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Religious news and views presented by CLIVE JACOBS Reporter DOUGLAS BROWN Producer DAVID WINTER
8.50 Programme news
8.55 Weather
Hymn: Come, Holy Ghost

Contributors

Presented By:
Clive Jacobs
Reporter:
Douglas Brown
Producer:
David Winter

for Whit Sunday from the Methodist Church, Sandbach, conducted by REV ARTHUR SHAW , assisted by REV STANLEY WAITE
Readings: John 14, vv 15-21, 25-27; Acts 4, vv 23-35
Hymns (MHB): Father of everlasting grace (730): Away with our fears (278); On all the earth (301); Come down, 0 love divine 1273)
Anthem: God is a Spirit (W. Sterndale Bennett)
Choir director JESSIE ROSSON Organist DEREK JENNINGS

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Shaw
Unknown:
Stanley Waite
Organist:
Jessie Rosson
Organist:
Derek Jennings

BARBARA KELLY appeals on behalf of the Love Walk Hostel for Disabled Women Workers. The Hostel provides a permanent home and employment in its sheltered workroom for physically handicapped women and girls.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Barbara Kelly , [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Kelly
Unknown:
Barbara Kelly

Introduced by jim PESTRIDGE
Widening a Motorway: while viewing the Ml, ERIC TOBITT talks to KEITH ATTFIELD Of New Civil Engineer.
Caravan Racing Championship: by DEREK AGNEW of the Caravan Club.
Caravan and Camping Insurance: by RONALD BEALE.
Bumper Crop: CLIVE JACOBS looks at the motoring news. Producer JOHN HASI. AM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Talks:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
Keith Attfield
Unknown:
Derek Agnew
Unknown:
Ronald Beale.
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Producer:
John Hasi.

by Oscar Wilde
"If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism."

Contributors

Written by:
Oscar Wilde
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Lady Windermere:
Rosalind Shanks
Lord Windermere:
Peter Baldwin
Lord Darlington:
Timothy West
The Duchess of Berwick:
Fabia Drake
Lady Agatha:
Maureen Beck
Lady Plymdale:
Grizelda Hervey
Mrs Erlynne:
Maxine Audley
Lord Augustus:
Godfrey Kenton
Mr Dumby:
John Pullen
Mr Cecil Graham:
John Forrest
Mr Hopper:
Ian Thompson
Parker:
John Wyse

Talking Point
Discussing listeners' queries and comments about wildlife and the countryside.
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) (Repeated: Wednesday, 9.5 am. Wildlife: Monday, 10.5 am)
Questions to Talking Point, The Living World, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Who speaks for the visually handicapped? A report from PETER WHITE on the conference of the Federation of the Blind. Introduced by JANE FINNIS Editor THENA HESHEL
In Touch, 60p, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Introduced By:
Jane Finnis
Editor:
Thena Heshel

How can I ensure that my 17-year-old son, who has a degree of cerebral palsy, will be cared for after my deathr
One of the problems to be discussed in the studio by DR WENDY GREENGROSS , DR JAMES HEMMING and GERALD SANCTUARY Introduced by Jean MetcaUe Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
(Repeated: Thursday, 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Wendy Greengross
Unknown:
Dr James Hemming
Introduced By:
Jean Metcaue
Producer:
Susan Snailum

London v N Ireland 'Round 2) London:
Anthony Quinton (chairman) with Irene Thomas
Professor John Mays who. among the questions In this edition, sharpen their wits on Occam's Razor. Northern Ireland:
Jack Longland (chairman) with Dr Michael Dewar R. Martin McBirney , QC who discover a link between a professor famous for his work on invariant algebra, a person who kept strict time in a tailcoat, and New Year's Eve In Germany.
Producer TREVOR HILL
(Rptd: Wednesday, 9.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Professor John Mays
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Dr Michael Dewar
Unknown:
R. Martin McBirney
Producer:
Trevor Hill

Introduced by colin DORAN JEAN ALLISTER (soprano) BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conductor CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN from the City Hall. Perth
Hamish MacCunn Overture: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
8.15* Elgar Sea Pictures
8.41* Strauss Symphonic Poem: Till Eulenspiegel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Colin Doran
Soprano:
Jean Allister
Conductor:
Hugh Bradley
Conductor:
Christopher Seaman

by HF.NRYK SIENKIEWICZ translated by C J HOGARTH adapted for radio in ten parts by FELIX FELTON , SUSAN ASHMAN with Felix Felton , William Fox Peter Howell , Anthony Jacobs David March .John Ruddock
Hilda Schroder , Ralph Truman and Patrick Barr as Storyteller Nero failed in his scheme to assuage the fury of the Roman people by sacrificing the Christians in the arena, for the Christians died with dignity. almost with joy. Marcus has rejoined Lygia in prison. 10: The Hour of Reckoning
Producer R. D. SMITH (1965) (Repeated: Tuesday, 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nryk Sienkiewicz
Translated By:
C J Hogarth
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Susan Ashman
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
William Fox
Unknown:
Peter Howell
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
John Ruddock
Unknown:
Hilda Schroder
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Producer:
R. D. Smith
MarCUS:
Peter Howell
Nazarus:
Brian Hewlett
PetroniusFELIX:
Fei Ton
Lygia:
Hilda Schroder
ChilO:
Anthony Jacobs
Vestinus:
Derek Birch
GlaUCUS:
Anthony Hall
Paul of Tarsus:
Ralph Truman
Tigellinus:
William Fox
Nero:
David March
Vatinius:
Robert Sansom
Scaevola:
Garard Green
Boy:
Eva Haddon
Mother:
Lynn Carson
Father:
Anthony Sagar
UrSUS:
Michael Kilgarriff
The Apostle Peter:
John Ruddock
LinUS:
Alan Lawrance
Plautilla:
Eva Haddon
Eunice:
Rosalind Shanks
Epaphrodite:
Stephen Thorne
PhaO:
Len Jackson

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