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from St Margaret's Church, Olton, Solihull
Conducted by the Vicar, REV NEIL DODDS
Preacher RT REV MARK GREEN, Bishop of Aston
Hymns (A and M Rev): 0 worship the King (167); 0 thou not made with hands (259); 0 for a thousand tongues (196)
Lessons: Genesis 2, vv 4-25; Revelation 21, vv 1-7; Luke 9, vv 1-6. Organist ROLAND KEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Dodds
Organist:
Roland Keen

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Fair Trading: a discussion about the new Code of Practice for the motor trade. Chairman CLIVE JACOBS.
Motorway Madness: BRENDA KIDMAN describes her first experience of fog.
Locked Out!: how effective and unique are car door locks?, asks GEOFFREY HANCOCK.
The Stolen Car: RONALD BEALE explains the insurance position.
Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs.
Unknown:
Brenda Kidman
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock.
Producer:
John Haslam

visits Surrey
Members of the Coulsdon and District Horticultural Society put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETH FORD BBC Manchester
(Repeated; Tuesday 4.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Questionmaster Michael Barratt

The True Lance by IAN RODGER
' My Lord. I won't get into trouble for this, will I ... ? It's been bugging me for months and if I don't tell you, as he said I should, I'll just go out of me mind ... I have been told where to find the Holy Lance— .. I mean I've seen it in my mind's eye, like. When I've been along with this gentleman that calls hisself Saint Andrew. '
Producer TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Rodger
Unknown:
Saint Andrew.
Producer:
Tony Cliff

A magazine edition of this programme about wildlife and the countryside.
Introduced by PETER FRANCE Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter France
Producer:
John Harrison
Producer:
Dilys Breese

A magazine for the visually handicapped
Centre for Independent Living: ANN YEADON describes an American scheme to help elderly blind people. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Thena Heshel

A new quiz game about what famous people said and what Larry Adler. Lynn Barber
Richard Boston and AlanCoren think they ought to have said instead. Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer JOHN LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
Larry Adler.
Unknown:
Lynn Barber
Unknown:
Richard Boston
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher.
Presented By:
Nigel Rees
Producer:
John Lloyd

PATRICIA KERN (mezzo-soprano) JOHN BRECKNOCK (tenor)
DEREK HAMMOND-STROUD (baritone) BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
Disguise is the theme of this operatic Music to Remember, which includes excerpts from Cost fan tutte, The Force of Destiny, Fidelio and The Barber of Seville
Introduced by Bryan Martin
(Part of a concert presented by the BBC in association with The Bedford Society)
(John Brecknock broadcasts by permission of the ENO)

Contributors

Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Introduced By:
Bryan Martin
Unknown:
John Brecknock

by THOMAS HARDY dramatised for radio in six parts by DESMOND HAWKINS with Susan Penhaligon as Eustacia Vye Patrick Mower as Diggory Venn
Alan Moore as Wildeve Susan Bovell as Thomasin
1: The Night of the Bonfires
'Along the one road which crossed the heath a spring-cart was moving. It was bright red, and so was the man who walked beside it. Face, hands, clothes - all were a vivid red ... '
Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Unknown:
Susan Penhaligon
Unknown:
Eustacia Vye
Unknown:
Patrick Mower
Unknown:
Diggory Venn
Unknown:
Alan Moore
Unknown:
Wildeve Susan Bovell
Producer:
Brian Miller
Vicar:
Douglas Leach
Mrs Yeobright:
Peggy Ann Wood
Captain Vye:
Donald Bisset
Sam:
John Barker
Fairway:
Robert Brown
Christian:
Douglas Leach
Oily Dowden:
Pauline Letts
Granfer Cantle:
Hedley Goodall
Humphrey:
Kit Thacker
Susan Nunsuch:
Margot Young
Johnny:
Wakely Cox

Britain and America over two centuries: a series of eight programmes to mark the American Bicentennial.
Written and presented by Ian McIntyre
4: Andrew Carnegie and Mr Dooleu - the Scots and Irish in the New World Speakers:
SIDNEY AHLSTROM. THOMAS BROWN OWEN DUDLEY EDWARDS
ANDREW HOOK, WILLIAM SHANNON GEORGE SHEPPERSON and JOSEPH FRAZIER WALL
Historical consultant ALEC CAMPBELL, Professor of American History in the University of Birmingham
Producer MICHAEL MASON

Contributors

Presented By:
Ian McIntyre
Presented By:
Andrew Carnegie
Presented By:
Mr Dooleu
Unknown:
Sidney Ahlstrom.
Unknown:
Thomas Brown
Unknown:
Owen Dudley Edwards
Unknown:
William Shannon
Unknown:
George Shepperson
Unknown:
Joseph Frazier
Producer:
Michael Mason

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