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from Blackhill Baptist Church, Consett, County Durham
Introduced by the Minister, REV WILLIAM BAILEY
Conducted by REV ARTHUR LISTON , General Superintendent for Baptist Churches in the North-East
Reading from Psalm 25
Hymns (Baptist Hymn Book): Jesus stand among us (336); Alone thou goest forth 0 Lord (139); What a friend we have in Jesus (343); 0 love that wilt not let me go (20); Be thou my vision (462) Organist JACK ELLISON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
William Bailey
Unknown:
Arthur Liston
Organist:
Jack Ellison

RICHARD WHITMORE appeals on behalf of the Camphill Village Trust
Camphill Villages provide residential working communities where mentally handicapped adults have the opportunity to lead active and useful lives.
Donations to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Whitmore
Unknown:
Richard Whit

Introduced by Jim Pestridge

A Car in the Making - 3: Dummy Run. Geoffrey Hancock talks to designers about the models of a new vehicle.

Your Driving Instructor: Clare Simmonds talks about the training of Approved Driving Instructors.

How Much Do You Really Save?: Richard Hudson-Evans investigates the economics of DIY.

Owner Liability - A Snag?: motoring lawyer Charles Brandreth probes a new legal tangle.

at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Talks:
Geoffrey Hancock
Unknown:
Charles Brand-
Producer:
John Haslam

The Grass is Singing by doris lessing , dramatised by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER , With
Janet Suzman and Ronald Lewis The newspaper report that Mary Turner , wife of Richard Turner , had been found murdered at their homestead and that the houseboy had been arrested and confessed to the crime, caused surprisingly little stir among their Rhodesian neighbours. But then the Turners had long been regarded as outcasts from society.
Produced and directed by JANE MORGAN (.Janet Suzman is in Three Sisters' at the Cambridge Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Lessing
Dramatised By:
Michael Kittermaster
Unknown:
Janet Suzman
Unknown:
Ronald Lewis
Unknown:
Mary Turner
Unknown:
Richard Turner
Directed By:
Jane Morgan

Seven programmes introduced bv Professor Colin Renfrew 5: The Effects of Trade
The development of trade between neighbouring groups of people, to the extensive exchange of goods between nations, has made the most significant contribution to social and state organisations. PROFESSOR COLIN RENFREW diScusses this with DAVID PEACOCK , DR JOHN COLLIS and DR NORMAN HAMMOND. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Colin Renfrew
Unknown:
Professor Colin Renfrew
Unknown:
David Peacock
Unknown:
Dr John Collis
Unknown:
Dr Norman Hammond.

Head-weaving, Eye-poking and Body-rocking: kevin mulhern discusses with JANE finnis and PETER white why blind children and adults develop mannerisms and what can be done to overcome these habits.
Producer TIIENA heshel

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Mulhern
Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Unknown:
Peter White

London v North of England (Round 4)
London: Anthony Quinton
(Chairman). with Irene Thomas and Professor John B. Mays who identify one who married a namesake of the creator of an aerial roundabout, another for whom Noel Coward wrote a very successful stage play, and a third who was grilled. North: Jack Longland (Chairman), with Dr Patrick Nuttgens and Louis Allen who go a long way to discovering what ' the husband of Roxana had to do with the pre-eminence in France of a carrion-crow and a root. Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester
(Revised repeat: Wed 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Professor John B. Mays
Unknown:
Noel Coward
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Dr Patrick Nuttgens
Unknown:
Louis Allen

Sir John Betjeman introduces hymns and their writers. 11: Some Non-conformists with GEOFFREY SHAW (soloist) and the London Emmanuel CHOIR conducted by muriel SHEPHERD Research by BERNARD c. MARTIN Devised by DAVID winter Producer HUBERT HOSKINS

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir John Betjeman
Soloist:
Geoffrey Shaw
Conducted By:
Muriel Shepherd
Unknown:
David Winter
Producer:
Hubert Hoskins

ANNE EDWARDS (soprano)
ANTONY ransome (baritone) BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by marcus DODS
The programme includes music by Leoncavallo, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Verdi and Sullivan.
Introduced by BRYAN MARTIN

Contributors

Soprano:
Anne Edwards
Baritone:
Antony Ransome
Conducted By:
Marcus Dods
Introduced By:
Bryan Martin

by ANTHONY TROLLOPE , dramatised in eight parts by d. g. bridson with
MRS BOLTON : I'm glad you're back safely, Hester.
HESTER: Yes Mama - we're back home. Oh, we've been so happy! mrs bolton: I'm glad. Such joys are only short-lived, but still....
HESTER: John has been so good to me, Mama.
MRS BOLTON: A husband generally is good to bis wife - to begin with, I suppose. 4: Voices from the Past
Produced and directed by DAVID H. GODFREY
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Unknown:
D. G. Bridson
Unknown:
Mrs Bolton
Directed By:
David H. Godfrey
John Caldigate:
Jeremy Clyde
Hester:
Gretta Gouriet
Tim Crinkett:
Bruce Beeby
Daniel Caldigate:
Jeffrey Segal
Nicholas Bolton:
Alan Dudley
Mrs Mary Bolton:
Carole Boyd
Robert Bolton:
Michael Kilgakriff
William Bolton:
Haydn Jones
Thomas Holt:
Wilfrid Carter
Euphemia Smith:
Margaret Wolfit
Jack Adamson:
Nigel Graham
Darvell:
William Eedle
Policeman:
Kenneth McClellan,
Mayor:
Peter Woodthorpe
Narrator (Anthony Trollope):
Patrick Barr

The New Holloway
. You've got to work very hard in prison not to do harm.'
(MEGAN BULL.
Governor. Holloway Prison)
A more humane new complex of hospital, recreational and training facilities is rising on the grounds of the old fortress for women in Islington. Is it possible that such reform could do more harm than good?
David Leigh reflects on the purpose of imprisonment and asks whether women should be subjected to it at all.
Producer louise purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
David Leigh

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