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A series of broadcasts during Lent on difficult sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospels 1: If your right eye lead you astray, tear it out Preacher
THE VERY REV A. C. CRAIG. DD from a studio in Glasgow Praise led by the choir of SCOTSTOUN EAST PARISH CHURCH accompanist WILFRED NORRIS
Praise: Paraphrase 30 (or RCH 400: Tune, Kilmarnock)
Hymns (RCH): Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (196); O God of earth and altar (638); Soldiers of Christ! arise (534)

Contributors

Unknown:
A. C. Craig.
Accompanist:
Wilfred Norris

Introduced by jim PESTRIDGE
Urban Speed Limits: discussion by ELDON GRIFFITHS , MP, Department of the Environment; JOHN GOTT , Chief Constable. Northampton and County Constabulary; KEN SUMMERFIELD, County Surveyor. Oxfordshire; TOM FOLEY , Pedestrians' Association for Road Safety
Let's Buy a Cheap Car: by ROBIN RICHARDS
Metrication and the Motor-Car: by PAT GREGORY together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by Arthur PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Eldon Griffiths
Unknown:
John Gott
Unknown:
Tom Foley
Unknown:
Pat Gregory
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Introduced by Antony Jay whose choice this week includes The Music Lovers, the Ken Russell film about Tchaikovsky; Captain Brassbound's Conversion starring Ingrid Bergman at the Cambridge Theatre, London: and a visit to Keats's house in Hampstead.

12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Antony Jay
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Producer:
Alan Haydock

The novel by RUPERT CROFT-COOKE adapted by GILES COOPER with Marjorie Westbury and Tim Seely
Time: shortly after the war.
E800,000 is quite a lot of money. What would you do with it if such a windfall came your way? Katharine Riddle hadn'a clue until she met a strange young man and with him formed the company of Riddle and Rapier, Money Spenders Unlimited! and Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Novel By:
Rupert Croft-Cooke
Adapted By:
Giles Cooper
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Tim Seely
Unknown:
Katharine Riddle
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Mr Riddle:
Arthur Ridley
His daughters: Katharine:
Marjorie Westbury
Eleanor:
Noel Hood
and Maud:
Olga Dickie
His sons-in-law: Herbert Wylt-Frazer:
John Justin
Gordon Milton:
Derek Prentice
Bill Rapier:
Tim Seely
Eric Farmer:
Lionel Gamlin
Percival:
David Valla
Mr Spaull:
Middleton Woods
Jill:
Geraldine Newman
Croupier:
Guy du Monceau

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
At Your Fingertips: J. MAITLAND MULLER describes his idea for compiling a handbook of aids for the blind. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Maitland
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

ERIC MORECAMBE appeals on behalf of the British Heart Foundation which finances research into the causes, treatment and prevention of heart diseases, including thrombosis, stroke, and congenital heart disease which yearly afflicts 5,000 babies.
Donations (preferably crossed po or cheque) to:[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric More

Halle Orchestra leader MARTIN MILNER conducted by ARVID YANSONS
A public concert from the Free Trade Hall. Manchester Part 1
Overture-fantasia: Romeo and Juliet
7.56* Ballet Suite: Swan Lake

Contributors

Leader:
Halle Orchestra
Leader:
Martin Milner
Conducted By:
Arvid Yansons

A look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country: compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR Counting the Costs - and the Benefits
The most bitterly criticised part of the Roskill Commission's report on the Third London Airport has been the Cost Benefit Analysis carried out by. its research team. This new method has been described as ' a porridge of bogus accountancy' which takes no account of human values; but in fact it has already been used successfully, particularly in Transport, to assess who precisely will benefit from large public investments. Speakers include
CHRISTOPHER FOSTER , Head of the Urban Economics Unit at LSE, and PETER SELF, Professor of Public Administration at LSE. Produced by LEONIE COHN
(14 Mar: Vandalism and Decay)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Christopher Foster
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn

Sir William Armstrong Head of the Civil Service introduces a circular tour of his taste in poetry, prose and music, by sea and river, from his beginnings in the Salvation Army to his ending in Finnegans Wake. with the assistance of EITHNE DUNNE and DOUGLAS BLACKWELL as readers: before an invited audience in Broadcasting House, London Produced by RICHARD KEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Armstrong
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Produced By:
Richard Keen

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