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from Kingswood Methodist Church, Wollaton, Nottingham Conducted by DR HENRY MCKEAT -ING and REV ROGER BIDNELL
Hymns (MHB): The heavens declare thy glory, Lord (802); God who spoke in the beginning (Hymns and Songs 27); Praise to the holiest (74); Ye servants of God (426)
Readings: Jeremiah 6, vv 16-19; Hebrews 1, vv 1-2; John 1, vv 1-3 and 14 Organist A. BRIAN HARGREAVES BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Conducted By:
Dr Henry McKeat
Unknown:
Roger Bidnell
Organist:
A. Brian Hargreaves

MONTY MODLYN appeals on behalf of the Association to Combat Huntington's Chorea, a hereditary disease of the nervous system... Money is urgently needed for research, which is beginning to show signs of success.
Donations to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Monty Modlyn

Introduced by CLIVE JACOBS
Economy - the Manufacturers' Concern: an investigation into what manufacturers are doing to make fuel go further.
The Donington Circuit: DICK MADDOCK visits Donington Park in the Midlands to hear the future plans.
Motor Cycling Profress: CHRIS-TOBEL KING takes the Test.
Dover Harbour: as we look forward to holidays, GEORGE BISHOP visits the main gate to Europe.
Producer GEOFF DOBSON at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Dick Maddock
Unknown:
Tobel King
Producer:
Geoff Dobson

visits Gloucestershire
Members of the South Cerney Gardening Club put their questions to FRED LOADS
BILL SOWERBUTTS, ALAN CEMMELL Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRAIT =Producer KENNETH FORD BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tuesday 4.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Cemmell
Unknown:
Michael Barrait
Producer:
Kenneth Ford

The City of the Horizon by DAVID SPENSER with Gary Bond , Mary Morris and Kate Binchy
The second of two plays about Akhnaten, whose reign as Pharaoh of Egypt (1371-1356 BC) preceded that of Tutankhamun. Having broken with the old religion of Amon and established the new worship of Aten, the Pharaoh has left the ancient city of Thebes and built another capital - The City of the Horizon.
2: The Reality
Producer JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
Gary Bond
Unknown:
Mary Morris
Unknown:
Kate Binchy
Producer:
John Tydeman
Akhnaten:
Gary Bond
Nefertiti, his wife:
Kate Binchy
Queen Tiy, his mother:
Mary Morris
His half-brothers:Smenkhare:
. David .Valla
His half-brothers:Smenkhare:
Geoffrey Beevers
Meritaten, his daughter:
Stephanie Turner
Ay, the Chief Counsellor:
Lockwood West
Horemheb, the Commander in Chief.:
William Fox
Ramose, the High Priest:
Rolf Lefebvre
Bek, the architect:
David Spenser
Tutmose, the sculptor:
Robin Browns
Rib-Addi, Ruler of Byblos:
Leslie Heritage
Aziru, Prince of the Amorites:
Lewis Stringer

The Noisy Ocean
You may have imagined the world under the waves as absolutely silent. If you did, you were wrong, as JEFFREY DAVIES demonstrates today. He has recorded the sounds a queen scallop makes when escaping from a starfish, gribbles munching their way through driftwood, and a whelk boring its wav through a mussel-shell -a task which took it all of 12 hours! Producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Davies
Producer:
Dilys Breese

Art You Can Touch: JEAN HEMENS talks to KEVIN MULHERN about the way she creates tactile pictures from household objects. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Talks:
Jean Hemens
Unknown:
Kevin Mulhern
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Thena Heshel

A new quiz game about what famous people said and what Graeme Garden , Roberta Leigh Ned Sherrin and John Wells think they ought to have said instead. Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer JOHN LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Roberta Leigh
Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
John Wells
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher.
Presented By:
Nigel Rees
Producer:
John Lloyd

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER Mozart Symphony No 35, in D (Haffner) I 385)
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Haydn Symphony No 53, in D (L'Impgriale)
(Boston Symphony Orch Transcription Trust recording from the 1975 Berkshire Festival)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams Fantasia
Unknown:
Thomas Tallis

by THOMAS HARDY dramatised for radio in six parts by DESMOND HAWKINS
3: One Marriage Leads to Another
The decision of Eustacia Vye to disguise herself as one of the mummers had two consequences. The first was that she satisfied her desire to make the acquaintance of Clym Yeobright. As for the second ...
Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Written By:
Thomas Hardy
Dramatised By:
Desmond Hawkins
Producer:
Brian Miller
Eustacia Vye:
Susan Penhaligon
Diggory Venn:
Patrick Mower
Clym Yeobright:
Richard Warwick
Wildeve:
Alan Moore
Thomasin:
Susan Bovell
Mrs Yeobright:
Peggy Ann Wood
Captain Vye:
Donald Bisset
Priest/Christian:
Douglas Leach
Fairway:
Robert Brown
Humphrey:
Kit Thacker
Sam:
John Barker

Britain and America over two centuries: a series of eight programmes. Written and presented by Ian Mclntyre
6: Books Will Speak Plain
Anglo-American relations in literature
Speakers: DANIEL J. BOORSTIN , MALCOLM BRADBURY , OWEN DUDLEY EDWARDS, ANDREW HOOK. JESSICA MITFORD , ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR. STEPHEN SPENDER and LARRY ZIFF Readers: PATRICIA HUGHES , ROBIN HOLMES , CHARLES RITCHE-SON, GEOFFREY COLLINS
Historical consultant ALEC CAMPBELL, Professor of American History, Birmingham University Producer MICHAEL MASON

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McLntyre
Unknown:
Daniel J. Boorstin
Unknown:
Malcolm Bradbury
Unknown:
Owen Dudley
Unknown:
Jessica Mitford
Unknown:
Arthur Schlesinger
Unknown:
Stephen Spender
Readers:
Patricia Hughes
Readers:
Robin Holmes
Unknown:
Geoffrey Collins
Producer:
Michael Mason

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