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from Rugby Baptist Church conducted by the Minister, REV R. G. S. HARVEY
Hymns ( BHB): We praise, we worship thee, 0 God (33); God hath spoken by his prophets
(247); Breathe on me, breath of God (592)
Readings (NEB): John 15, vv 1-8: Galatians 5. vv 22-24 and 6, vv 1, 2 and 7-9 Organist GORDON LOWE

Contributors

Organist:
Gordon Lowe

SEAN CONNERY appeals on behalf of the Royal British Legion which exists to help all ex-servicemen and women and their dependants who are in need.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Sean Connery, Royal British Legion, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Connery
Unknown:
Sean Con

Focus on Safety
The Fifth International Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles
ARTHUR PHILLIPS presents views and interviews from the lectures and exhibitions held in London and reported by JOHN TOOGOOD and RICHARD HUDSON -EVANS
Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Phillips
Reported By:
John Toogood
Reported By:
Richard Hudson

The Old Ones by ARNOLD WESKER
A shortened version of the stage play which presents glimpses into the lives of a Jewish family. with Yvonne Mitchell and Sydney Tafler
' I had a bit of an education and I can read and I like writing, so have a diary. It pas.ses the time.'
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
(Andrew Sachs is in ' Habeas Corpus ' at the Lyric Theatre)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Wesker
Unknown:
Yvonne Mitchell
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Sarah:
Yvonne Mitchell
Jack:
Vernon Joyner
Emmanuel:
Sydney Tafler
Gerda:
Kathleen Michael
Boomy:
George Pravda
Rosa:
Eva Haddon
Martin:
Andrew Sachs
Teressa:
Wanda Rotha
Rudi:
Martin Friend
Millie:
Irene Prador
Youths:
David Timson
Youths:
Andrew Sachs

Roadside Reserves
For every acre of Nature Reserve in Britain we have two acres of roadside verge - a vast potential sanctuary for our wild flowers.
FRANK PERRING is our guide on this Radio Nature Trail along some of the roadsides in the County of Cambridge.
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) (Repeated: Wednesday, 9.5 am. Wildlife: Monday, 10.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Perring
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Any Fool can Teach Another: OLIVE CORDEN has some suggestions for self-help in learning braille.
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Editor THENA HESHEL
In Touch, 60p, from bookshops

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Editor:
Thena Heshel

I am stuck in a university course which does not satisfy me and leads me nowhere specific.
One of the problems to be discussed in the studio by DR WENDY GREENGROSS , DR JAMES HEMMING and MARGARET KORVING Chairman Jean Metcalfe Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
(Repeated: Thursday, 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Wendy Greengross
Unknown:
Dr James Hemming
Unknown:
Jean Metcalfe
Producer:
Susan Snailum

London v Scotland (Round 2) London:
Anthony Quinton (chairman) with Irene Thomas
Professor John Mays who endeavour to find -a link between something which cries all the time, though fortunate to be aloft, and the tiddly bit at the end of many letters. Scotland:
Jack Longland (chairman) with Robin Duff
William Carrocher who discover a vehicular connection between an arsonist of the 1930s and a Dutch liqueur. Producer TREVOR HILL
(Repeated: Wednesday, 9.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Professor John Mays
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Robin Duff
Unknown:
William Carrocher

Adapted in eight parts by OLIVIA MANNING from two of ARNOLD BENNETT 'S novels with Graham Armitage as Denry Machin
1: The Card
In which Denry Machin, son of a poor widow in Bursley in the Potteries, earns his name. with ALAN DEVEREUX
GEOFFREY LEESLEY. ERIC BALL and RALPH LAWTON. Producer
ANTHONY CORNISH (Birmingham) (Repeated: Tuesday, 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Olivia Manning
Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Unknown:
Alan Devereux
Unknown:
Geoffrey Leesley.
Unknown:
Ralph Lawton.
Unknown:
Anthony Cornish
Mrs Machin:
Kathleen Helme
Countess of Chell:
Ursula O'Leary
Nellie:
Heather Barrett
Mrs Codleyn:
Joyce Latham
Etches/Calvert:
John Baddeley
Widow Hullins:
Betty Mallett
Mrs Emery:
Joan Anstey
Duncalf/Club secretary:
George Woolley
Shillitoe/Fearns:
Simon Carter

with Micheal Mac Liammóir
Michael Kelly 's Reminiscences were published in 1826. They provide a series of vivid and entertaining portraits of some of the celebrities Kelly met during a long and- exciting career in the musical theatre. In this radio adaptation the distinguished Irish actor Micheal Mac Liammoir adds Michael Kelly to the list of Irishmen he has acted in the theatre, most famously Oscar Wilde in the one-man show The Importance of Being Oscar.
Narrator FRANK DUNCAN Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kelly
Unknown:
Micheal Mac Liammoir
Unknown:
Michael Kelly
Narrator:
Frank Duncan
Producer:
Alan Haydock

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