Programme for Asian listeners BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells; programme news
7.50 Sunday Reading
The Pilgrim's Progress by JOHN BUNYAN 6: Celestial City
Read by louis MAHONEY
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presented by CLIVE JACOBS Reporter DOUGLAS BROWN Producer DAVID WINTER
8.50 Programme news
8.55 Weather
9.10 Sunday Papers
medium wave only
BBC Birmingham
from St Paul 's Church, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd. Conducted by the Vicar, rev TREVOR G. DAVIES
Ride on! Ride on! in majesty (99, Winchester New); When I survey the wondrous Cross (108, Rickinghami; Conquering kings their titles take (175. Innocents)
Readings: Zechariah 9, vv 9-12; St John 12, vv 1219
Organist and choirmaster A. J. FAIRLIE , BBC Wales
BRENDAN FOSTER on behalf of Finchale Training College which offers training to men and women with all types of disability , helping those newly disabled through injury or illness to regain confidence and learn new skills.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Brendan Foster , [address removed]
Introduced by Jim Pestridge
The New Car: ARTHUR PHILLIPS talks to JEAN DENTON , marketing director of a garage group. Continental Review: GEOFFREY HANCOCK reports on the motoring conditions in various European countries for this year's holiday.
Lake District Motoring: the crowds this year will be a record. NORMAN TURNER talks about regulating the holiday traffic.
Road Accident!: by eye-witness SHEL BRUCE.
Producer GEOFF DOBSON at 11.43* the latest traffic report
Countrywide reactions to current political issues. Presented from Glasgow by George Scott Producer GEORGE SINCLAIR BBC Scotland
Ring [number removed]
Derek Cooper presents the Sunday edition with things you should know about. like to know about and a cautionary tale or two.
12.55 Weather, programme news
Presented by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
Nigel Stock as James I in The Wisest Fool by ROSE TREMAIN with Michael Deacon as the Duke of Buckingham and Rosalind Shanks as Lady Katherine
The date - 1623, two years before the death of James I and only 26 years before the execution of his son Charles I. The discontent which was to erupt into the English Civil War is already present.
Produced and directed by KAY PATRICK
A celebration of the bicycle written and narrated by Stewart Parker
With ALLAN MCCLELLAND
PITT WILKINSON , BARRY MCGOVERN and MAIRE Ni GRAINNE
The humble bicycle, after losing ground for decades to the motor car. is making a come-back. This programme looks back on the heyday of cycling in the closing decades of the 19th century through the eyes of Jerome K. Jerome , Arthur Conan Doyle and E. W. Hornung: the songwriters of the period: and. of course, the cycling enthusiasts themselves. Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
(Shortened version of a broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster)
A magazine of special interest to the visually handicapped.
Choosing toys for blind children: some advice from JEAN HEMENS. Introduced by PETER WHITE. Producer THENA BESBEL
BRIAN JOHNSTON recently visited Tenbury Wells. Worcestershire Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tuesday 11.5 am)
5.55 Weather, programme news
A studio counselling session introduced by Jean Metcalfe
Margaret wants to divorce her husband. Will her children resent being deprived of their father? Graham, a 24-year-old student, feels his competitiveness inhibits his relationships with other people. What can he do about it?
They discuss their difficulties with Dr Wendy Greengross and Dr William Kyle
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
London v Midlands (Round 1)
London : Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas Professor John B. Mays who get full marks for connecting a penny Bazaar with Trier's most famous son and a fraternal and nocturnal attendance at a musical drama. Midlands:
Jack Longland (Chairman) with John Julius Norwich Dr Frederick Milson who discover what the beginnings of chess and the end of a petrified bird have to do with a French cat.
Producer TREVOR hill BBC Manchester
(Revised repeat: Wed 11.5 am)
A programme for Palm Sunday based on a meditation on ' The City ' which Donald Swann was originally commissioned to write for the induction of the Rt Rev David Sheppard as the Bishop of Liverpool.
Producer FRANK topping
Introduced by SHEILA TRACY EDEN and tamir (pianost
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHRISTOPHER ADEY Stravinsky Suite No 2, for small orchestra
Vaughan Williams Concerto in c major, for two pianos and orchestra
Dvorak Symphonic Variations on an original theme BBC Scotland
by HUGH WALPOLE adapted in five parts by ANTONY KEAREY, with Clive Swift. Amanda Murray Nigel Davenport Nigel Lambert and Elspeth Charlton
The plans for Polchester's pageant are well forward. Penny Marlowe has discovered her love for Lampiron and come to a new understanding with him, and Elizabeth Furze has found her first friend: but Michael is more and more unhappy, drawn towards his hated brother, wandering the house at night and disturbing Elizabeth's mother, who is blind.
3: Cat and Mouse
Produced and directed by MARGARET ETALL
(For cast see Tuesday 3.5)
S.58 Weather
An account of the romance between Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Elizabeth Linley. Bath 1770. An elegant city at the height of its popularity with the fashionable folk of Georgian England. Everybody who is anybody comes to Bath: for the waters, for the balls and banquets, for the company - for the scandal.
Derek Parker presents this account of the elopement between the lovely Eliza and the penniless Sheridan, which he has compiled from contemporary documents. with Denys Hawthorne as R. B. Sheridan and Eva Haddon as Elizabeth Linley Also taking part:
JOHN BULL , MICHAEL BURLINGTON KATE COLERIDGE , PAUL CAYMON
JEFFREY SEGAL. MICHAEL SHANNON and PETER WILLIAMS
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
The first of a series devised and narrated by H. COLIN DAVIS Words and music on a Palm Sunday theme Music: BBC SINGERS
preceded by Weather
