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8.10 Sunday Papers
8.20 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye (Make Yourself at Home)
A programme for listeners from India and Pakistan
8.20 (On VHF and Ramsgate)
Sing Alleluia: introduced by ANDREW CRUICKSHANK
Young people from junior and senior schools and colleges sing hymns and songs both old and new
Produced by STEWART CROSS
8.50 Programme news
8.55 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Produced By:
Stewart Cross

from the Methodist Church, Billericay. Essex conducted by the Minister, THE REV DR D. DUNN WILSON
Lessons: Psalm 121; Matthew 4. vv 18-22. 16. vv 24-28 (NEB)
Anthem: Jesus, fount of consolation (J. S. Bach, arr Sampson) Hymns (MHB): We have heard a joyful sound (316: Jesus Saves): Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (305: Richmond); Jesus calls us (157: St Catherine); Let him to whom we now belong (382: Byzantium) Organist IRENE POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr D. Dunn Wilson
Organist:
Irene Powell

A weekly survey for all who drive introduced by ERIC TOBITT
Motor Insurance Today: PAT GREGORY questions the experts Epilepsy and Driving by DONALD NORFOLK
A Traffic Policeman in Denmark looks at tourists
' Buy me a Car GEORGE FOX with letters and news and at
11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by jim PESTRIDGE †

Contributors

Introduced By:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
Donald Norfolk
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

A selective look at the arts
Peter Porter introduces this week's choice from what is new and what is always around, and talks to people who have a special interest in what he has seen and heard.
Produced by PATRICIA BRENT and ROSEMARY HART
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Porter
Produced By:
Patricia Brent
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

Compiled from contemporary sources by ALISON PLOWDEN
An account of the events which took place during the two years immediately following the death of Henry VIII in 1547 - events which led to the execution of the Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour and came near to seriously compromising the future of the 15-year-old Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen.
Principal characters:
Other parts played by ALAN DUDLEY , BETTY HARDY
FRANK HENDERSON , RONALD HERDMAN ANTHONY JACKSON. VICTOR LUCAS CAROL MARSH , JOHN PULLEN and RALPH TRUMAN
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
Thomas Seymour
Played By:
Alan Dudley
Played By:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Frank Henderson
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Unknown:
Anthony Jackson.
Unknown:
Victor Lucas
Unknown:
Carol Marsh
Unknown:
John Pullen
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Produced By:
Joe Burroughs
Thomas Seymour:
Haydn Jones
Katherine Parr:
Elizabeth Villiers
Princess Elizabeth:
Susan Maudslay
Katherine Ashley:
Marjorie Westbury
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset:
John Justin
Edward VI:
Jean England
Thomas Parry:
Basil Jones
Robert Tyrwhit:
David March
Narrator:
Richard Hurndall

A selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Script by JEAN STROUD
Produced by RICHARD BURWOOD

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Script By:
Jean Stroud
Produced By:
Richard Burwood

Pheasants and partridges, grouse, capercaillie, and hares: these and many other creatures are still part of the British countryside. But what will happen in the future?
DEREK JONES Visits CHARLES COLES at the Game Conservancy at Fordingbridge to find out some of the answers.
Produced by DILYS BREESE
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Coles
Produced By:
Dilys Breese

A magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Conference Time-1: GEORGE MILLER reports on the annual conference of the National Federation of the Blind
Winning Hands: a report on the braille reading competition Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL
5.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

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

with PAT DOODY
Cricket -John Player League: reports and results
Racing at Longchamp (including the Prix Dollar): ST JOHN DONN-BYRNE reports
Cycling - Milk Race, Tour of Britain: JOHN BURNS on the 8th day's stage which finished in Birmingham this afternoon
Lawn Tennis - French Open Championships: the day's play
The World Cup: latest news from the BBC Radio team in Mexico

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Unknown:
John Burns

The Chairman, PÉTER GADDUM appeals on behalf of The Boys' and Girls' Welfare Society
The Society, which helps and cares for homeless and deprived children, is now in its centenary year.
Donations. preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Gaddum

A concert of recordings made available by courtesy of West German.
West Berlin, and Austrian Radios
Part 1
Overture: Leonora No 3
WEST GERMAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
7.47* Symphony No 8, in F
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by WILHELM FURTWANGLER

Contributors

Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer
Conducted By:
Wilhelm Furtwangler

Cantata on the death of Joseph II (WoO 87)
ARLEEN AUGER (soprano) WALTER PODUSCHKA (bass) AUSTRIAN RADIO CHORUS AND
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by MILAN HORVAT
9.18* Symphony No 4, in B flat WEST GERMAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER

Contributors

Soprano:
Arleen Auger
Bass:
Walter Poduschka
Conducted By:
Milan Horvat
Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer

Sean O'Faolain presents a personal choice of prose and verse which has influenced his life and his writing: before an audience at Trinity College,. Dublin Reader RAY MCANALLY
Produced by JOHN BOYD
(Ray McAnally is in 'The Sound of Music ' at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sean O'Faolain
Reader:
Ray McAnally
Produced By:
John Boyd
Produced By:
Ray McAnally

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