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Series III Communion from Lee Abbey, Lynton, North Devon. Celebrant and Preacher CANON GEOFFREY PAUL
Hymns: Thou who wast rich (Christian Praise. 89); Lord, be thy word my rule (A and M 327); Oh Holy Father (100 Hymns for Today 77); From all that dwell (cp 400)
Lessons: 1 Peter 3, w 8-15; St Luke 5, vv 1-11
Musical arrangements REV DOUGLAS CONSTABLE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Geoffrey Paul

JOYCE GRENFELL appeals on behalf of the Grange Centre for the Handicapped (formerly the School of Stitchery), which provides homes, training and employment in needlework for severely handicapped girls.
Donations to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell

Introduced by Clive Jacobs
The Tricky Customer: there are faults on both sides, as GEOFFREY HANCOCK discovers.
Hotter and Hotter: JEFFREY SEGAL discusses further holiday motoring troubles with an engine specialist.
Is the Glass Insured? RONALD BEALE investigates motor insurance for windscreens.
Motoring news by CLIVE JACOBS. Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43' the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Clive Jacobs
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Unknown:
Jeffrey Segal
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs.
Producer:
John Haslam

The Whisperers adapted by JOAN O'CONNOR from the novel by ROBERT NICOLSON with A touching and at times hilarious portrait of an elderly woman, against a teeming Glasgow background.
Produced and directed by STEWART CONN BBC Scotland

Contributors

Adapted By:
Joan O'Connor
Novel By:
Robert Nicolson
Directed By:
Stewart Conn
Mrs Ross:
Effie Morrison

Presented by Jeremy Bugler
3: Technology and the Third World
Industrial nations eagerly sell their technological developments - combine harvesters, steel-and-concrete building methods, nuclear power reactors - to the Third World. But should our own technologies really be transplanted to such different societies?
Speakers include: IAN ATHFIELD , New Zealand architect: SARTAJ AZIZ , World Food Council, Rome; GEORGE CHAN , Adviser, South Pacific Commission; HASSAN FATHY, architect and writer, Cairo: DR MARGARET MEAD , mthropologist; MAURICE STRONG, Chairman, Petro-Canada: BARBARA WARD , President, International Institute for Environment and Development. Producer LEONIE COHN

Contributors

Presented By:
Jeremy Bugler
Unknown:
Ian Athfield
Unknown:
Sartaj Aziz
Unknown:
George Chan
Unknown:
Dr Margaret Mead
Unknown:
Barbara Ward
Producer:
Leonie Cohn

Kith and Kids: EDDIE AND EVELYN RENTON , Who have tWO partially sighted sons, talk to MARILYN ALAN about their club which helps families with handicapped children.
Introduced by JANE FINNIS Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Renton
Unknown:
Marilyn Alan
Introduced By:
Jane Finnis
Producer:
Thena Heshel

«The true story of the Atlantic
Wall in Normandy and the plot to destroy it by ROBERT BARR , adapted from Richard COLLIER 'S book Ten Thousand Eyes
3: The Wall Has Eyes
Other parts: YVONNE GILAN and GODFREY KENTON
Producer CHARLES MAXWELL
(Repeated: Thursday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Barr
Unknown:
Richard Collier
Unknown:
Yvonne Gilan
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Producer:
Charles Maxwell
the Storyteller:
Garard Green
Marcel Girard:
Frederick Treves
Eugene Meslin:
John Gabriel
René Duehez:
Victor Lucas
Robert Thomas:
Derek Seaton
Jacques Moulines:
John Baddeley
Adolphe Francke:
John Graham

Sir John Betjeman introduces a selection of hymns, and talks about their writers. 3: The Yattendon Hymnal with the ST MARGARET 'S WESTMINSTER CHOIR Organ IAN WATSON
Conductor RICHARD HICKOX Producer ANGELA TILBY

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir John Betjeman
Unknown:
St Margaret
Conductor:
Ian Watson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Producer:
Angela Tilby

MARGARET CURPHEY (soprano) JOHN LAWRENSON (baritone) DAVID HILLMAN (tenor)
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
This operatic Music to Remember includes music by Bizet, Wagner and Verdi.
Introduced by Bryan Martla

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Curphey
Baritone:
John Lawrenson
Tenor:
David Hillman
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Introduced By:
Bryan Martla

A portrait of the late Sir Gerald Kelly
(LORD CLARK)
A picture of Sir Gerald Kelly , who was born in 1879 and died in 1972. In his youth he knew Monet, Maillol and Rodin; in his hey-day he was one of the most successful portrait painters in Britain: in his old age he became President of the Royal Academy and one of the first television ' personalities Written and narrated by Mervyn Levy with the voices of LADY KELLY, MRS MCLINTOCK
BILL DUNCALF , JONATHAN SAVILLE SIDNEY HUTCHISON , LORD CLARK and recordings from BBC Television Archives
Producer PATRICIA BRENT

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Gerald Kelly
Unknown:
Sir Gerald Kelly
Unknown:
Mervyn Levy
Unknown:
Mrs McLintock
Unknown:
Bill Duncalf
Unknown:
Jonathan Saville
Unknown:
Sidney Hutchison
Producer:
Patricia Brent

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