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from the United Reformed Church, Hatfield Heath , nr Bishop's Stortford. Herts conducted by REV FRANK A. MEAD Preacher REV RONALD E. TAYLOR Readings: Psalm 90 (version by Alan Dale ); Matthew 16, vv 13-27 (NEB)
Hymns (from Congregational Praise): 0 praise ye the Lord! (25); Fill thou my life (22); Lead us, heavenly Father (507); God of grace (563); Eternal God, whose changeless will (255) Organist and Choirmaster RUTH WOOLLETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Hatfield Heath
Unknown:
Frank A. Mead
Unknown:
Ronald E. Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Dale
Choirmaster:
Ruth Woollett

JOHNNY MORRIS on behalf of St Christopher's School, Bristol, which provides special care and tuition for 180 mentally handicapped children from all over the United Kingdom.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
Johnny Mornis.

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Electric Cars: the latest developments by the Electricity Council tested and discussed.
The Petrol Pump: the problems of garages discussed with the petrol suppliers.
Continental Motoring: a report by STUART BLADON of Autocar.
Bumper Crop: the latest motoring news with CLIVE JACOBS. Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs.
Producer:
John Haslam

visits Hertfordshire
Members of the Cheshunt Horticultural Society put their questions to FRED LOADS
BILL SOWERBUTTS. ALAN GEMMELL Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD
(Repeated: Tuesday 4.5 pm)

Contributors

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

Tom Tytham by PETER RUSSELL with Christopher Good
Emily Richard , Diana Bishop and Gerald Flood
At the end of Peter Russell 's earlier play, Master Sunshine, Tom Tytham , son of the local squire, left his village to serve in the 1914-18 war. Now the war is over and Tom returns to his village and his family to find that life has changed, and Sybil, the girl he loved, has changed too.
Producer BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Tytham
Unknown:
Peter Russell
Unknown:
Christopher Good
Unknown:
Emily Richard
Unknown:
Diana Bishop
Unknown:
Peter Russell
Unknown:
Tom Tytham
Producer:
Betty Davies

by THOMAS MANN translated by H. LOWE-PORTER abridged and read in eight instalments by Gabriel Woolf 2: The House by the Sea
In which Fraulein Tony Bud denbrook spends an idyllic summer in Travemunde. meets young Morten Schwarzkopf , and makes a momentous decision about Herr Griinlich. Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Translated By:
H. Lowe-Porter
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Fraulein Tony Bud
Unknown:
Morten Schwarzkopf
Unknown:
Herr Griinlich.
Producer:
John Cardy

The Amazing Mollusc
What a curious animal: it has only, one foot but 15.000 teeth. It has blue blood - and yet it's very common. Each individual is both male and female and they were formerly used to make cough mixture. What is it? Why, the ordinary garden snail.
Introduced by GWYN Richards
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) (Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am) Snail trail: page 8

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gwyn Richards
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKBALL
One of the many functions commemorating the Louis Braille Memorial Year is the E. W. Austin Memorial Reading Competition, organised by the National Library for the Blind: PETER WHITE reports. Producer MARLENE PEASE

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Scott
Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Marlene Pease

The Double Acts
GEORGE LAYTON takes a young man's look at some of the great partnerships in entertainment, including MARTIN AND LEWIS. FLANAGAN AND ALLEN, ELSIE AND DORIS WATERS, RAWICZ AND LANDAUER, THE WESTERN BROTHERS. JEWEL AND WARRISS and MORECAMBE AND WISE.
Written by MARTYN PEDRICK. Producer ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON (Repeated: Tuesday 11.5 am) The two of us ...: page 4
(The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show: Thursday 12.27 pm)
5.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
George Layton
Written By:
Martyn Pedrick.
Unknown:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Unknown:
Eric Morecambe
Unknown:
Ernie Wise

Terry Wogan invites personalities from the world of literature, showbusiness. sport, and other fields, to join him in conversation.
This week: Janet Barkas
Bill Gibb and Terence Hands Producer JOCK GALLAGHER (Birmingham)

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
Janet Barkas
Unknown:
Bill Gibb

London v Wales (Round 2) London:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas
Professor John B. Mays who discover the father of the little boy and the fat man and the part which Enola Gay played in the tragic affair. Wales:
Jack Longland (Chairman) with Dr Mostyn Lewis. Fred Nicholls who relate a Hebrew girl with another young lady renowned for her part in dispensing afternoon refreshment, in quite a chemical way.
Producer TREVOR HILL
(R.ptd: Wednesday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Professor John B. Mays
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Dr Mostyn Lewis.
Unknown:
Fred Nicholls
Producer:
Trevor Hill

A certain bloke went down from Ashington to Blythe ... Sir Bernard Miles introduces some of the winning entries from a nationwide competition in which children re-told familiar Gospel stories and events in their local dialects. Producer DAVID WINTER Lost boundaries: page 4

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir Bernard Miles

by STENDHAL, translated and adapted for radio in six parts by BARBARA BRAY with Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Michael Williams. Noel Johnson 6: In Conclusion
Producer NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Bray
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Michael Williams.
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Producer:
Norman Wright
Narrator:
Godfrey Kenton
Gina:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Fabrice:
Michael Williams
Count Mosca:
Noël Johnson
Abbe Blanes:
Carleton Hobbs
Clelia Conti:
Carole Boyd
Prince Ernest:
Michael Deacon
Signora Marini:
Madl Hedd
Anetta:
Madeleine Cemm
Signor Gonzo:
Peter Williams
Cook:
Gladys Spencer
Generail Fontana:
Clifford Norgats

The general maid and the between-maid carried on their shoulders, up till the Second World War, the basic burden of middle-class comfort.
Speakers: Lilian Gorman, Edith Askew, Alice Cox, Mrs Fuller, Alice Cairns, Phyllis Waterman, Mrs Cox, Effie Bedwell, Marjorie Todd, Mrs Lockwood, Miss McVickers, Rose Sylvester, Mrs C.B. Costello, Mary Bayman
Presented by Leslie Smith
Field recordings by John Merson
Composed and produced by Michael Mason

Contributors

Interviewee:
Lilian Gorman
Interviewee:
Edith Askew.
Interviewee:
Alice Cox
Interviewee:
Mrs Fuller
Interviewee:
Alice Cairns
Interviewee:
Phyllis Waterman
Interviewee:
Mrs Cox
Interviewee:
Effie Bedwell.
Interviewee:
Marjorie Todd
Interviewee:
Mrs Lockwood
Interviewee:
Miss McVickers
Interviewee:
Rose Sylvester
Interviewee:
Mrs C.B. Costello
Interviewee:
Mary Bayman
Presented by:
Leslie Smith
Field recordings:
John Merson
Composed and produced by:
Michael Mason

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