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Family Communion from the Parish Church of St Alfege with St Peter, Greenwich, South London
Celebrant THE REV KEN SHACKELL Preacher THE REV CANON JOHN SOUTHGATE , Dean of Greenwich Epistle: Romans 6, vv 3-11: Gospel: Matthew 5, vv 20-26 (jb) Hymns (A and M Rev): Lift up your hearts! (341); Lord, thy word abideth (250); 0 thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray (402)
Anthems: Rejoice in the Lord alway (Redford); My soul, there is a country (Parry) Organist and Choirmaster PHILIP SIMMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon John Southgate
Choirmaster:
Philip Simms

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
The National Motor Museum: ERIC tobitt at Beaulieu for the opening ceremony
Manoeuvrable Ladies: NEVILLE POWLEY visits a driving course at Harrow
Caravans in Scotland: by GRAHAM GAULD
The Export Story: British cars in Europe at 11.43* the latest traffic report Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Neville Powley
Unknown:
Graham Gauld
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 studio guests:
Brian Connell. journalist, interviewer and commentator
John Ebdon , Director, London Planetarium, and churchman, who numbers the countryside and dialects among his enthusiasms
Dilys Powell. author, film critic and a former President of the Classical Association
[number removed](16 lines) will take calls from 11.0 am onward. Or send your question in advance on a postcard with your telephone number to Whatever You Think, Room 4066, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
12.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Brian Connell.
Unknown:
John Ebdon
Unknown:
Dilys Powell.

A series of five programmes on major political trials of this century
2: The Hollywood Ten
Written by ALEXANDER WALKER
1947: the American film industry and a handful of men whose careers were changed viciously and dramatically by a political ' witch-hunt.'-Narrated by Alan Dobie with the voices of DAVID BAUER, GLEN BECK, BILL NAGY, DAVID HEALY, STEPHEN THORNE, BLAIN FAIRMAN, MURRAY KASH, LOUIS NEGIN, EDDIE MATTHEWS and MARGARET WOLFIT
Also taking part: ABRAHAM POLONSKY and RALPH NELSON talking to
ALEXANDER WALKER on the implications of the events of that year in Hollywood.
Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Contributors

Written By:
Alexander Walker
Unknown:
Alan Dobie
Unknown:
David Bauer
Unknown:
Glen Beck
Unknown:
Bill Nagy
Unknown:
David Healy
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Blain Fairman
Unknown:
Eddie Matthews
Unknown:
Margaret Wolfit
Unknown:
Abraham Polonsky
Unknown:
Ralph Nelson
Unknown:
Alexander Walker
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

Low Visual Aids: JANE FINNIS describes some of the devices available to help people with poor sight. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHAI. L Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhai.
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Stories from the world of industrial spying with Frederick Jaeger as Geoflrey Burch
Barry Foster as Frank Orchard Kika Markham as Kate Trehair John Bennett as Len Roach in King Kong you're Wrong by PETER RUSSELL
' Some men think they're King Kong. Think women are just pets. Things to be carried away.'
' We'll have a march. I'll carry a banner. It'll say: " King Kong's had it too long!
Wohhv CONSTANCE CHAPMAN
Other parts DAVID TREVENA
GILLIE GRATHAM , NAOMI BURGESS
ELIZABETH BOXER , ELIZABETH CHATER Series devised by JOHN ELLIOT and STEPHEN BARLAY. Producer BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Jaeger
Unknown:
Geoflrey Burch
Unknown:
Barry Foster
Unknown:
Frank Orchard
Unknown:
Kika Markham
Unknown:
Kate Trehair
Unknown:
John Bennett
Unknown:
Len Roach
Unknown:
Peter Russell
Unknown:
Wohhv Constance Chapman
Unknown:
David Trevena
Unknown:
Gillie Gratham
Unknown:
Naomi Burgess
Unknown:
Elizabeth Boxer
Unknown:
Elizabeth Chater
Unknown:
John Elliot
Unknown:
Stephen Barlay.
Producer:
Brian Miller
Minnie Farr:
Margot Boyd
Mrs Everley:
Margot Boyd
Jim Farr:
Norman Tyrrell
Hargreaves:
Neil Seiler
Lord Reynolds:
Lockwood West

A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker also featuring TERENCE BRADY and PAULINE YATES with GORDON LANGFORD at the piano The lines are contributed by CHRIS ALLEN, CYRIL BELL and LAURIE HOLLOWAY
PETER N. CHRISTIE, JIM ELDRIDGE , JOHN GRAHAM, MILES KINGTON , ROY LOMAX, CHRIS MILLER, PETER SPENCE
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON (Repeated: Friday, 8 Sept)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Terence Brady
Unknown:
Pauline Yates
Unknown:
Gordon Langford
Unknown:
Chris Allen
Unknown:
Cyril Bell
Unknown:
Laurie Holloway
Unknown:
Peter N. Christie
Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Roy Lomax
Unknown:
Chris Miller
Unknown:
Peter Spence
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson

Servicemen and their families at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus recently put their questions on social, moral and religious issues to:
JOHN BRAINE , novelist
OLGA FRANKLIN , journalist and broadcaster
G. w. TARGET, writer
Chairman COLIN SEMPER Producer JACK SINGLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Braine
Unknown:
Olga Franklin
Unknown:
Colin Semper
Producer:
Jack Singleton

PIIILIP JONES (trumpet)
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by BORIS BROTT
Mozart Symphony No 21, in A major (K 134)
8.22* Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
8.44' Tchaikovsky Overture-fantasia: Hamlet

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Bradley
Conducted By:
Boris Brott
Conducted By:
Mozart Symphony

by W. M. THACKERAY The adaptation by JOHN KEIR CROSS rearranged in five parts by BRIDGET MARROW with Judy Parfitl
.and Michael McClain
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In which the young Henry encounters his new patron and the beautiful ladv whose love and influence are to rule the rest of his life.
Producer ARCHIE CAMPBELL
(For cast see Tuesday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. M. Thackeray
Unknown:
John Keir
Unknown:
Judy Parfitl
Unknown:
Michael McClain
Producer:
Archie Campbell

of the company of Almost All the Announcers: Bryan Martin, Michael De Morgan, Martin Muncaster, Douglas Smith and Patricia Hughes to record a miscellany of poetry and prose before an invited audience in Broadcasting House, London.
Jack de Manio calls them (how dare he?) 'a fluff of announcers.' Tonight some of the Presentation staff accept his invitation and prove that BBC English is not their only talent.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Hughes
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

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