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8.10 Sunday Papers
8.20 Apna Hi Char 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:
Cruickshank Young
Produced By:
Stewart Cross

from All Souls Church, Langham Place. London conducted by the Rector, THE REV JOHN STOTT assisted by THE REV E. A. SCHRODER and THE REV HAROLD DODD
Lesson: Hebrews 11, vv 1-16 (RSV)
Hymns (A and M Rev): Guide me, 0 thou great Redeemer (296); Children of the heavenly King (295): Through the night of doubt and sorrow (292) Psalm 121
Anthem: How lovely is thy dwelling-place (Brahms) Organist and choirmaster CLARK BEDFORD

Contributors

Unknown:
John Stott
Unknown:
E. A. Schroder
Unknown:
Harold Dodd
Choirmaster:
Clark Bedford

A weekly survey for all who drive
Introduced bv JIM PESTRIDGE
Safety Devices in the Car: maxwell BOYD of the Sunday Times discusses developments Motorways in France: PATRICK MACNAGHTEN
Automatic v Manual Gearbox: ALAN BAKER assesses the advantages with letters and news and at
11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Baker
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Sir Felix Aylmer introduces the recorded voices of some of his distinguished colleagues of the theatre, including
HENRY AINLEY , WILLIAM ARMSTRONG DAME PEGGY ASHCROFT
SIR LEWIS CASSON
A. E. MATTHEWS and SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER
Produced by DENYS GUEROULT (First broadcast in 1968)

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir Felix Aylmer
Unknown:
Henry Ainley
Unknown:
William Armstrong
Unknown:
Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Sir Lewis Casson
Unknown:
A. E. Matthews
Unknown:
Sir Laurence Olivier
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

A selective look at the arts
Alexander Walker 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: programmerrews

Contributors

Introduces:
Alexander Walker
Produced By:
Patricia Brent
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

The One O'Clock News leads off this 60-minute up-to-the-minute report on the world around us. with the latest news, the background to the news, and the people in the news: presented by David Jessel
Editor HARRY BROWN

Contributors

Presented By:
David Jessel
Presented By:
Editor Harry Brown

An account of the events surrounding the mysterious death of Amy Robsart in 1560 compiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowden.
During the first two years of Queen Elizabeth's reign her obvious partiality for Lord Robert Dudley, her Master of the Horse, gave rise to much concern and speculation. When Lord Robert's wife was found dead at the foot of a flight of stairs it seemed that a serious crisis might ensue.
With BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT, NOEL HOWLETT, ARTHUR LAWRENCE, MICHAEL MCCLAIN, HUMPHREY MORTON, BRIAN POYSER, AUSTIN TREVOR

Contributors

Writer:
Alison Plowden
Producer:
Joe Burroughs
Count de Feria:
Preston Lockwood
Queen Elizabeth:
Patricia Leventon
Bishop de Quadra:
Alan Wheatley
Amy:
Jane Wenham
Robert Dudley:
Frank Duncan
Thomas Blount:
Henry Stamper
Nicholas Throckmorton:
Patrick Barr
Narrator:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Noel Howlett
Unknown:
Arthur Lawrence
Unknown:
Michael McClain
Unknown:
Humphrey Morton
Unknown:
Brian Poyser
Unknown:
Austin Trevor

Talking Point: reflecting listeners' queries and comments on wildlife and the countryside Introduced by DEREK JONES
Produced by DILYS BREESE (Repeated: Wed, 9.5 am)
Send your questions to Talking Point. The Living World, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Dilys Breese

The Loss of a Wife: PAMELA DEEDES talks about what compensation the law can give
The 1970 Budget: VIVIAN FRANK explains who is affected by its provisions
People and their Problems: JOHN STOCKBRIDGE reports
Nuisance: ELIZABETH MITCHELL answers listeners' questions
Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Talks:
Pamela Deedes
Unknown:
Vivian Frank
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mitchell
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

'twixt ISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH. DAVID NIXON
Tune-twisters from STEVE RACE In the chair ROY PLOMLEY
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch.
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Peter Titheradge

With PAT DOODY
Cricket - John Player League Racing at Chantilly (including the Prix du Jockey Club): ST JOHN DONN-BYRNE reports
Motor Racing - Belgian Grand Prix: JOHN BLUNSDEN from Spa Lawn Tennis: French Open Championships - the final day The World Cup: latest news and comment from Mexico
6.57* Cricket Scoreboard

Contributors

Unknown:
St John Donn-Byrne
Unknown:
John Blunsden

DAVID FRANKLIN appeals on behalf of the Medway Towns and Rural Areas Disabled Persons Ambulance Fund. which provides a means of transport for outings for some 400 wheelchair disabled of all ages in the area.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
David Franklin

C. A. Joyce has devoted his life to the Prison Service
Tonight he presents a personal anthology of his favourite poetry to an audience of prisoners at Ford Open Prison, near Littlehampton.
Reader STEPHEN THORNE
Produced by HELEN FRY

Contributors

Unknown:
A. Joyce
Reader:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
Helen Fry

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More