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Parish Communion from St Giles' Church. Durham Celebrant and preacher,
The Vicar, THE REV GEORGE CASEY assisted by THE REV ED KESSLER The setting: Folk Mass (Casey) Epistle: Romans 12. vv 6-16 (JB) Gospel: John 2. vv 1-11 (NEB)
Hymns (A and M Rev): 0 praise ye the Lord (376): 0 joy of God (404): Rise in the strength of God (302) Organist JENNIE WELBY

Contributors

Unknown:
George Casey
Organist:
Jennie Welby

The Chairman. ALLAN GRANT appeals on behalf of The Clergy Orphan Corporation which exists to help the families of clergy of the Church of England and the Church in Wales when early death has prevented adequate financial provision.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Allan Grant , Clergy Orphan Corporation [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Grant
Unknown:
Allan Grant

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Passenger and Luggage Space: ROBIN RICHARDS discusses car layout with manufacturers
The New Forest and the Motorist: by JACK DWYER
Seatbelts in Australia: a further report by ANNE HOPE on compulsory use .
The Insurance Implications of Safety Measures: by RONALD BEALE together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Stereophony: see page 12

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Jack Dwyer
Unknown:
Ronald Beale
Producer:
Arthur Phillips

With a leisurely morning behind 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 his guests:
Andrew Shonfield , economist and social scientist
Honor Balfour , award-winning Anglo-American journalist
Jonathan Miller. author, stage director and Research Fellow, History of Medicine
[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:
Andrew Shonfield
Unknown:
Honor Balfour
Unknown:
Jonathan Miller.

Triad
Three plays by SIMON RAVEN about Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars of the 5th c BC.
2: The Last Expedition with Paul Daneman as Alexander Bernard Brown as Philostratos and Max Adrian as Socrates
The singer PETER BARTLETT Lute-player DESMOND DUPRÉ Producer ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Alexander Bernard Brown
Unknown:
Max Adrian
Singer:
Peter Bartlett
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Alcibiades, a young general:
Michael Spice
Nicias, an aged general:
Geoffrey Wincott
Lamachos, another general:
Ronald Herdman
Timon, a merchant:
Ralph Truman
Herald:
Stephen Thorne
Pythias, a young officer:
Peter Bartlett
Sergeant:
Harold Kasket
Demosthenes, a general:
Victor Lucas
Polyclitos, a Sicilian land-owner:
John Justin

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners You can get this Free:
MARGARET FORD details some concessions available to people who are registered blind. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Ford
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 In the chair STEVE RACE
Recorded before an invited audience at the Commonwealth Institute, London
(Repeated: Thurs, 12.25 pm)

Contributors

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

from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
The nurses and medical students put their questions about religion to
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE MICHAEL MARSHALL and a distinguished woman doctor Chairman COLIN SEMPER
Producer RICHARD TITCHEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Unknown:
Michael Marshall
Unknown:
Colin Semper
Producer:
Richard Titchen

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by BRIAN PRIESTMAN Tchaikovsky Waltz and Polonaise (Eugene Onegin )
8.14* Lyadov Eight Russian Folk Songs
8.29* Shostakovich Symphony No 1. in F minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Bradley
Conducted By:
Brian Priestman
Conducted By:
Tchaikovsky Waltz
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin

by HIGH WALPOLE dramatised in 12 episodes Book 1: Rogue Herries adapted by SHAUN SUTTON 2: The Forty-Five and A Wild Marriage with Kenneth Haigh as Rogue
Herries Jack Watson as David Herries and Geoffrey Wheeler
(For full cast see Tues, 3.0)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Adapted By:
Shaun Sutton
Unknown:
Kenneth Haigh
Unknown:
Herries Jack Watson
Unknown:
David Herries
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler

Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words.
The New Age of Elizabeth
For good and ill, the people and their Queen are suddenly linked together with a closeness perhaps unequalled before or since.
Composed and produced by Michael Mason under the direction of Joel Hurstfield, Astor Professor of English History at University College, London, who also speaks the commentary.

The series of 26 programmes created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Michael Mason

(Repeated: Wed. 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Composer/Producer:
Michael Mason
Commentator:
Joel Hurstfield
Speaker:
Ernest Magrith
Speaker:
J. Edwards
Speaker:
John Dunbar
Speaker:
C.R. Mitchell
Speaker:
Hanna Weil
Speaker:
Fred Croft
Speaker:
Reg Gamble
Speaker:
Mrs Rowland
Speaker:
Mrs Pelham
Speaker:
Stanley Allen
Speaker:
Ruth Gumb
Speaker:
Ricardo Aragno
Speaker:
Louis Dale
Speaker:
Dick Oakley
Speaker:
Stanley Wilson
Speaker:
Garry Davis
Speaker:
Anthony Rye
Speaker:
Andrew Saer
Speaker:
Frank White
Speaker:
Jack Crisp
Speaker:
John Shears
Speaker:
Pat Bliss
Speaker:
Mrs Ireland
Speaker:
Rudolf Strauss
Speaker:
Raymond Betterick
Speaker:
Mr Lawrence
Speaker:
Dick Graham
Speaker:
Francis Moss
Speaker:
Ken Seymour
Speaker:
Farmer Stevens
Speaker:
Brian Seymor
Speaker:
Mr Young
Speaker:
Margaret Osborne
Speaker:
John Plumb
Speaker:
Edgar Anstey
Speaker:
Ben Davies
Speaker:
Bernard Case
Speaker:
James Muir Watt
Speaker:
Bruno Turner
Producer (Voices of the People):
Charles Parker
Assistant Producer (Voices of the People):
John Merson
Assistant Producer (Voices of the People):
Jon Crook
Special Music, sound composition and orchestration By:
David Cain
Music Assistant:
Lloyd Silverthorne
Musicians:
The Early Music Consort
Music Director:
David Munrow
Reader:
Sean Barrett
Reader:
David Brierley
Reader:
Ronald Herdman
Reader:
Henry Stamper
Reader:
Elizabeth Proud
Additional commentary By:
Jacquetta Hawkes
Additional commentary By:
Michael Drake
Additional commentary By:
Christopher Lloyd

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