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from Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church
Last of four Lenten broadcasts on Great Words of the Gospel 4: Bread conductor and preacher REV DR BERNARD JONES
Hymns (MHB): Now thank we all our God ilO); Break thou the bread of life (309); Guide me. 0 thou great Jehovah (615) Hymns and Songs: Jesus the Lord said, ' I am the bread'
Readings: Deuteronomy 8. vv 2-3, 5-6: John 6, vv 22-27, 30-35 Organist GORDON JOHNSON
Choirmaster MRS VALERIE BROOK

Contributors

Unknown:
Cheadle Hulme
Organist:
Gordon Johnson
Choirmaster:
Mrs Valerie Brook

Introduced by Jim Pestridge

Motoring Book Review: Eric Tobitt and Pat Gregory.

How to Deal with the Garage: a woman's point of view by Tina Chapman-Lanfranchi.

Bumper Crop: a comment on current motoring news by Clive Jacobs.

at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Pat Gregory.
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs.
Producer:
John Haslam

A verse drama by Conor Farrington

With Kevin Flood as John Philpot Curran

When he led the 1803 rising In Dublin, Robert Emmet was in love with Sarah Curran. This play tells of Sarah's family at that time and the outcome of Emmet's failure.

Contributors

Writer:
Conor Farrington
Producer:
Michael Heffernan
John Philpot Curran:
Kevin Flood
Alexander Marsden:
Denys Hawthorne
Amelia Curran:
Roisin Donaghy
Sarah Curran:
Bairbre Dowling
Robert Emmet:
Brian Munn
Major Sirr:
Maurice O'Callaghan
Leonard McNally:
Kevin McHugh
George Dunn:
Harold Goldblatt

A visit to Shetland
While the oil-men move in to exploit Shetland's new wealth. The Living World visits some of the other natural assets of these beautiful islands.
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DFLYS BREESE < Bristol) (Repeated: Wednesday. 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dflys Breese

Since an uncle died suddenly of a heart attack, our five-year-old is terrified of death: how can we comfort her?
I am living with a man who has left his wife after 18 years. His only regret is the upset to his children: how can I help him come to terms with this?

Two of the problems to be discussed by Dr Wendy Greengross, Dr James Hemming and Norman Ingram-Smith.
Chairman Jean Metcalfe
(Repeated: Thursday, 11.5 am)
Gentle on her mind: page 4

Contributors

Chairman:
Jean Metcalfe
Panellist:
Dr Wendy Greengross
Panellist:
Dr James Hemming
Panellist:
Norman Ingram-Smith
Producer:
Thena Heshel

by Dorothy L. Sayers: adapted in eight episodes by Peter Jones and Tania Lieven
Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter and Peter Jones as Bunter
with James Villiers as the Duke of Denver

Contributors

Author:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Adapted by:
Peter Jones
Adapted by:
Tania Lieven
Producer:
Simon Brett
Lord Peter:
Ian Carmichael
Bunter:
Peter Jones
The Duke of Denver:
James Villiers
Lady Mary Wimsey:
Maria Aitken
Insp Parker:
Gabriel Woolf
Sir Impey Biggs:
Brian Oulton
Murbles:
Malcolm Hayes
Mrs Grimethorpe:
Elizabeth Proud
Freddy Arbuthnot:
Nigel Lambert
Simone:
Bridget McConnel
Mme Brigette:
Jo Manning Wilson
Benson:
John Forrest
Sugg:
John Bull

LINDA ESTHER GRAY (soprano) Geoffrey CHARD (baritone) BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR leavins conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
This operatic ' Music to Remember: includes excerpts from Der Freischiitz. The Damnation of Faust, Rustan and Ludmilla. La Traviata and Die Meistersinger.
Introduced by ROY WILLIAMSON Producer ANTONY ASKEW
(Geoffrey Chard broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)

Contributors

Soprano:
Linda Esther Gray
Soprano:
Geoffrey Chard
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Introduced By:
Roy Williamson
Producer:
Antony Askew

by CHARLES DICKENS: adapted and produced in 13 episodes by CHARLES LEFEAUX 13:Agnes
(Repeated: Friday, 11.5 am)

Contributors

David Copperfield:
John Plllen
Betsey Trotwood:
Sylvia Coleridge
Wilkins Micawber:
David March
Mrs Micawber:
Sheila Grant
Mr Peggotty:
Edward Kelsey
Tommy Traddles:
David Timson
Sophy:
Bonnie Hurren
Mr Chillip:
Rolf Lefebvre
Agnes Wickfield:
Diana Olsson
Mr Wickfield:
Godfrey Kenton

5: Scotland: Oil Rush or Planned Prosperity?
The last of five programmes on the conservation of energy. Introduced by MALCOLM MACEWEN Is the extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea being planned for long-term prosperity, including the prosperity of the Scottish people who might be immediately affected? Or will the boom leave behind a legacy of broken communities. spoiled environment and debilitated local industry? Are we going too fast for safety? Speakers include:
ANDREW currie , Nature Conservancy: CHARLES MACRAE. Secretary, West Ross Action Group; Roderick mackerlicr, postman and crofter: donald Morrison , shepherd at Fearn; IAN NOBLE. businessmanr Isle of Ornsay; JOHN c. ROBERTSON , chairman, Finance and Housing Committee. Ross and Cromarty County Council: REV ROBERT SLOAN , Church of Scotland. Invergordon: and Rt H«B Eric Varley , mp. Secretary of State for Energy.
Producer LEONIE COHN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Malcolm MacEwen
Unknown:
Andrew Currie
Unknown:
Charles MacRae.
Unknown:
Donald Morrison
Unknown:
John C. Robertson
Unknown:
Robert Sloan
Unknown:
Eric Varley
Producer:
Leonie Cohn

Arthur Askey looks back over his years as an entertainer. This week he recalls:
' MON SEWER ' EDDIE GRAY and RICHARD MURDOCH. GEORGE FORMBY I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again with JOHN CLEESE and JO KENDALL MAX MILLER and the BEVERLEY SISTERS
ANNA RUSSELL. GWEN CATLEY
LESLIE CROWTHER. RONNIE BARKER and JUNE WHITFIELD. Producer ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Big-hearted Arthur: cover story, pages 68-71

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Askey
Unknown:
Eddie Gray
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch.
Unknown:
George Formby
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Max Miller
Unknown:
Anna Russell.
Unknown:
Gwen Catley
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther.
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Producer:
Alastair Scott Johnston

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