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from Orchard Place Baptist Church, Neath, Glamorgan conducted by the Minister, THE REV CLIFFORD J. THOMAS
Hymns (BHB): Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren); Jesus loves me! (Jesus Loves Me); There's a wideness in God's mercy (St Mabyn); We limit not the truth (Ellacombe)
Reading: St John 4, vv 1-26 Organist HYWEL REES
Conductor Huw MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford J. Thomas
Organist:
Hywel Rees
Conductor:
Huw Morgan

FR AGNELLUS ANDREW appeals on behalf of St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, which provides nursing care for the needy in the final stages of illness.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Fr Agnellus Andrew , St Joseph's Hospice[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Agnellus Andrew

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
The Rising Cost of Spares: by RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS
How Do You Plead?: the first of three talks by CHARLES BRAN-DRETH for motoring offenders
The Noise and the Smoke: new commercial vehicle legislation by JOHN MOON
Insurance for Disabled Drivers by JOHN GASELEE at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge

With Cliff Michelmore on holiday, Derek Cooper this week invites you to ring him on [number removed]to exchange ideas live by phone on any subject bar party politics with guests: Kingsley Amis, novelist and poet whose recreations Include music and films
Dame Elizabeth Ackroyd , Director, National Innovations Centre, who knows Whitehall from the inside and directed the Consumer Council
Basil Taylor, art critic and historian
[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:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Dame Elizabeth Ackroyd

Five programmes on major political trials of this century. 5: Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia Trial
Written by MARY BENSON
' Many people seem surprised that South Africa should so continuously be the centre of world attention. Other nations have sabotage and treason trials without the Security Council being alerted and foreign legislators taking part in marches and vigils ... our policies are an affront to two-thirds of mankind and an embarrassment to the other third. (Johannesburg Sunday Express) with POWELL JONES , IAN KELLGREN and HARRY BURGESS-WALL
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING (Andrew Sachs is in 'Voyage Round My Father ' at the Hay-market Theatre. London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nelson Mandela
Written By:
Mary Benson
Unknown:
Powell Jones
Unknown:
Ian Kellgren
Unknown:
Harry Burgess-Wall
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Producer:
Andrew Sachs
N arrator:
Alan Rowe
Nelson Mandela:
Alton Kumalo
Walter Sisulu:
Lionel Ngakane
Joel Joffe:
Kerry Francis
Bram Fischer:
Roy Spencer
Judge de Wet:
Andrew Sachs
Dr Percy Yutar:
Henry Stamper
Bruno Mtolo:
Lionel Ngakane
Vernon Berrange:
Sean Barrett
Mrs Motsoaledi:
Martha Mdenge

Centenary Celebrations: GEORGE MILLER has been revisiting his old school, the Royal National College for the Blind, to meet staff and former pupils at a special reunion. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

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

A study of the origins of Verdi's La Traviata compiled by JOANNA RICHARDSON and HALLAM TENNYSON
I've lotied, oh yes, I've really loved, but no one has ever responded to my love! (MARIE DUPLESSIS , the original of Dumas's Marguerite Gautier ) with Millicent Martin as Marguerite Gautier ,
' La Dame aux CamiHias ' With LEWIS STRINGER MICHAEL KILGARRIFF
BRIAN HEWLETT , GERALD CROSS and SHEILA GRANT
Narrated and produced by HALLAM TENNYSON
Excerpts from La Traviata sung by MONTSERRAT CABALLE : on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Richardson
Unknown:
Hallam Tennyson
Unknown:
Marie Duplessis
Unknown:
Marguerite Gautier
Unknown:
Millicent Martin
Unknown:
Marguerite Gautier
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
Brian Hewlett
Produced By:
Hallam Tennyson
Sung By:
Montserrat Caballe

Thomas Igloi (cello)
BBC Welsh Orchestra, leader Colin Staveley, conducted by Maurice Handford

Mozart - Symphony No 28, in C major (K 200)

8.18* Elgar - Cello Concerto

8.46* Borodin - Overture: Prince Igor

Contributors

Cellist:
Thomas Igloi
Musicians:
BBC Welsh Orchestra
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conductor:
Maurice Handford

by w. M. THACKERAY The adaptation by JOHN KEIR CROSS rearranged in five parts by BRIDGET MARROW with Judy Parfitt and Michael McClain
4: The Old Firm 1710-1714
In which Henry Esmond , having earned distinction as a soldier, inherits a fortune, loses a bride and finds his Jacobite loyalties sorely tested. (For cast see Tuesday. 3.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
M. Thackeray
Unknown:
John Keir
Unknown:
Judy Parfitt
Unknown:
Michael McClain
Unknown:
Henry Esmond

Great houses and great people A series of five programmes 2: Florence Nightingale at Claydon presented by Sir Hugh Casson , RDI, FRIBA with Flora Robson as Florence Nightingale
BETTY BASKCOMB. GODFREY KENTON Claydon is an 18-century house in Buckinghamshire, famous for its elaborate rococo carvings and for the Verney Papers which record the everyday history of the family during the Civil War. Florence Nightingale's sister married into the family, and for a period in her old age The Lady with The Lamp made it her home for a part of each year.
Producer RICHARD KEEN
(Sir Harry Verney recalls his great-aunt: Woman's Hour, Thursday. Next Sunday: William Morris at Kelmscott)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sir Hugh Casson
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Unknown:
Florence Nightingale
Unknown:
Betty Baskcomb.
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Sir Harry Verney

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