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from Duckpool Road Baptist Church, Newport, Gwent
Conducted by the Minister REV COLIN G. LEWIS
Hymns (BHB): Now thank we all our God (18, Nun Danket); Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (43, Mannheim); We bless thee for thy peace, 0 God (489, Belmont); A sovereign protector I have (570, Trewen)
Reading: Philippians 4, vv 4-13 Organist F. . RODWAY
Conductor AVRIL LEWIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin G. Lewis
Organist:
F. . Rodway
Conductor:
Avril Lewis

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Tyres Can Kill! : the Staffordshire police explain to DICK MADDOCK , and a tyre specialist gives advice to drivers.
Motor Sport - the Golden Jubilee: by BILL BODDY , the magazine's most famous editor.
One-Way in the Extreme: a 1 caddish ' comment by CARDEW ROBINSON.
Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Dick Maddock
Unknown:
Bill Boddy
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson.
Producer:
John Haslam

A year of Gardeners' Question Time. KEN FORD recalls some of the places visited, and some of the questions asked during the past year, with FRED LOADS BILL SOWERBUTTS , ALAN GEMMELL Producer KENNETH FORD
(Repeated: Tuesday 4.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Loads
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

John Gielgud and Alan Bennett in Forty Years On by ALAN BENNETT adapted for radio by ALAN BENNETT , RICHARD WORTLEY with Dorothy Reynolds
Nora Nicholson , Paul Eddington The Headmaster of Albion House finds himself reluctantly in a ' progressive ' end-of-term play devised by his Imminent successor, Mr Franklin. The West End cast reappear in this brilliant comedy.
Other parts NIGEL ANTHONY STEPHEN BONE. ADRIAN HALL
NIGEL RATHBONE , CLIVE SWIFT Radio voice alvar i.ioell
Musical settings by CARL DAVIS
Accompanied songs sung by boys Of CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL
Producer RICHARD wortley Very funny, curiously touching, achingly accurate in the eccentricities of dialogue and character. (guardian)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gielgud
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Richard Wortley
Unknown:
Dorothy Reynolds
Unknown:
Nora Nicholson
Unknown:
Paul Eddington
Unknown:
Mr Franklin.
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Adrian Hall
Unknown:
Nigel Rathbone
Unknown:
Carl Davis
Headmaster:
John Gielgud
Matron:
Dorothy Reynolds
Tempest:
Alan Bennett
Franklin:
Paul Eddington
Miss Nisbitt:
Nora Nicholson
Headboy:
Sam Dastor

by THOMAS MANN translated by H. LOWE-PORTER abridged and read in eight instalments by Gabriel Woolf 8: When the House is Finished Now only Tony Buddenbrook , formerly Frau Permaneder , formerly Frau Grunlich , is left to dwell on past glories and opportunities long lost. Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Translated By:
H. Lowe-Porter
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Tony Buddenbrook
Unknown:
Frau Permaneder
Unknown:
Frau Grunlich
Producer:
John Cardy

From the Bottom to the Top
Lots of animals and plants can only survive by remaining at exactly the right level on the tidal beach, as JOHN BARRETT shows in today's Radio Nature Trail.
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol) (Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barrett
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Some More American Comedians A sequel to last year's Celebration programme, ' The American Comedians' in which BARRY TOOK plays a further selection of some of the United States's funniest comedians: GROUCHO MARX , W. C. FIELDS
GEORGE BURNS and GRACIE ALLEN FLIP WILSON , BILL COSBY
JIMMY DURANTE , TOM LEHRER DON ADAMS
MIKE NICHOLS and ELAINE MAY
WOODY ALLEN
CARL REINER and MEL BROOKS Written by BAR.RY TOOK
Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Tuesday 11.5 am)
5.55 Weather, programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Groucho Marx
Unknown:
George Burns
Unknown:
Gracie Allen
Unknown:
Flip Wilson
Unknown:
Bill Cosby
Unknown:
Jimmy Durante
Unknown:
Tom Lehrer
Unknown:
Don Adams
Unknown:
Mike Nichols
Unknown:
Woody Allen
Unknown:
Carl Reiner
Unknown:
Mel Brooks
Producer:
Martin Fisher

London v Scotland (Round 3) London:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas
Professor John B. Mays who see the light when equating the story of Red Riding Ho-.-J with a saurian reptile and a chessman. Scotland:
Jack Longland (Chairman) with Robin Duff
William Carrocher who, in a literary manner, flush four birds from their covers. 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

BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by BRYOEN THOMSON
Mozart Overture: The Seraglio
8.7* George Butterworth Rhap sody: A Shropshire Lad
8.19* Sibelius Symphony No 1

Contributors

Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Bryoen Thomson
Unknown:
George Butterworth Rhap

ALEXANDER CORDELL 'S best-selling novel dramatised for radio in four parts by ELAINE MORGAN with Ray"Smith, Sion Probert Christine Pritchard Margaret John
2: First Love. The Mortymers:
Producer LORRAINE DAVIES
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Cordell
Unknown:
Elaine Morgan
Dad:
Ray Smith
Mam:
Margaret John
MorfydD:
Christine Pritchard
Edwina:
Carole Hopkin
lestyn:
Siôn Probert
Jethro:
Huw Owen
Mari Dirion:
Marged Esli
Tomos Traherne:
Dtllwyn Owen
Idris Foreman:
Frank Lincoln
Datydd Phillips:
John Ogwen
Richard Bennett:
Malcolm Seymour
Owen Howells:
Bryn Williams
BIgRhys:
Ray Hancy
Moesen:
John Prior

Six programmes on the impact of white civilisation on native cultures.
The Conquest of Central America. Written by Michael Foss
And the envoy asked Montezuma for gold to give the Captain of the Spaniards, for Cortez had demanded it saying, 'Send me some of it, because I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.'
With the voices of Nigel Graham, Stephen Thorne, Michael Shannon, Denis McCarthy, Peter Williams, Alan Dudley, Malcolm Hayes, Peter Woodthorpe, Trader Faulkner
An extract from this programme in The Listener dated 14 August

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Foss
Voices:
Nigel Graham
Voices:
Stephen Thorne
Voices:
Michael Shannon
Voices:
Denis McCarthy
Voices:
Peter Williams
Voices:
Alan Dudley
Voices:
Malcolm Hayes
Voices:
Peter Woodthorpe
Voices:
Trader Faulkner
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

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