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A weekly programme of religious news and views presented by PAUL BARNES Reporter DOUGLAS BROWN Producer DAVID WINTER
8.20-8.50 medium wave
Apna Hi Ghar Samajhly * Make Yourself at Home
Programme for Asian listeners

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Barnes
Reporter:
Douglas Brown
Producer:
David Winter
Unknown:
Ghar Samajhly

Before the relay of the Service of Remembrance from the Cenotaph GODFREY TALBOT recalls the Battle of El Alamein which he reported as a BBC correspondent 30 years ago, and he describes his visit since then to the war cemetery there in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Contributors

Unknown:
Godfrey Talbot

from
The Cenotaph ll.OTheSilence The Last Post The Laying of Wreaths
A Short Service conducted by THE BISHOP OF LONDON
0 God our help in ages past Prayer; The Lord's Prayer The Blessing; Reveille God Save The Queen
Before the Service the Massed Bands of the Guards Division will play Rule, Britannia, Heart of Oak, The Minstrel Boy, Men of Harlech, Flowers of the Forest, Isle of Beauty, David of the White Rock, Oft in the Stilly Night, The Skye Boat Song, Nimrod, Solemn Melody, and, during the Wreath Laying, Funeral March No 1, in B flat minor (attrib Johann Heinrich Walch )
Scene set by ROBERT HUDSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Heinrich Walch
Unknown:
Robert Hudson

VERA LYNN appeals on behalf of the Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society, which is concerned with the needs of ex-servicemen whose wartime experiences have resulted in mental or nervous breakdown.
Donations, by crossed po or cheque, to: Vera Lynn , Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Vera Lynn

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE Caravanning
Beginners' Information, by HARRY HEYWOOD of Practical Motorist
The National Caravan and Camping Show, by PAT GREGORY Car Security, by DOUGLAS MITCHELL of Popular Motoring Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Harry Heywood
Unknown:
Douglas Mitchell
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:
Kingsley Amis, novelist and poet, whose recreations include music and films
Juliet Mitchell , author of Woman's Estate and a specialist on English Literature
Basil Taylor, art critic and historian
[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 WIA 1AA
12.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Juliet Mitchell

The Same as Everyone Else: HEATHER JONES talks to JUNE ROSE about the possibilities of placing a blind child in an ordinary primary school. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Talks:
Heather Jones
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Thena Heshel

I am a Catholic and will shortly be marrying a Jewish girl. Our families are not very happy about this, but we love one another and that surely is what matters most.
Young people contemplating mixed marriages discuss the implications with DR JAMES HEMMING , DR WENDY GREENGROSS and a Catholic psychiatrist Chairman JEAN METCALFE Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr James Hemming
Unknown:
Dr Wendy Greengross
Unknown:
Jean Metcalfe
Producer:
Thena Heshel

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilys Powell and Frank Mulr challenge Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the chair Jack Longland
(Repeated: Thursday, 12.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Mulr
Unknown:
Anne Scott-James
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

Local residents in the Matson
Youth Centre in Gloucester put their questions recently on religious, moral and social issues to: LADY DICKINSON, voluntary social worker; CANON ERIC EVANS , former youth chaplain of the diocese of Gloucester; and THE REV DR KENNETH GREET. Secretary to the Methodist Conference Chairman GEOFFREY SMITH Producer JACK SINGLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Eric Evans
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Producer:
Jack Singleton

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDREW DAVIS who is also the soloist in the concerto
Dvorak Overture: Carnival
8.11* Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, in A major (K 488)
8.41* Ravel Daphnis and ChloS: Suite No 2
(Given in the Civic Centre, Motherwell, on 27 October)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Ravel Daphnis

by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM adapted as a serial in five parts by HOWARD AGG
4: Threads in the Pattern
Although she had deceived him heartlessly, Philip still nursed a hopeless passion for Mildred Rogers. When, abandoned by her lover, she returned pleading for his help, Philip could not refuse her.
(For cast see Tuesday, 3.0 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Agg
Unknown:
Mildred Rogers.

A monologue for Remembrance Day, adapted from the poems and diary of Edward Thomas, who was killed on Easter Monday 1917 in the Battle of Arras with Ronald Pickup as Edward Thomas and Mary Wimbush as Helen Thomas.
Introduced and compiled by Roger Frith.
The diary on which this programme is based was found in the pocket of Edward Thomas's uniform after he was killed: it has only recently come to light. Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance...
(Ronald Pickup is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Presenter/Compiled by:
Roger Frith
Edward Thomas:
Ronald Pickup
Helen Thomas:
Mary Wimbush
Producer:
Hallam Tennyson

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