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11.0 The Silence The Last Post The Laying of Wreathe
A short Service conducted by THE BISHOP OF LONDON
O God our help in ages past Prayer: The Lord's Prayer The Blessing; Reveille God Save the Queen
Before the Service the Massed Bands of the Guards Division will play Rule Britannia, Heart of Oak, The Minstrel Boy, Men of Harlech, The Skye Boat Song, Isle of Beauty, David of the White Rock, Oft in the Stilly Night. Flowers of the Forest, Nimrod, Solemn Melody, and, during the Wreath Laying. Funeral March No 1 (attnb Johann Heinrich Walch )
Scene set by RAYMOND BAXTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Heinrich Walch
Unknown:
Raymond Baxter

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Rally Value: ERIC TOBITT inves. tigates the benefit to manufacturers
Safe Cornering by JOHN MILES Disposing of the Wrecks by PAT GREGORY
Conscientious Driver by PAT MACNAGHTEN together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
John Miles
Unknown:
Pat Gregory
Unknown:
Pat MacNaghten
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Introduced by Jacky Gillott
A personal choice of what's new and what's always around us in the arts. including this week the film Waterloo, a new exhibition of paintings by George Stubbs. and the BBC1 series of Garbo revivals.
Produced by ROSEMARY HART and ALAN HAYDOCK
12.55 Weather; programmenews

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacky Gillott
Unknown:
George Stubbs.
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

by T. s. ELIOT (1888-1965) Arranged for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES with Fabia Drake , Barbara Couper DIlys Hamlett , Gabriel Woolf
Scene: ' Wishwood,' a country house in the North of England. Time: One evening in late March
Sergeant Winchell.NOHMAN SCACE Produced-by RAYMOND RAIKES i

Contributors

Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Fabia Drake
Unknown:
Barbara Couper
Unknown:
Dilys Hamlett
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Nohman Scace
Produced-By:
Raymond Raikes
Amy Dowager Lady MonchenSey:
Fabia Drake
Her younger sisters:Ivy:
Mary Wimbush
Violet:
Olga Lindo
Agatha:
Barbara Couper
Brothers of her deceased hus Colonel The Hon Gerald Piper:
Edward Chapman
The Hon Charles Piper:
John Boxer
Mary. daughter of a deceased cousin of Lady Monchensey:
Dilys Hamlett
Denman, her parlourmaid:
Patricia Leventon
Harry,:
Lord Monchensey,
Amy's eldest son.:
Gabriel Woolf
Downing, his servant and chauffeur:
Stephen Thorne
Dr Warburton:
James Dale

Only 17 miles from St Paul 's. This month's Radio Nature Trail goes to Esher Common. one of the largest unspoilt open spaces near to London. Man has certainly left his mark on the Common, but there is still a good variety of trees and birds to see, a profusion of fungi and probably the only badger set converted to North Sea Gas.
Introduced by Derek Jones
(Shortened version: Wed. 9.5am)

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A magazine for blind listeners ' What does it mean to be registered blind? '
' What is partial sight? '
'If I'm registered, does that mean I have to give up hope of my eyesight getting better? ' An eye specialist and a social worker answer listeners' questions about the Blind Register Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

A serial for radio in 12 parts based on the novels of L. p. HARTLEY and adapted by ARCHIE CAMPBELL with Paul Gregory as Eustace Penelope Lee as Hilda James Villiers as Dick Staveley
Time: the early 1920s
Hilda, engrossed with improvements to the clinic at Highcross Hill, listens to advice from an unexpected quarter, while Eustace, attending an Oxford dinner, meets an old acquaintance from the past.
6: Lady Godiva of Highcross Hill
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL (For cast see Tuesday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Adapted By:
Archie Campbell
Unknown:
Paul Gregory
Unknown:
Eustace Penelope Lee
Unknown:
Hilda James Villiers
Unknown:
Dick Staveley
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

Admiral of the Fleet
SIR MICHAEL LE FANU , GCB, DSC appeals on behalf of The Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association SSAFA provides practical help and advice for families of serving and ex-servicemen and women wherever they live.
Donations by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Michael Le Fanu
Unknown:
Sir Michael Le Fanu

ALFRED BRENDEL (piano)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA leader CARLOS VILLA conducted by Otto Klemperer From the Royal Festival Hall, London Part 1
Symphony No 25 (K 183)
7.53* Piano Concerto No 25, in c major (K 503)

Contributors

Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Leader:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader:
Carlos Villa
Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer

BERNARD JACK , a Staffordshire cabinetmaker and furniture restorer, tells PHIL DRABBLE how he developed an interest which he took up seriously after the war. He is now established in a Staffordshire village and has recently taken on a young assistant whom he chose from hundreds of applicants

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Jack
Unknown:
Phil Drabble

A programme in an occasional series by NORMAN SWALLOW with Geoffrey Collins as Voltaire and NOEL JOHNSON
PATRICIA LEVENTON , JOHN RICHMOND CHARLES LENO , DESMOND LLEWELYN Produced by ELWYN EVANS
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Collins
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Unknown:
Patricia Leventon
Unknown:
John Richmond
Unknown:
Charles Leno
Unknown:
Desmond Llewelyn
Produced By:
Elwyn Evans

Dr Donald A. Schon , philosopher, industrial consultant, and author, talks about his life and ideas to DR DAVID EDGE, Director of the Science Studies Unit in the University of Edinburgh, and ANDREW SHONKIELD , Chairman of the Social Science Research Council,
Donald Schon , 40-year-old American. President of the Organisation for Social and Technological Innovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the youngest man ever to give the Reith Lectures. The subject of the six lectures, the first of which will be broadcast at this time next week. is Change and Industrial Society.
(Keeping an eye on a changing world: page 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Donald A. Schon
Unknown:
Andrew Shonkield
Unknown:
Donald Schon

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