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The last of four broadcasts during Lent on the theme of Reconciliation
4: Within the Nation from St Mary's Church, Melmount, Strabane, Co Tyrone. Preacher DR EDWARD DALY , Bishop of Derry. Celebrant FR PATRICK DILLON
Readings: Ephesians 5, vv 8-14; John 9, vv 1-17
Music: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; Psalm 23: All that I am; Ave Verum (Mozart); Let there be peace Organist FR JOHN DOHERTY
Choirmaster SEAMUS O'KELLY

Contributors

Unknown:
Co Tyrone.
Unknown:
Dr Edward Daly
Unknown:
Fr Patrick Dillon
Organist:
Fr John Doherty
Choirmaster:
Seamus O'Kelly

The Company of Veteran Motorists: who are they and what do they do? ARTHUR PHILLIPS investigates.
Springtime Service: some advice from LAURIE SULTAN.
Dogs and Cars: will they mix? JOHN MILES and CHIEF INSP D. CHURCHMAN have the answers,
New Car Review: by STUART BLADON of Autocar.
Producer GEOFFREY DOBSON at 11. 43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Phillips
Unknown:
Laurie Sultan.
Review By:
Stuart Bladon
Producer:
Geoffrey Dobson

Presenter Derek Cooper
A Hole in the Ground - or heat for free? KEVIN D'ARCY visits a house in New York State warmed to 70 degrees F by a 300-ft pipe in the ground.
12.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Kevin D'Arcy

Daphne Laureola by JAMES BRIDIE : adapted and produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
Margaretta Scott as Lady Pitts Robert Harris as Sir Joseph Sandor Eles as Ernest
'I am Apollo. She is Daphne. Apollo wanted Daphne so much that the old man changed her into a laurel tree. But Apollo still rode on his predestined course ...'

Contributors

Unknown:
Daphne Laureola
Unknown:
James Bridie
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Produced By:
Margaretta Scott
Unknown:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Sandor Eles

Over the Wall
Wall pepper, wall pennywort, wall rocket, wall rue: when man wants his neighbours and their animals to keep out. he builds a wall - but he doesn't stop the plants. This month's Radio Nature Trail investigates some of the many plants which prosper in this particularly man-made habitat.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer DILYS BREESE
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Under Your Own Steam: BOB NORRIE , a blind railway enthusiast, takes off on a countrywide tour. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Producer MARLENE PEASE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Norrie
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Marlene Pease

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

8: Royal Progress

Contributors

Writer:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Composed By:
Roberto Gerhard
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
The Evangelist:
(John Bar- Zebedee): Gabriel Woolf
A Zealot:
Michael Kilgarriff
Baruch the Zealot:
Francis de Wolff
Messenger:
John Forrest
Judas Iscariot:
Alan Wheatley
Jesus:
John Westbrook
Proclus, a Roman centurion:
Trevor Martin
James Bar-Zebedee:
John Glen
Matthew:
Nigel Stock
Simon Peter:
Stephen Jack
Andrew Bar-Jonah:
John Boxer
Claudia Procula, wife to Pilate:
Mary Law
Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judaea:
Alec Clunes
Nicodemus:
John Wyse
Shadrach:
Malcolm Hayes
Joseph of Arimathea:
Howieson Culff
A Rich Young Man:
John Forrest
Hezekiah, secretary to Caiaphas:
John Baker
Oaiaphas, High Priest of Israel:
Heron Carvic
Annas, his father-in-law:
Edward Atienza

Boleldieu Overture: The Caliph of Baghdad
NEW PHII.HARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
7.54* Bizet Au fond du temple saint The Pearl Fishers, Act 1) PLACIDO DOMINGO (tenor)
SHERRILL MILNES (baritone) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTON GUADAGNO
8.1* Strauss Symphonic Poem: Don Quixote
ANTONIO JANIGRO (Cello)
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by FRITZ REINER
8.45* Chabrier Fete polonaise (Le roi malgré lui)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
8.55* Prokofiev March, Op 99 MONTE CARLO OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by LOUIS FREMAUX gramophone records
Placido Domingo In Repertory: Wednesday 3.55 pm R3

Contributors

Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Tenor:
Placido Domingo
Baritone:
Sherrill Milnes
Conducted By:
Anton Guadagno
Conducted By:
Fritz Reiner
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Louis Fremaux

A story of Manchester life In the 1830s by MRS ELIZABETH GASKELL adapted for radio in five parts by BERTHA LONSDALE with June Barry and Wilfred Pickles Bad industrial relations were aggravated by Harry Carson and his father - and also by John Barton 's bitterness. Jem Wilson and Harry had a violent encounter about Mary. Later, Harry was shot and Jem is now under close arrest. Part 4
ProducerTREVOR HILL (Manchester)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell
Unknown:
June Barry
Unknown:
Harry Carson
Unknown:
John Barton
Unknown:
Jem Wilson
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Mrs Gaskell/Sally Leadbitter:
Marah Stohl
Mary Barton:
June Barry
Aunt Esther:
Paula Tilbrook
Job Legh:
Wilfred Pickles
Margaret Jennings:
Vida Paterson
Jane Wilson:
Rosalie Williams
A lawyer:
Roger Grainger
Mrs Jones:
Elizabeth Flanagan
Charley, her son:
Judy Bennett
Tom Bourne:
Peter Ellis
Mr Bridgenorth:
Ronald Herdman
Boatman Sturgis:
Herbert Smith
Mrs Sturgis:
Norma Wilson

read a selection of their favourite poems: their choice includes poems by Wordsworth. Sylvia Plath. John Keats , Robert Browning. Edward Thomas , D. H. Lawrence , Thorn Gunn , Philip Larkin , T. S. Eliot. Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Wordsworth. Sylvia Plath.
Unknown:
John Keats
Unknown:
Robert Browning.
Unknown:
Edward Thomas
Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Unknown:
Thorn Gunn
Unknown:
Philip Larkin
Unknown:
T. S. Eliot.
Producer:
Christopher Venning

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