richard and Lucy, on honeymoon in the Isle of Wight, have been visited by Adrian, who has urged Richard to return to London alone, to seek a reconciliation with his father.
9: A Dinner-Party at Richmond
Produced by DAVID DAVIS
Repeated: Tuesday, 3.0 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
George Meredith
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Produced By:
David Davis
Narrator:
John Wyse
Mrs Doria Forey:
Pauline Letts
Sir Austin Feverel:
Norman Shelley
John Todhunter:
Denis McCarthy
Clare:
Eva Haddon
Richard Feverel:
Gabriel Woolf
Adrian Harley:
Harold Reese
The Hon Peter Brayder:
Duncan McIntyre
Lady Judith Felle:
Jill Cary
Ripton Thompson:
Michael McClain
Bella Mount:
Margaret Robertson

recalls some
Friends and Contemporaries including: LORD BEAVERBROOK
BRENDAN BRACKEN
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING DESMOND MAcCARTHY SIR ALMROTH WRIGHT
Produced by Harold Rogers
See page 36

Contributors

Unknown:
Brendan Bracken
Unknown:
Sir Winston Churchill
Unknown:
Sir Alexander Fleming
Unknown:
Desmond MacCarthy
Unknown:
Sir Almroth Wright
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

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