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from St Andrew 's Presbyterian Church, Frognal. London conducted by THE REV DAVID HOLT ROBERTS , Resident Minister
Introit: Praise ye the Lord (Norris)
Lessons: Psalm 42: Philippians 3, VV 4-16 (NEB)
Anthem: My soul truly waiteth still on God (Wood)
Hymns (Rev ch): Round the Lord (21; 0 brother man (485): Be thou my vision (477)
Organist and choirmaster CHRISTINE WAPLE

Contributors

Unknown:
St Andrew
Unknown:
David Holt Roberts
Choirmaster:
Christine Waple

Introduced bv JIM PESTRIDGE
The Architect and the Motorist: NEVILLE POWLEY talks about the design of new homes
National Red Cross Week: an interview with TED GREGORY
Instant Repair Assessment: COLIN DRYDEN visits a Lloyds Centre
A Look at the New Cars: by ROBIN RICHARDS together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Talks:
Neville Powley
Unknown:
Colin Dryden
Unknown:
Robin Richards
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

Introduced by Philip Oakes , who this week visits the Robert Morris exhibition at the Tate Gallery, sees the film Elvis That's the Way It Is, and explores other aspects of the arts that are new or always available.
Produced by PATRICIA BRENT and MIRIAM RAPP
12.55Weather: programmenews

Contributors

Introduced By:
Philip Oakes
Unknown:
Robert Morris
Produced By:
Patricia Brent
Produced By:
Miriam Rapp

A Comedy for Women by JOHN VAN DRUTEN adapted bv RAYMOND RAIKES starring Sybil Thorndike with Lvdia Sherwood
Jane Wenham. Grizelda Hervey and Mary O'Farrell
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
John van Druten
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Sybil Thorndike
Unknown:
Lvdia Sherwood
Unknown:
Jane Wenham.
Unknown:
Grizelda Hervey
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Mrs Venables:
Mary O'Farrell
Her daughters: Mrs Millward (Evie):
Sybil Thorndike
Mrs Frobisher(Liz):
Lydia Sherwood
Mrs Fletcher (Nellie):
Grizelda Hervey
Evie's children: Alex:
Jane Wenham
Evie's children: Roland:
Leroy Lingwood
Christopher Venables:
Victor Lucas
Toby Chegwidden:
Timothy Harley
Gilbert Baize (Gillie):
Ronald Baddiley
Charles Hubbard:
Alexander John
Rose:
Barbara Mitchell

TONY SOPER and MARGARET HOWARD introduce this weekly programme about pets and the people who are concerned with them
Produced by ROY HAYWARD
Letters to ' Pets and People,' BBC, Bristol, BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Soper
Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Produced By:
Roy Hayward

Talking Point: reflecting listeners' queries and comments on wildlife and the countryside Introduced by Bruce Parker
(from Bristol. Shortened version: Wednesday. 9.5 am)
Questions to Talking Point, The Living World, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parker
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Sounds Right?: RON HALL gives MICHAEL ADAMS some hints about tape-recording for blind people Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Adams
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

with BRIAN JOHNSTON
Cricket: reports on three of today's John Player League matches
Racing from France: ST JOHN DONN-BYRNE reports on this afternoon's racing at Long-champ including the Prix Ganay
6.57* Cricket Scoreboard Produced by JOHN HASLAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
St John
Produced By:
John Haslam

SIR BERNARD MILES appeals on behalf of the Church of St Katherine, Little Bardfield
A tiny local community have through their own efforts gone a long way towards restoring this beautiful Essex church. They now seek a helping hand. Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Little Bardfield
Unknown:
Bernard Miles

ELISABETH SODERSTROM (soprano) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by HANS SCHMIDT -ISSERSTEDT
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Part 1: Britten
Les Illuminations, for soprano and string orchestra

Contributors

Soprano:
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conducted By:
Hans Schmidt

A look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country: compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR Glasgow - Metropolis or Necropolis?
Glasgow has no rivals among Victorian cities for its architectural splendour. The Corporation has asked the architect Viscount Esher to prepare a conservation plan.
But is it possible to conserve a changing industrial city? Is there a future for merchant palaces and presbyterian temples now ringed round by motorways and high-rise flats? Produced by LEONIE COHN
(9 May: The Death and Life of Great New Villages)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Viscount Esher
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn

In 1944 General Hackett was badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem. He is now Principal of King's College, London, and in tonight's programme he tells some of his students about the poetry and prose which gave him particular pleasure and comfort during the four months in which he was nursed back to health and hidden by the Resistance in Holland.
Illustrations read by Sheila Allen and Julian Glover.

Contributors

Presenter:
General Sir John Hackett
Reader:
Sheila Allen
Reader:
Julian Glover
Producer:
Patricia Brent

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