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from St Paul 's Church, Clifton, Bristol
Family Communion conducted by THE REV JOHN BOWES. Address by THE REV PETER COLEMAN
Hymns (BBC HB): Alleluia! sing to Jesus (197): 0 God of earth and altar (394); Jesus, good above all other (72); We hail thy presence glorious (218): Strengthen for service, Lord. the hands (215) Readings (NEB):
Epistle: Romans 13, vv 1-10
Gospel: Mark 8. v 23, to 9, v I Communion Setting (Leighton in D)
Organist and Choirmaster NIGEL WATTON

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Unknown:
John Bowes.
Unknown:
Peter Coleman

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
The Motorist Abroad - a comparison of conditions: Japan, by JEFFREY DANIELS of Autocar; Bulgaria, by MYKE MYSON of Morning Star: together with some European countries
Disputes with Repairers: by NEVILLE JARRETT
A Car for Your Child: by EVELYN HOME together with topical news and at 11 43* the latest traffic report Produced by JOHN FENTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Jeffrey Daniels
Unknown:
Neville Jarrett
Produced By:
John Fenton

Introduced by GEORGE MELLY
A critic's choice of what's new and what's always around us in the arts - including the film 10 Rillington Place.
Produced by ROSEMARY HART and ALAN HAYDOCK
12.55Weather; programmenews

Contributors

Introduced By:
George Melly
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

by ENID BAGNOLD ; adapted for radio by MARGARET ETALL with Edith Evans as Mrs St Maugham
Mary Morris as Miss Madrigal and Cecil Parker as the Judge Living in the past amid the fading glories of her Sussex garden, Mrs St Maugham rules a household no less eccentric than herself. The arrival of a new companion brings order, but what secret lurks behind the careful composure of the mysterious Miss Madrigal?
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Enid Bagnold
Unknown:
Margaret Etall
Unknown:
Edith Evans
Unknown:
Mrs St Maugham
Unknown:
Mary Morris
Unknown:
Cecil Parker
Unknown:
Mrs St Maugham
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Laurel:
Angela Pleasence
Olivia:
Nicolette Bernard
Maitland:
Ian Thompson
Nurse:
Maureen Beck

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Free Listening: how do blind people get their radios, and what models are available?
JOHN COLLIGAN , hon sec, British Wireless for the Blind Fund, explains to MARGARET FORD how the Fund helps blind people. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
John Colligan
Unknown:
Margaret Ford
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

ED STEWART appeals on behalf of St Christopher's Fellowship
The Fellowship runs six residential houses in the London area, caring for adolescent boys homeless through accident or rejection.
Donations, preferably crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Ed Stewart
Unknown:
St Christopher

MICHEL SCHWALBE (violin) JAMES GALWAY (flute) ANDREAS BLAUX (flute) HORST GOEBEL and HERBERT VON KARAJAN
(harpsichord continue)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Part 1: Bach and Stravinsky
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4, in G major
7.48* Stravinsky Ballet: Apollo

Contributors

Violin:
Michel Schwalbe
Flute:
Horst Goebel
Harpsichord:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

Part 2: Beethoven
Symphony No 5, in c minor
From the 1970 Berlin Festival
(Recording made available by courtesy of RIAS, Berlin) followed by 9.17 Beethoven Twelve Variations in A major on the Russian Dance from Wranitzky's Das Waldmadchen (WoO 71) emil GlLELS (piano)
(Recording made available by courtesy of Soviet Radio)

A look at the present plight and future shape of town and country: compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR
Estuaries - wild or reclaimed
AH our major estuaries are at the moment being studied as possible sites for barrages or docks or land reclamation. At the same time they are becoming ever more precious as sanctuaries for wildlife and as playgrounds for holidaymakers. Among those taking part:
PETER CONDER. Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: DAVID FAIRHALL of The Guardian: REG HOOKWAY , Deputy Chief Planner, Department of the Environment.
Produced by LEONIE COHN
(February 14: first of three programmes on the Roskill Commission)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Duced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Peter Conder.
Unknown:
David Fairhall
Unknown:
Reg Hookway
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn

C. Day Lewis
The Poet Laureate presents a personal anthology of prose and poetry before an invited audience at Broadcasting House, London.
He is joined in the studio by his wife Jill Balcon who reads some of the pieces for him. Produced by ANNE DUNCAN-JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Produced By:
Anne Duncan-Jones

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