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from St David 's Church, Neath conducted by THE REV CANON T. J. PRICHARD
Preacher THE VEN E. M. ROBERTS Archdeacon of Margam
Hymns: Earth hath many a noble city (Stuttgart); King of glory, King of peace (Gwalchmai); Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal)
Lessons: Isaiah 60, vv 1-7, 17b-19: Matthew 2, vv 1-15 Organist ARTHUR SALTER

Contributors

Unknown:
St David
Unknown:
Canon T. J. Prichard
Organist:
Arthur Salter

Introduced by Jim Pestridge

The Racing Car Show 1971: a review by Martyn Watkins and Pat Gregory

An Accident and the Police: Laurie Sapper explains the legal position

Self-Defence: Charles Brandreth, a lawyer, talks about representation in court together with topical news

and at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Review By:
Martyn Watkins
Review By:
Pat Gregory
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Introduced by Michael Billington
A theatre and film critic s choice of what's new and what's always around us in the arts - including this week the film version of Joe Orton 's ' black comedy ' Loot.
Produced by ROSEMARY HART and ALAN HAYDOCK t

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Billington
Unknown:
Joe Orton
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

Time visits Rotherham
Members of the Rotherham and District (West Riding) Allotments and Gardens Council put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL Question-master
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
Produced by KENNETH FORD t

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Produced By:
Kenneth Ford

Pygmalion
A romance by BERNARD SHAW starring and with Mark Dignam , Daphne Newton Francis de Wolff and Sylvia Coleridge and and Other parts: LOCKWOOD WEST, BETTY HARDY and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Adapted for radio and produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Mark Dignam
Unknown:
Daphne Newton
Unknown:
Francis de Wolff
Unknown:
Sylvia Coleridge
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Produced By:
John Powell
Eliza Doolittle:
Millicent Martin
Professor Higgins:
Paul Daneman
The Author:
Denys Hawthorne
Clara Eynsford Hill:
Carol Mason
Mrs Eynsford Hill:
Gladys Spencer
Freddy Eynsford Hill:
Peter Baldwin
Eliza Doolittle:
Millicent Martin
Colonel Pickering:
Mark Dignam
Professor Henry Higgins:
Paul Daneman
Mrs Pearce, his housekeeper:
Daphne Newton
Alfred Doolittle, Eliza's father:
Francis de Wolff
Mrs Higgins, the Professor's mother..:
Sylvia Coleridge
Spenser, the parlourmaid:
Carol Marsh
Footmen:
Leroy Lingwood
Footmen:
Alan Dudley
Zoltan Karpathy:
Denis McCarthy
The Host:
John Wyse
The Hostess:
Barbara Mitchell
Constables:
Christopher Bidmead
Constables:
John Wyse

The Ouse Washes
This month's Radio Nature Trail to the Ouse Washes of Cambridgeshire may well be pretty bleak from the weather point of view. but probably the best time of year for seeing - and hearing - wildfowl.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Produced bv DILYS BREESE (from Bristol) t
(Shortened version: Wed,9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Unknown:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
As Others See Us: JUNE ROSE talks to sighted people about their views on blindness
New Year Reading: a further selection of talking books by HONOR WYATT
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL t

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

by GEORGE ELIOT adapted as a serial in 12 parts by HOWARD AGG with Angela Pleasence , Martin Jarvis Megs Jenkins and Anthony Bate 3: The Widening Rift
' Mr Tulliver spoke his mind very strongly when he reached home that evening, and the effect was seen in the remarkable fact that Maggie never heard one reproach from her mother, or one taunt from Tom, about this foolish business of her running away to the gypsies.'
(For cast see Tues, 3.0 pm) t

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot
Unknown:
Angela Pleasence
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Megs Jenkins
Unknown:
Anthony Bate
Unknown:
Mr Tulliver

BARBARA KELLY appeals on behalf of the National Deaf Children's Society which exists to achieve the maximum benefits and happiness in life for all children born deaf in their lifelong struggle against loneliness.
Donations, preferably by crossed cheque or po, to Barbara Kelly, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Kelly
Unknown:
Barbara Kelly

Recordings made available by courtesy of Swiss, Finnish, and South-West German Radios. Part 1
Handel Concerto Grosso No 7, in c major
7.45* Mendelssohn Symphony in D minor, for string orchestra LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS conducted by RUDOLF BAUMGARTNER
7.57* Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
HEIMO HAITTO and SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA OF THE FINNISH BROADCASTING COMPANY conducted by PAAVO BERGLUND

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rudolf Baumgartner
Conducted By:
Paavo Berglund

Noises in the Air
In the second of two programmes on radio criticism Marghanita Laski discusses the use of voices, music, and a variety of other noises that appeal emotionally to the listener.
Produced by RICHARD GILBERT t

Contributors

Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Produced By:
Richard Gilbert

David Franklin reveals his pleasure in the poetry and prose in which he finds wit - the quality he most admires in other writers. One writer who possesses this quality to the point which David admits turns his admiration into envy is Frank Muir who reads his essay. ' know where I'm going.'
Other readings by GARY WATSON Produced by HELEN FRY
Before an invited audience in Broadcasting House, London t

Contributors

Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Gary Watson
Produced By:
Helen Fry

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