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from Holy Trinity Church,
Roehampton: Concelebrants:
THE REV W. J. MILLIGAN (ViCar), THE REV VICTOR HASTE and THE REV FRANK HIMSWORTH (Methodist)
Epistle: Hebrews 13. vv 1-6; Gospel: Luke 10, vv 23-27 (NEB) Creed (Folk Mass: Martin Shaw ) Sanctus and Benedictus (White) Hymns (EH) 0 thou who earnest from above (343); Soldiers of Christ, arise (479): Son of God, eternal Saviour (529): Strengthen for service, Lord (329) Organist and Choirmaster DONALD EMERY

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Milligan
Unknown:
Victor Haste
Unknown:
Martin Shaw
Choirmaster:
Donald Emery

EAMONN ANDREWS appeals on behalf of the St Francis Leprosy Guild
The Guild works for the relief of leprosy patients throughout the world, for the care of children born to victims of leprosy, and for the rehabilitation of cured patients.
Donations, preferably by Crossed po or cheque, to: Eamonn Andrews. St Francis Leprosy Guild, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews.

visits the London borough of Harrow. Questions from members of the Safe Driving Club and pupils of Harrow Road Safety Driving Courses are answered by: MRS ELWYN REED , driving school instructor and proprietor; COURTENAY EDWARDS , motoring correspondent. Sunday Telegraph; JOHN MILES, manager, High Performance Course; ROBIN RICHARDS , commentator and broadcaster. Chairman NEVILLE POWLEY
Recorded in the Victoria Hall Producer JIM PESTRIDGE at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Elwyn Reed
Unknown:
Courtenay Edwards
Unknown:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Neville Powley
Producer:
Jim Pestridge

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:
Sir George Porter , FRS, Nobel prizewinner for chemistry and Director. Royal Institution
Juliet Mitchell , author of Woman's Estate and a specialist on English literature
Professor Roy Shaw , adult educationist, student of the mass media and arts enthusiast.
[number removed](16 lines) will take calls from 11.0 am onward. Or send your question to Whatever You Think, Room 4066, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
12.55Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Sir George Porter
Unknown:
Juliet Mitchell
Unknown:
Professor Roy Shaw

New Grub Street by GEORGE GISSING adapted for radio in three parts by GABRIEL WOOLF with Robert Powell and David Collings 3: Rewards
BIFFEN: What right have we to make ourselves and others miserable for the sake of an obstinate idealism? It is our duty to make the best of circumstances.
With DAVID GOODERSON
JOHN ROWE , DAVID VALLA Producer JANE GRAHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gissing
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Robert Powell
Unknown:
David Collings
Unknown:
David Gooderson
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
David Valla
Producer:
Jane Graham
Edwin Reardon:
David Collings
Biffen:
Hugh Dickson
Amy:
Caroline John
Maud:
Kate Binchy
Jasper Milvain:
Robert Powell
Whelpdale:
Michael Graham Cox
Dora:
Joanna David
Marian:
Valerie Sarruf
Alfred Yule:
John Bryans
Mrs Yule:
Katherine Parr

A series of four programmes 3: The Swedish Match King by PETER COHEN
Ivar Kreuger , son of a Kalmar baker , rapidly became the capitalist's capitalist. understanding the nature of credit as few before or after him. His financial empire, one of the greatest in the modern world. was achieved by fraud on a gigantic scale, and his suicide in the middle of perhaps his greatest deal made the financial world tremble. Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cohen
Unknown:
Ivar Kreuger
Unknown:
Kalmar Baker
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

Edgar LustRarten reconstructs six of the must famous murder trials of this century ' 3: The Wigwam Girl
' With branches and leaves and twigs and capes and blankets, he constructed primitive shacks and shelters. Wigwams they were really - wigwams that have given this case its lasting name.'
Producer ROGER PINE

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Lustrarten

The Picnic Pest
Wasps get in the jam. wasps damage fruit-crops and flowers and sting the unwary. Wasps seem to be everywhere at holiday-time - but what else do we know about them?
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (from Bristol. Repeated: Wed, 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
' Blindcraft ': GEORGE MILLER reports on a visit to the Royal Glasgow Workshops for the Blind.
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKBALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

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

Jean Metcalfe introduces a Bank Holiday anthology with readings by TOM FLEMING ANGELA BADDELEY and NOEL ILIFF and extracts from recordings by SIR JOHN BETJEMAN
JOYCE GRENFELL , DYLAN THOMAS STANLEY HOLLOWAY
PRUNELLA SCALES
MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN
Readings from The Wind in the Willows Kenneth. Grahame , Victoria RI Elizabeth Longford , The Cool Web Robert Graves , Summer Christina Rossetti. Hotel Piece Herbert Farjeon , Travels with a Donkey R. L. Stevenson.
Producer ELIZABETH SMITH
(Repeated: Monday, 2.15 pm)

Contributors

Introduces:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Tom Fleming
Unknown:
Angela Baddeley
Unknown:
Noel Iliff
Unknown:
Sir John Betjeman
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
Stanley Holloway
Unknown:
Prunella Scales
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
Kenneth. Grahame
Unknown:
Victoria Ri Elizabeth Longford
Unknown:
Robert Graves
Unknown:
Christina Rossetti.
Unknown:
Herbert Farjeon
Unknown:
R. L. Stevenson.
Producer:
Elizabeth Smith

A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker also featuring TERENCE BRADY and PAULINE YATES with GORDON LANGFORD at the piano and DICK ABELL (guitar)
The lines are contributed by: CHRIS ALLEN. PETER CAMPBELL
TED CLAYTON and PATRICK ENNIS
JOHN GRAHAM , ROY LOMAX
DONALD MONAT and JUNE DIXON FRANK A. TERRY and HAROLD ARPTHORP
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON (Repeated: Friday, 11.15 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Terence Brady
Unknown:
Pauline Yates
Unknown:
Gordon Langford
Guitar:
Dick Abell
Unknown:
Chris Allen.
Unknown:
Peter Campbell
Unknown:
Ted Clayton
Unknown:
Patrick Ennis
Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Roy Lomax
Unknown:
Donald Monat
Unknown:
June Dixon
Unknown:
Frank A. Terry
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson

The last of four programmes of ' gospel mission ' music, old and new.
4: A century of Salvation Army Music 1870-1970
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

ALDO CICCOLINI (piano) gramophone records
Faurf Suite: Masques et Bergamasques conducted by SERGE BAUDO
8.17* Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 1, in D conducted by SERGE BAUDO
8.46* Dukas Scherzo: The Sorcerer's Apprentice conducted by JEAN-PIERRE JACQUILLAT

Contributors

Piano:
Aldo Ciccolini
Conducted By:
Serge Baudo
Conducted By:
Serge Baudo
Conducted By:
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat

'Pilotless aircraft' ' flying bomb,' ' buzz bomb,' ' doodle-bug ' ... whatever you called it. you will never forget the sound it made. or the havoc it caused, if you were living anywhere near London in the weary wartime summer of 1944. A second chance to listen to a shortened version of the programme first broadcast on 13 June this year.
Narrator David Mahlowe
. Readers JOHN BLAIN
RONALD HARVI. PAUL WEBSTER
Written by NORMAN LONGMATE Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON

Contributors

Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Readers:
John Blain
Readers:
Ronald Harvi.
Readers:
Paul Webster
Written By:
Norman Longmate
Producer:
Stanley Williamson

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