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Holy Communion (Series 2), from St Mary Redcliffe , Bristol Settings: Merbecke and Harwood in A flat
Readings: Romans 8, vv 18-23 (NEB); Luke 6, vv 36-42 (NEB) Hymns (EH): AM people that on earth (365); 0 king enthroned on high (454); Glorious things of thee are spoken (393); Strengthen for service (329)
Preacher CANON KENNETH CLARKE Celebrant REV IAN HOLDCROFT Organist GARTH BENSON
Choirmaster BRYON ANDERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
St Mary Redcliffe
Unknown:
Canon Kenneth Clarke
Organist:
Garth Benson
Choirmaster:
Bryon Anderson

KENNETH MORE appeals on behalf of the Far East (Prisoners of War and Internees) Fund, which exists to help British men and women who were in Japanese hands from 1941 to 1945, and their dependants.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth More

Presenter Derek Cooper
Goldfish in Your Garden!: JANE FINNIS visits some friends in a newly-established garden and, with the help of JOHN WARREN , they decide how best to design a garden pond and stock it.
12.55Weather, programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Unknown:
John Warren

visits Oxfordshire
Members of the Abingdon Horticultural Society put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD
(Repeated: Tuesday 4.5 pm)
Book. Gardeners' Question Time 3, 40p, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Questionmaster Michael Barratt
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

The Emperor of Ice-cream A novel by BRIAN MOORE dramatised for radio by BILL MORRISON with Stephen Rea Allan McClelland and Michael Duffv
It is 1939 in Belfast and young Gavin Burke decides to break with his family republicanism and do his bit by joining the ARP. He has to learn to cope with new people and a tougher world. The war has seemed remote but the sudden, devastating blitz of Belfast is the test of his new maturity.
Producer MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Northern Ireland)

Contributors

Novel By:
Brian Moore
Unknown:
Bill Morrison
Unknown:
Stephen Rea
Unknown:
Allan McClelland
Unknown:
Michael Duffv
Unknown:
Gavin Burke
Producer:
Michael Heffernan

by THOMAS MANN translated by H. LOWE-PORTER abridged and read in eight instalments by Gabriel Woolf 1: The House in Meng Street Mid-19th century, a thriving German town, and behold the Buddenbrooks living out their substantial lives. In this famous novel Thomas Mann traces through four generations the rise and fall of a family of great merchant princes. Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Translated By:
H. Lowe-Porter
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Producer:
John Cardy

The Green Cathedral
Could there be a hidden world of insects, as yet undiscovered, up in the treetops of the tropical rain-forest? That's the question STEPHEN SUTTON and PETER HUDSON wanted to answer in the course of the Zaire Expedition, but they also found time to rescue a fish eagle, to encounter ferocious army ants, and to go elephant-tracking with pygmies.
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) (Repeated; Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Sutton
Unknown:
Peter Hudson
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Introduced by PETER WHITE
Do - It - Yourself! Round the House. In a new series PETER JONES helps JANE FINNIS tackle some simple indoor jobs which might save you a pound or two. Producer MARLENE PEASE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter White
Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Producer:
Marlene Pease

recalls the career and artistry of one of the greatest conductors of all time:
Arturo Toscanini
Written and presented by GERALD LARNER
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (Repeated: Tuesday 11.5 am)
5.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Arturo Toscanini
Presented By:
Gerald Larner
Producer:
Stanley Williamson

London v Scotland (Round 2) London:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas
Professor John B. Mays who recognise that an example of Scottish horticulture, an overgrown eccentric and a builder of watery suits are on the side of the Sheriff. Scotland:
Jack Longland (Chairman) with Robin Duff
William Carrocher
Having settled themselves comfortably, they add the name of a clergyman guilty of sedition and arrive at the most architecturally-minded of a famous family trio.
Producer TREVOR HILL
(Rptd: Wednesday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Professor John B. Mays
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Robin Duff
Unknown:
William Carrocher
Producer:
Trevor Hill

for Music and Dancing
An anthology in words and music introduced by Tom Fleming
With PETER FIRTH , DELIA PATON ST MARGARETS WESTMINSTER SINGERS, conductor RICHARD HICKOX Organist un WATSON
Producer ANGELA TILBY

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tom Fleming
Unknown:
Peter Firth
Unknown:
Delia Paton
Unknown:
St Margarets
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Producer:
Angela Tilby

by STENDHAL, translated and adapted for radio in six parts by BARBARA BRAY with Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Michael Williams , Noel Johnson 5: Counter Plots
Producer NORMAN WRIGHT
(For cast see Tuesday 3.5 pm) S.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Bray
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Producer:
Norman Wright

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