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Highlights from the Sunday show including: Speaking personally : comedienne Phyllis Diller who is ' going dramatic '
Producer in the headlines: Josef Shaftel
On the set: Ronnie Corbett
Thora Hird , Wilfrid Brambell
Leslie Phillips , Michael Hordern and Duncan Wood and scenes from
Ring of Bright Water starring BILL TRAVERS , VIR(;INIA MCKENNA adaptation by Marjorie Bilbow Introduced by PETER HAIGH Written and produced by Lyn Fairhurst
Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast (Radio 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Diller
Unknown:
Josef Shaftel
Unknown:
Ronnie Corbett
Unknown:
Thora Hird
Unknown:
Wilfrid Brambell
Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Duncan Wood
Unknown:
Bill Travers
Unknown:
Marjorie Bilbow
Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Produced By:
Lyn Fairhurst

by ROBERT Louis STEVENSON
8: 1 come to Mr. Rankeillor
' There was Mr. Rankeillor's house on the south shore, where I had no doubt wealth awaited me; and here was I upon the north, clad in poor enough attire with three silver shillings left to me in my pocket, a price set upon my head, and an outlawed man for my sole company.'
Read by BRYDEN MURDOCH with LEONARD MAGUIRE as Alan Breck JOHN SHEDDEN as Mr. Rankeillor and CALLUM MILL as Ebenezer
Broadcast on October 3. 1968

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Read By:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Leonard Maguire
Unknown:
Alan Breck
Unknown:
John Shedden

by Michael Mellinger
A man who is prevented from killing himself may in a sense be owed his death. Meanwhile, since he now has a life to spare, perhaps he can do his rescuer a good turn.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Mellinger
Producer:
Margaret Etall
Porter:
Garard Green
Vivian Morton:
David Brierley
Dominic Luce:
John Bentley
Delia:
Frances Jeater
Jill:
Kate Coleridge

from Norwich Cathedral sung by a choir of boys and young men drawn from churches, colleges, and schools affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music under the direction of John Bertalot
Responses (Rose)
Psalm (Revised Parish Psalter) 104 (Smart, Marsh)
Lessons: Jeremiah 31, vv. 27-34, Luke 22, vv. 14-38
Office hymn: "He who to Jesus manfully bore witness"
Canticles (Byrd, Second Service)
Anthem: "Lord let me know mine end" (Greene)

Contributors

Director of Music:
John Bertalot
Organist:
Keith Burton-Nickson
Organist:
A. B. Champniss

A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including:
Little by little: ANNE Dunys , who was one of ' That Certain Trio,' talks to Elizabeth Francis about her career as a cabaret artist in the 1930s
Eventide Gnomes: NIGEL MURPHY meets people who have retired to Switzerland
Do corsets cause varicose veins?: DENNIS BARKER takes a cool look at some recent figures
A breath of fresh air: from the Ilkley Moor gamekeeper and naturalist WALTER FLESHER

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Anne Dunys
Unknown:
Elizabeth Francis
Unknown:
Nigel Murphy
Unknown:
Dennis Barker
Unknown:
Walter Flesher

Animal Corner by JONQUIL ANTONY
A series of five stories about the people and the animals at Rowan Hill Private Zoo
2: An Elephant Never Forgets
Special effects recorded at Chessington Zoo by Harry Catlin and David Greenwood
Produced by MARTIN JENKINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
Harry Catlin
Unknown:
David Greenwood
Produced By:
Martin Jenkins
Basil Rossiter:
John Graham
Gil Massingham:
Hugh Dickson
Celia Clancy:
Shirley Dixon
Zoe Robinson:
Frances Jeater
Al Pearce:
Henry Knowles
Subbaya:
Nigel Anthony
Sir John:
Peter Tuddenham
Crummer:
Charles Simon
Joe Mears:
Lockwood West
Mr Peckham:
Peter Pratt
Laurie:
Michael Deacon
Robson:
John Bhyning
Woman:
Kate Coleridge

from the Royal Albert Hall London
Norbert Brainin
(violin)
Peter Schidlof
(viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Led by Bela Dekany
Conductor, Colin Davis
Part 1: Schubert and Mozart

Contributors

Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Conductor:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Colin Davis

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Ϯ ANTONY BROWN introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to:
Listening Post. BBC, London, W1A
1AA. For very late letters You can rine, (01)-[number removed], extension 3030, and dictate your message.

Contributors

Introduces:
Antony Brown

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