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GEOFFREY WHEELER Visits the Ordnance Survey and asks some of the people who work there to choose a favourite hvmn. The hymns are sung by the Ordnance Survey Choir in St. James's Road Methodist Church, Southampton
Produced by Michael Shoesmith

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Produced By:
Michael Shoesmith

from Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne conducted bv
THE REV. E. Lincoln Minshull
Introit: Come unto me (
Wilfred Davies )
Lessons: St. John 21, vv. 15-22;
1 Corinthians 13
Hymns (Methodist Hymn Book):
When morning gilds the skies (113: Laudes Domini): When shall thy love constrain (341: Shirland); 0 Love that wilt not let me go (448: St. Margaret); Lord, that I may learn of thee (549: Simplicity)
Anthem: The Voice of Singing
Martin)
Choirmaster, Robert Hull Organist, William Warby

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. E. Lincoln Minshull
Unknown:
Wilfred Davies
Organist:
William Warby

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

or I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again '-Again!
Selected repeats from the award-winning series starring
Tim BROOKE-TAYLOR , JOHN CLEESE Graeme GARDEN, DAVID HATCH Jo Kendall. Bill Oddie with THE Dave Lee GROUP
Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden
Produced by David Hatch and Peter Titheradge
Broadcast May 12 (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Jo Kendall.
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Dave Lee
Written By:
Bill Oddie
Written By:
Graeme Garden
Produced By:
David Hatch
Produced By:
Peter Titheradge

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 Anthony Howard
Editor, ANDREW BOYLE
A World at One production

Contributors

Presented By:
Anthony Howard
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

Freedom Farewell by Phyllis Bentley
Five plays by RICHARD IMISON based on the famous novel about the life of Julius Caesar with
Mary Morris , Stephen Murray Janet Suzman
1: Where Fortune Leads
In the year 78 B.C. the Roman Republic already dominates the ancient world. But Rome itself is dominated by the dictatorship of Sulla, and the young Julius Caesar has to flee for his life.
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Janet Suzman is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Bentley
Unknown:
Richard Imison
Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Mary Morris
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Gaius Julius Caesar:
Robert Hardy
Storyteller:
David Spenser
Aurelia, Caesar's mother:
Mary Morris
Centurion:
Godfrey Kenton
Farmer:
Wilfrid Carter
Centurion:
Leonard Fenton
Freedman:
Leonard Fenton
Servilia, wife to Marcus Junius Brutus:
Janet Suzman
Metrobius, Sulla's favourite:
David March
Gnaeus Pompey:
Stephen Murray
Aemilia his bride:
Frances Jeater
Marcus Crassus, a wealthy politician:
James Thomason
Sulla, dictator of Rome:
Peter Pratt
Demetrius, Pompey's Greek slave:
Michael Deacon
Flora, Rome's leading courtesan:
Kate Coleridge
Shoemaker:
Alaric Cotter
Fuller:
David Spenser
Veteran:
Godfrey Kenton
Marcus Thermus, a provincial governor:
Brian Haines
Nicomedes, King of Bithynia:
David March

From My Postbag: KENNETH Lewis , m.p.
National Insurance-for some people there are special contribution conditions: MADGE HART looks at one or two of them
More about Wills: ARTHUR Coates answers listeners' questions
Introduced by JOHN WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Lewis
Unknown:
Arthur Coates
Introduced By:
John Webster

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Evening Service from
St. Patrick's Parish Church. Coleraine, Co. Londonderry
Conducted by the Rector. CANON WILLIAM BENSON
Theme: Law and Obedience
Hymns (I.C.H.): Jesu, stand among us (453): Ye servants of God (477); Fill thou my life (476)
Psalm 112
Lesson: St. John 14, vv. 15-21
Organist, Reginald Patterson

Contributors

Organist:
Reginald Patterson

by Edith Wharton adapted for radio in ten parts by Eileen CULLEN with Eileen Atkins and Stephen Thorne
3: I long to be free
A letter from Ellen's husband engages the attention of the family lawyers.
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Wharton
Unknown:
Eileen Cullen
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Narrator:
Margaret Wolfit
Janey Archer:
Rosalind Shanks
Newland Archer:
Stephen Thorne
Mrs Archer:
Grizelda Hervey
Henry van der Luyden:
Austin Trevor
Mr Letterblair:
Lockwood West
Ellen Olenska:
Eileen Atkins
Julius Beaufort:
Malcolm Hayes

with DELLA JONES (soprano)
Ffrangcon DAVIES (piano) BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, John Bacon
Conducted by RAE JENKINS
Introduced by IWAN THOMAS
Written and produced by J. Alwyn Jones
The first in a series of three programmes blending music and songs that might be found in an imaginary album. Tonight's programme includes music from opera, a piano solo, part of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, and Adagio for strings by Samuel Barber.

Contributors

Piano:
Ffrangcon Davies
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Introduced By:
Iwan Thomas
Produced By:
J. Alwyn Jones
Unknown:
Samuel Barber.

CHRISTOPHER HYDE-SMITH (flute) Celia NICKLIN (oboe)
DAVID MUNROW (recorder) NONA LIDDELL (violin)
Continuo:
BERNARD RICHARDS (cello)
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord)
Broadcast on June 3

Contributors

Flute:
Christopher Hyde-Smith
Oboe:
Celia Nicklin
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks

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