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from St. Theodore's Parish Church. Port Talbot
Conducted by the Vicar. THE Rev. David REECE assisted by THE Rev. LEIGHTON THOMAS
Hymns (A. and M.): Lord, speak to me (356: Tune, Melcombe);
Here, 0 my Lord (715: Tune, Old 124th)
Psalm 111, w. 1-6
Lessons: Romans 12, vv. 6-16; St.
John 2, vv. 1-11
Organist and Choirmaster, Graham Holcombe

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. David Reece
Unknown:
Rev. Leighton Thomas
Choirmaster:
Graham Holcombe

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 Sunday or weekday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post, BBC, London. WIA 1AA.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Walter James

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
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Andrew Boyle

visits Greenford, Middlesex
Members of the Glaxo Horticultural Society put their questions to:
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Question-Master,
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
Produced by Kenneth Ford

Contributors

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

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Adapted for radio and produced by Hallam Tennyson
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Poston
with and Stephen Murray, Ernest Milton and Beth Boyd
(This programme was first broadcast on October 10, 1966, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings)
Main characters in order of speaking: with Clive Merrison
The music and singers conducted by Douglas Robinson

Contributors

Produced By:
Hallam Tennyson
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Unknown:
Ernest Milton
Unknown:
Beth Boyd
Unknown:
Clive Merrison
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson
Harold:
Gabriel Woolf
Aldwyth:
Jill Balcon
Morcar, her brother, head of the house of Alfgar:
John Dearth
Gurth, brother to Harold:
Nigel Graham
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Humphrey Morton
Harold, Earl of Wessex:
Gabriel Woolf
King Edward the Confessor:
Ernest Milton
Tostig, Earl of Northumbria, brother to Harold:
Henry Stamper
The Queen, wife to Edward and sister to Harold:
Joan Matheson
Edith, ward to the King, betrothed to Harold.:
Beth Boyd
Guy, Count of Ponthieu:
Allan McClelland
William Malet, a Norman nobleman..:
Preston Lockwood
William, Count of Normandy:
Stephen Murray
Wulfnoth, younger brother to Harold:
Henry Manning
Aldred, Archbishop of York:
Allan McClelland

Gibraltar
The gateway to Europe and the threshold to the East: this is Gibraltar, now expanding its tourist industry. RONALD ALLISON is your guide both on the Rock and across the straits into Morocco
Produced by Richard Burwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Allison
Produced By:
Richard Burwood

Solicitors' Fees: an explanation and a viewpoint from EDDIE WILLIAMS
From Here and There: JOAN YORKE with useful information
Property and the Small Investor: an Estate Agent talks about the opportunities and risks involved
Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Yorke
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

A discussion on cinema, books, theatre, broadcasting, and art including:
War and Peace: Sergei Bondar chuk's him at the Curzon Cinema, London
Eva Trout: Elizabeth Bowen 's latest book
Introduced by PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
ALAN BRIEN. PENELOPE MORTIMER BASIL TAYLOR
Produced by Helen Rapp

Contributors

Unknown:
Sergei Bondar
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Introduced By:
Philip Hope-Wallace
Introduced By:
Alan Brien.
Unknown:
Penelope Mortimer
Unknown:
Basil Taylor
Produced By:
Helen Rapp

A spotlight on two men whose fabulous reputations were established early in their careers
George Gershwin and Larry Adler
ALAN DELL plays some of the records that helped to create the glamour and magic surrounding these stars, and talks to LARRY ADLER about the highlights in his life

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gershwin
Unknown:
Larry Adler
Unknown:
Alan Dell
Unknown:
Larry Adler

The Missions to Seamen by SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER. K.B.E.
Popularly known as the Flying Angel because of the device on its flag, the Mission welcomes seafarers of all nations at its clubs in more than ninety ports throughout the world.
Donations, preferably by crossed P.O. or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Francis Chichester.
Unknown:
Francis Chichester

by Thomas Hardy adapted for radio in ten parts by DESMOND HAWKINS with Paul Rogers
Meg Wynn Owen
10: To this I put my name
' And that no one is wished to see my dead body; and that no mourners walk behind me at my funeral: and that no flowers be planted on my grave; and that no man remember me: to this I put my name.'
Other parts: John Hamley
Michael Onions , Thelma Barlow Brian Harding , Roy Brimble
Dance tunes played by the Moonrakers' Country Dance Band Leader, loan Jenkins
Music by Vaughan Williams
Produced by Brian MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Unknown:
Paul Rogers
Unknown:
Meg Wynn Owen
Unknown:
John Hamley
Unknown:
Michael Onions
Unknown:
Thelma Barlow
Unknown:
Brian Harding
Unknown:
Roy Brimble
Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Elizabeth Jane:
Meg Wynn Owen
Donald Farfrae:
Ian Dewar
Michael Henchard:
Paul Rogers
Newson:
Michael Beint
Liddy:
Ruby Luscombe
May:
June Barrie
Longways:
George Holloway
Abel Whittle:
Douglas Leach

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas one of the BBC's most popular War Correspondents
In 1944 Wynford Vaughan-Thomas landed on the Anzio beachhead during the Allied invasion of Italy. Tonight he remembers the highlights and the comradeship of that gruelling time.
Produced by D. G. Bridson

Contributors

Produced By:
D. G. Bridson

Couperin
Concert royal No. 14, in D minor
Ordre No. 11, for harpsichord
Concert royal No. 9, in E major
(II ritratto dell' amore)
RUTH DYSON (harpsichord)
BASIL LAM ENSEMBLE
Patrick Hailing (violin) Peter Halling (cello)
Basil Lam (harpsichord)
1 Broadcast in November 1968

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Ruth Dyson
Cello:
Peter Halling

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