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The second of four broadcasts during Lent on the theme of Reconciliation.
2: Between the Churches from the Turner Sims Hall , Southampton University
Preacher CANON PETER COLEMAN , assisted by REV PAUL KING and students of the University
Hymns: Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey): Jesus, good above all other (Quern pastores); May the grace of Christ (Waltham) Anthem: I am the Resurrection and the Life (Gibbons, compieted by David Brown )
Readings (NEB): Genesis 11. vv 1-9: Acts 2. vv 1-17, 22-24, 37-39; 1 Corinthians 12, vv 12-21. 26-23
SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY madrigal CHOIR directed by DAVID BROWN
Organist ROBIN BOWMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Turner Sims Hall
Unknown:
Canon Peter Coleman
Unknown:
Paul King
Unknown:
David Brown
Directed By:
David Brown
Organist:
Robin Bowman

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Introduced by jim PESTRIDGE
Motoring on a Shoestring: dick TRACEY investigates the dangers of skimping on the vital items. National Council for Vehicle Servicing and Repair: MICHAEL KEMP interviews the director.
Night Driving Test: by PHIL DRACKETT of the RAC.
Bumper Crop: by CLIVE JACOBS. Producer RAY ABBOTT at 11. 43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Unknown:
Phil Drackett
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs.
Producer:
Ray Abbott

Jonas: a new radio play by J. c. W. BROOK
An ouija board is something like a gilded cage ... A spirit can be happy there - providing it is released in time by the mystic who summoned it forth. That mystic was now slain.
Producer IAN COTTERELL .

Contributors

Producer:
Ian Cotterell
Max Brown:
Julian Holloway
Julie Brown:
Anna Cropper
Hugo Stevens:
John Rye
Pat Stevens:
Prunella States
Mohammet Asif:
David March

Woodland Commuters
How many blue-tits come to your birdtable? In fact, you're probably playing host to dozens, even hundreds, of these delightful little birds.
A look at the ' other life ' of various species of tits - in the woodland. not in our gardens. Introduced by GWYN RICHARDS Producer DILYS BREESE
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gwyn Richards
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A cycle of 12 plays on The Life of Jesus Christ by Dorothy L. Sayers.
A new version adapted for stereo and produced by Raymond Raikes with music specially composed by Roberto Gerhard played by the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rae Jenkins

Dorothy Sayers discussed in The Book Programme: Tues 8.35 BBC2

Contributors

Writer:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Adapted by/Producer:
Raymond Raikes
Music composed by:
Roberto Gerhard
Musicians:
The English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
The Evangelist (John Bar-Zebedee):
Gabriel Woolf
A Secretary:
John Baker
Caiaphas:
Heron Carvic
Captain Elihu:
Keith Alexander
Judas Iscariot:
Alan Wheatley
Matthew:
Nigel Stock
Joseph, kinsman to Jesus:
Haydn Jones
Simeon, kinsman to Jesus:
Wilfrid Carter
Jesus:
John Westbrook
Rebecca:
Janet Burnell
Claudia Procula, wife to Pontius Pilate:
Mary Law
Eunice:
Elizabeth Morgan
Simon Peter:
Stephen Jack
James Bar-Zebedee:
John Glen
Annas:
Edward Atienza
Nicodemus:
John Wyse
Shadrach:
Malcolm Hayes
Simon the Pharisee:
Howieson Culff
Baruch the Zealot:
Francis de Wolff

GILLIAN KNIGHT (mezzo-soprano) TERENCE SHARPE (baritone) BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Introduced by BRYAN MARTIN
This programme of operatic
Music to Remember includes excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Pagliaeci, Orfeo, Don Giovanni and Don Carlos. Producer ANTHONY PHILPOTT
(Gillian Knight broadcasts by permission of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

Contributors

Baritone:
Terence Sharpe
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Introduced By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Unknown:
Don Carlos.
Producer:
Anthony Philpott

A story of Manchester life in the 1830s by MRS ELIZABETH GASKELL adapted for radio in five parts by BERTHA LONSDALE with June Barry. Wilfred Pickles and Geoffrey Banks
Embittered by poverty and the death of his wife, John Barton has become a fervent trade union man. leaving his daughter Mary to cope with household matters, her job in a dressmaking shop - and two ardent admirers. Part 2
Music composed by RAY STEADMAN-ALLEN
Producer TREVOR HILL (Manchester)
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell
Unknown:
Bertha Lonsdale
Unknown:
June Barry.
Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
John Barton
Composed By:
Ray Steadman-Allen
Mrs Gaskell:
Marah Stohl
Mary Barton:
June Barry
Jane Wilson:
Rosalie Williams
Jem, her son:
Alan Rothwell
Aunt Alice:
Elizabeth MacKenzie
Margaret Jennings:
Vida Paterson
Job Legh, Margaret's grandfather:
Wilfred Pickles
Salty Leadbitter:
Marah Stohl
Harry Carson:
Brian Trueman
Aunt Esther:
Paula Tilbrook
Policeman:
Peter Bell

with Jill Balcon as Madame de la Tour du Pin
Narrator Martin Jarvis

In her vivid and entertaining memoirs Madame de la Tour du Pin looked back on a long and adventurous life. As a young bride she had been the Queen's lady-in-waiting. During the French Revolution she had fled into exile to America. On her return to Europe she had become a friend and confidante of Napoleon's Empress Josephine.
The memoirs adapted by Peggy Branford from the translation by Felice Harcourt

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Narrator:
Martin Jarvis
Adapted By:
Peggy Branford
Translation By:
Felice Harcourt
Producer:
Alan Haydock

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