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A weekly programme of religious news and views presented by PAUL BARNES Reporter DOUGLAS BROWN Producer DAVID WINTER
8.20-8.50 i medium wave) Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye Make Yourself at Home
Programme for Asian listeners
8.58 Programme news
8.55 Weather

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Barnes
Reporter:
Douglas Brown

from St Marys, the Parish Church of Swansea: conducted by THE VKN HARRY WILLIAMS , Vicar of Swansea, Archdeacon of Gower
Hymn: Jesus, where'er thy people meet (Wareham)
Lesson: Matthew 5, vv 1-16
Anthem: Up good Christian folk and listen
Organist DILYS LLOYD
Choirmaster CLIFFORD ROSE

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Williams
Organist:
Dilys Lloyd
Choirmaster:
Clifford Rose

EAMONN ANDREWS appeals on behalf of St Elizabeth's School and Home St Elizabeth's, a branch of the Daughters of the Cross, provides residential care for children and adults suffering from epilepsy. Funds are needed for a sick bay and additional .recreational facilities.
Donations. -preferably by crossed po or cheque, to Eamonn Andrews. St Elizabeth's School and Home, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews.

Introduced by Jim Pestridge

The Year Ahead: Maxwell Boyd of the Sunday Times, Frank Hicham of the MAA, John Weinthal of the SMMT

Making it Safer: Ken Teesdale, Head of Ford's Safety Research Department, with Neville Powley

Tomorrow's Motoring World: by Raymond Baxter

at 11.43' the latest traffic report

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Maxwell Boyd
Unknown:
John Wein
Unknown:
Ken Teesdale
Unknown:
Neville Powley
Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Producer:
Arthur Phillips

With a leisurely morningbehind you. and Sunday dinner ahead, Cliff Michelmore invites you to liven up the midday scene. Ring him on [number removed]and put your questions on any subject under the sun. bar politics, to test the wit, wisdom, learning or special interests of his guests.
With him this week are:
George Porter. Nobel Prize winner and Director of the Royal Institution
Andrew Sinclair , historian and author of The Breaking of Bumbo and other books
Marghanita Laski. writer and reviewer whose special interest is words and their meanings
To promote your questions [number removed]16 lines) will take calls from 11.0 am onwards as well' as while the programme is on the air. If you prefer, send your question in advance, on a postcard, with your telephone number to Whatever You Think, Room 4066, Broadcasting House, London WIA 1AA
12.55Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
George Porter.
Unknown:
Andrew Sinclair
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski.

by Oscar Wilde
with Maxine Audley, Fabia Drake, Timothy West , Rosalind Shanks.

Contributors

Written by:
Oscar Wilde
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Lady Windermere:
Rosalind Shanks
Lord Windermere:
Peter Baldwin
Lord Darlington:
Timothy West
The Duchess of Berwick:
Fabia Drake
Lady Agatha:
Maureen Beck
Lady Plymdale:
Grizelda Hervey
Mrs Erlynne:
Maxine Audley
Lord Augustus:
Godfrey Kenton
Mr Dumby:
John Pullen
Mr Cecil Graham:
John Forrest
Mr Hopper:
Ian Thompson
Parker:
John Wyse

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Do blind people earn parking concessions for their drivers.' GEORGE MILLER reports Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
George Miller
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Thena Heshel

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
David Franklin and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden Chairman STEVE RACE
(Repealed: Thurs. 12.25 pm)
(Given before an invited audience at the Commonwealth Institute, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden

A special programme from Scotland for the New Year
An invited audience of Edinburgh people in Broadcasting House put their questions about religion to THE VERY REV
LORD MACLEOD OF FUINARY DAVID STEEL, MP, and a distinguished lady member Chairman COLIN SEMPER
Producer DOUGLAS AITKEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Semper
Producer:
Douglas Aitken

KATHLEEN JONES (piano) BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA leader COLIN STAVELEY conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON Mendelssohn Overture: The Fair Melusine
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, in A major (K 488)
Kodaly Dances from Galanta

Contributors

Piano:
Kathleen Jones
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conducted By:
Bryden Thomson

Themes and variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words.
In the Middle Ages the peasant carries everyone else on his back. He does it with mixed feelings...
Composed and produced by Michael Mason under the direction of Barrie Dobson, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York, who also speaks the commentary.
Speakers for the people: Mr Andrews, Bill Cowley, Mr Sandford, Arthur Morley, Harold Hingley, Norman Daniel, Richard Hamilton, Jim Codden, Eyton Boulden, W. Richards, Ray Gosling, Tom Clark, Harry Bland, Brian Pearson, Norman Belcher, E.J. Gurney, Mrs Freshney, Gordon Baverstock, Farmer Stevens, Dick Graham, N.C. Bush, Louis Dale, George Smallwood, Mr James, Terry Yarnell
Producer for the voices of the people, Charles Parker, assisted by John Merson and Jon Crook.
Special music, sound composition and orchestration by David Cain, assisted by Norman McLeod
The Early Music Consort directed by David Munrow
Readers Clifford Norgate, Gerald Cross, David Valla, Henry Stamper, Jane Knowles
Additional commentary by Jacquetta Hawkes and Michael Drake
The series of 26 programmes created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Michael Mason
(Repeated: Wed, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Composed and produced by:
Michael Mason
Under the direction of/Commentary:
Barrie Dobson
Speaker for the people:
Mr Andrews
Speaker for the people:
Bill Cowley
Speaker for the people:
Mr Sandford
Speaker for the people:
Arthur Morley
Speaker for the people:
Harold Hingley
Speaker for the people:
Norman Daniel
Speaker for the people:
Richard Hamilton
Speaker for the people:
Jim Codden
Speaker for the people:
Eyton Boulden
Speaker for the people:
W. Richards
Speaker for the people:
Ray Gosling
Speaker for the people:
Tom Clark
Speaker for the people:
Harry Bland
Speaker for the people:
Brian Pearson
Speaker for the people:
Norman Belcher
Speaker for the people:
E.J. Gurney
Speaker for the people:
Mrs Freshney
Speaker for the people:
Gordon Baverstock
Speaker for the people:
Farmer Stevens
Speaker for the people:
Dick Graham
Speaker for the people:
N.C. Bush
Speaker for the people:
Louis Dale
Speaker for the people:
George Smallwood
Speaker for the people:
Mr James
Speaker for the people:
Terry Yarnell
Producer for the voices of the people:
Charles Parker
Assisted by:
John Merson
Assisted by:
Jon Crook.
Special music, sound composition and orchestration:
David Cain
Assisted by:
Norman McLeod
Musicians:
The Early Music Consort
Musicians directed by:
David Munrow
Reader:
Clifford Norgate
Reader:
Gerald Cross
Reader:
David Valla
Reader:
Henry Stamper
Reader:
Jane Knowles
Additional commentary:
Jacquetta Hawkes
Additional commentary:
Michael Drake
Programme created by:
Michael Mason

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