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from the Church of the Resurrection. Elmwood Avenue, Belfast: conducted by CANON F. A. G. WILLIS with a section of the ULSTER SINGERS
Hymns (ICH): Sweet is the work (37); Jesus, good above all other (585); We thank thee Lord (357)
Psalm 93: The Lord is King Benedictus: Te Deum
Lessons: Jeremiah 31. vv 31-34; St Matthew 5. vv 20-26
Conductor MICHAEL MCGUFFIN

Contributors

Conductor:
Michael McGuffin

MARJORIE MARRIOTT , OBE appeals on behalf of the Sir Thomas Lipton Memorial Hostel for retired nurses
£50,000 is required for the new Building Fund.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Marjorie Marriott , Lipton Memorial Fund[address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Marriott
Unknown:
Marjorie Marriott

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
The Dealer's Franchise: RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS investigates. Motive Power: recent developments reviewed by ALAN BAKER How Do You Plead? - 3: by CHARLES BRANDRETH at 11.43* the latest traffic report Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Reviewed By:
Alan Baker
Unknown:
Charles Brandreth
Producer:
Arthur Phillips

With Cliff Michelmore on holiday Honor Balfour this week invites you to ring her on [number removed] to exchange ideas live by phone on any subject bar party politics with guests: Andrew Sinclair, historian, film producer and novelist; Dame Elizabeth Ackroyd, Director, National Innovations Centre, who knows Whitehall from the inside and directed the Consumer Council; John Ebdon, Director, London Planetarium, and churchman who numbers the countryside and dialects among his enthusiasms.
[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, [address removed]

12.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Andrew Sinclair
Unknown:
Dame Elizabeth Ackroyd.
Unknown:
John Ebdon.

New Grub Street by GEORGE GISSING adapted for radio in three parts by GABRIEL WOOLF with Robert Powell and David Collings 1: Ambitions
JASPER: I mean to succeed you know. I feel I am one of the men who do succeed. Withand
Producer JANE GRAHAM
(David Collings is in ' Move Over, Mrs Markham ' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gissing
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Robert Powell
Unknown:
David Collings
Producer:
Jane Graham
Unknown:
David Collings
Unknown:
Mrs Markham
Jasper Milvain:
Robert Powell
Maud:
Kate Binchy
Mrs Milvain:
Betty Baskcomb
Dora:
Joanna David
Alfred Yule:
John Bryans
Marian:
Valerie Sarruf
Edwin Reardon:
David Collings
Amy:
Caroline John
Carter:
Brian Haines
Biffen:
Hugh Dickson
Mrs Alfred Yule:
Katherine Parr
Mrs Alfred Yule:
Ronald Herdman
Mrs Alfred Yule:
John Rowe
Mrs Alfred Yule:
John Samson

A series of programmes on four men whose rise to fame was swift and sensational and whose money-making talents awed theircontemporary world. 1: Lord Duveen of Millbank (1869-1939) by JAMES MORTON : based on the book by s. N. BEHRMAN with William Fox as Duveen Joseph Duveen has been called the most spectacular art 'dealer of all time. He noticed that Europe had plenty of art and that America had plenty of money. It was on this simple observation that his amazing and entire career was founded. Narrator ROLF LEFEBVRE
With KATE BINCHY. SHEILA GRANT
ROBIN BROWNE , GARARD GREEN and MICHAEL KILGARRIFF Producer JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
James Morton
Unknown:
N. Behrman
Unknown:
William Fox
Unknown:
Duveen Joseph Duveen
Unknown:
Sheila Grant
Unknown:
Robin Browne
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Producer:
John Powell

A series in which
Edgar Lustgarten reconstructs five of the most famous murder trials of this century
1: The Edgware Enigma (1950) ' The jury are trying to assess this chap whose life is in their hands. A bit brash in manner, a bit smart-aleck in appearance. They can easily imagine him in a palais de danse band.' Producer ROGER PINE X

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Lustgarten

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Never Too Young to Start: DENNIS PRATT talks about his job as a disc-jockey to IAIN BARCLAY.
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Talks:
Dennis Pratt
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Thena Heshel

A musical account of the life and times of Henry Russell - composer. singer and reformer. Singers JOHN GOWER
VERNON MIDGLEY ,, PAT WHITMORE CHARLES YOUNG
CHARLES YOUNG CHOIR
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA leader JAMES DAVIS conducted by ALFRED RALSTON Narrators CHARLES CHILTON
VALERIE COLGAN , JOHN COWER POWEI.L JONES
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Russell
Singers:
John Gower
Singers:
Vernon Midgley
Singers:
Pat Whitmore
Leader:
James Davis
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Conducted By:
Narrators Charles Chilton
Conducted By:
Valerie Colgan
Unknown:
John Cower
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

Four programmes of ' gospel mission ' music, old and new.
2: More from Sankey and Moody
Introduced by LEONARD PEARCEY with the UPPER NORWOOD BAND and SONGSTER BRIGADE OF THE
SALVATION ARMY conductor COL BERNARD ADAMS Producer HUBERT HOSKINS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leonard Pearcey
Conductor:
Col Bernard Adams
Producer:
Hubert Hoskins

DUNCAN ROBERTSON (tenor) BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by OWAIN ARWEL HUGHES
Mozart Overture: Cosl fan tutte
8.5* Mozart Aria: Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)
8.11* Elgar Prelude and Sanctus (The Dream of Gerontius)
8.28* Elgar Variations on an original theme (Enigma)

Contributors

Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Unknown:
Hugh Bradley
Conducted By:
Owain Arwel Hughes

by JOHN BUCHAN adapted for radio in six episodes by WINIFRED CAREY from The 39 Steps and Mr Standfast with Fraser Kerr as Richard Hannay
Spy and espionage adventure which takes our hero Richard Hannay up and down the country and across the world in the year of grace'1914.
1: The Man who Died
Producer NORMAN WRIGHT
(For cast see Tuesday, 3.0 pm) (First steps to fame: page 10)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Winifred Carey
Unknown:
Mr Standfast
Unknown:
Fraser Kerr
Unknown:
Richard Hannay
Unknown:
Richard Hannay
Producer:
Norman Wright

Great houses and great people A series of five programmes
4: Queen Elizabeth at Hatfield House presented at Hatfield by Roy Strong with Gwen Watford as Queen Elizabeth I BRIAN HAINES, DOUGLAS BLACKWELL
The Old Palace at Hatfield is where Elizabeth grew up, where she underwent the first crisis of her adult life, where she became Queen. Only one wing of it still stands, but Hatfield House, built by her Minister Robert Cecil , is also full of Elizabethan associations. Producer RICHARD KEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Strong
Unknown:
Gwen Watford
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Unknown:
Robert Cecil

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