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Parish Communion from
St Cuthbert's Church, Thetford Celebrant THE REV JOHN JONES assisted by THE REV JOHN ROOM Preacher THE REV DENDLE FRENCH Commentary
THE REV DAVID BARTLE
Epistle: Ephesians 1, vv 15-23 Gospel: Luke 24, vv 44-53
Hymns (A and M Rev): Come, let us join (221); Jesu, our hope (146): Rejoice! the Lord is King! (216); Lord Jesus Christ (100 Hymns for Today)
Organist DICK HUNNIBEL

Contributors

Unknown:
John Jones
Organist:
Dick Hunnibel

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL
SIR JOHN WHITWORTH JONES , President, appeals on behalf of the Ex-Service Fellowship Centres for ex-servicemen and merchant seamen in distress.
Donations, preferably crossed PO or cheque, to: Sir John Whitworth Jones , Ex-Service Fellowship Centres, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Whitworth Jones
Unknown:
Sir John Whitworth Jones

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Shattered Screens: a discussion on cause, effect and remedy
Danger - Loose Children! JOHN TOOGOOD on safety in the car
Piccadilly Circus Plans: MICHAEL KEMP of the Daily Mail
Diabetic Drivers: DONALD NORFOLK at 11.43* the latest traffic report Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
John Toogood
Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Producer:
Arthur Phillips

Cliff Michelmore invites you to ring him on [number removed]to exchange ideas live by phone on any subject bar party politics with his studio guests:
Sir George Porter , Nobel prize-winner and Director of the Royal Institution
Edgar Lustgarten , author and student of crime
Mary Warnock , philosopher and headmistress
[number removed](16 lines) will take • calls from 11.0 am onward. Or send your question in advance on a postcard with pour telephone number to Whatever You Think, Room 4066, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
12.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Sir George Porter
Unknown:
Edgar Lustgarten
Unknown:
Mary Warnock

Repertory in Britain Fair Maid of the West by THOMAS HEYWOOD with The Northcott Theatre Company, Exeter, in a new musical version adapted by JACK EMERY , with authentic songs of the period and after. Written in 1600, this roistering part-melodrama, part-comedy, part-patriotic tableau tells the story of the faithful Bess Bridges, the virgin barmaid of 17 who takes on the Spanish empire virtually single-handed for devotion to her Captain Spencer.
Joanna Tope as Bess Bridges Brian Protheroe as Captain Spencer and NICK BRIMBLE , BRIAN CAPRON JOHN DICKS , JONATHAN HACKETT RHYS MCCONNOCHIE
DAVID PEART , DAVID STERNE
Music adviser CYRIL TAWNEY
Music arranged by MARTIN BEST played by JULIAN BYZANTINE (guitar), TONY LOWE (accordion) Associate director JACK EMERY
Northcott production directed by JANE HOWELL
Adapted for radio and produced by BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Heywood
Adapted By:
Jack Emery
Unknown:
Brian Protheroe
Unknown:
Nick Brimble
Unknown:
Brian Capron
Unknown:
John Dicks
Unknown:
Jonathan Hackett
Unknown:
Rhys McConnochie
Unknown:
David Peart
Unknown:
David Sterne
Unknown:
Cyril Tawney
Arranged By:
Martin Best
Played By:
Julian Byzantine
Guitar:
Tony Lowe
Director:
Jack Emery
Directed By:
Jane Howell
Produced By:
Brian Miller

A Night at Wilton's
With PETER REEVES , BENNY LEE and PAT WHITMORE
MUSIC HALL SINGERS directed by CHARLES YOUNG LONDON STUDIO PLAYERS leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Chairman Roy Hudd
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Reeves
Unknown:
Benny Lee
Unknown:
Pat Whitmore
Directed By:
Charles Young
Leader:
Reginald Leopold
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

Nesting Time
This month's Radio Nature Trail visits a woodland area in the Brecon Beacons to examine the birds that breed there-how they choose their nest sites and mark out their territories, how they construct their nests and feed their young. Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (from Bristol: shortened version on Wednesday, 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Breaking the Ice: three young blind people discuss how they handle their difTc-ilties in meeting people and mixing socially Introduced by JANE FINNIS Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jane Finnis
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Stories from the world of industrial spying in Penny for the Die by PETER RUSSELL
' I've no time for international big business.... To whom do they owe allegiance? The public, their workers, the share-holders, a country? Who? '
Series created by JOHN ELLIOT and STEPHEN BARLAY. Producer BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Russell
Unknown:
John Elliot
Unknown:
Stephen Barlay.
Producer:
Brian Miller
with Geoffrey Burch:
Frederick Jaeger
Frank Orchard:
Barry Foster
Kate Trehair:
Kika Markham
Len Roach:
John Bennett
with Tom Goulden:
Bryan Pringle
Caron McShane:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Colonel Pendine:
Ronald Russell
Lloyd Conway:
Ivor Roberts
Bill Felix }:
William Eedle
Alec Jenkins:
William Eedle
Secretary:
Elizabeth Boxer

'twixt Isobel Barnett
Eleanor Summerfield and Richard Murdoch , David Nixon Tune twisters from STEVE RACE In the chair ROY PLOMLEY Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Producer PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Producer:
Peter Titheradge

The people of the Isle of Man recently put their questions about religion to PAT corrin , Chairman of the Federation of Townswomen's Guilds; CANON JOHN DUFFIELD , recently retired Dean of Douglas; and THE REV DR COLIN MORRIS , Minister of Wesley's Chapel in the City of London
Chairman COLIN SEMPER
Producer RICHARD TITCHEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Corrin
Unknown:
Canon John Duffield
Unknown:
Dr Colin Morris
Unknown:
Colin Semper
Producer:
Richard Titchen

by JOHN MASTERS: dramatised in five parts by NORMAN PAINTING with Robin Ellis as Peter Savage Gareth Forwood as Gerry Liane Aukin as Emily and Maria Aitken as Peggy Part 2
(For full cast see Tues, 3.0 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Ellis
Unknown:
Peter Savage
Unknown:
Gareth Forwood
Unknown:
Gerry Liane Aukin
Unknown:
Maria Aitken

Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words.
25: The People's War and Peace: World War Two and After
World War Two, now halfway between memory and history, half rejected and half treasured. already mythologised yet still leaving its visible marks on faces and buildings. Composed and produced by MICHAEL MASON under the direction of Asa Briggs , Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex, who also speaks the commentary.
The series of 26 programmes created in the BBC Radiophonie Workshop by MICHAEL MASON
(Further details: Wed, 3.45 pm)

Contributors

Produced By:
Michael Mason
Unknown:
Asa Briggs
Unknown:
Michael Mason

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