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from the Cenotaph
11.0 The Silence The Last Post i The Laying of i Wreaths
A short service conducted by THE BISHOP OF LONDON
0 God our help in ages past: Prayer; The Lords Prayer: The Blessing: Reveille: God Save The Queen
Before the Service the Massed Bands of the Guards Division will play: Rule. Britannia: Heart of Oak: The Minstrel Boy: Men of Harlech; Skye Boat Song: Isle of Beauty; David of the White Rock: Oft in the Stilly Night: Flowers of the Forest: Nimrod: When I am laid in earth: Solemn Melody: and. during the Wreath Laying. Funeral March No 1. in B flat minor (attrib Johann Heinrich Walchi Scene described by ROBERT HUDSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Hudson

Introduced by John Toogood
Caravan Camping Holiday Show: HARRY heywood reports on the Earls Court Exhibition. Advanced Motor-Cyclist: George BISHOP takes the new lAM test.
Changing Your Own Oil: some advice from LAURIE SULTAN of Burmah-Castrol.
Producer James Pestridge
at 11.43* the latest traflic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Toogood

Certain studies in disloyalty by Henry Reed

(Broadcast in 1958)

Hilda Tablet and Others: £2.50 from bookshops

Contributors

Writer:
Henry Reed
Music composed by:
Donald Swann
Producer/Director:
Douglas Cleverdon
Herbert Reeve, a scholar:
Hugh Burden
Hilda Tablet, a composeress:
Mary O'Farrell
Evelyn Baxter, her secretary:
Colin Campbell
Elsa Strauss, a singer:
Marjorie Westbury
General Gland:
Deryck Guyler
Nancy Shewin:
Dorothy Primrose
Janet, her daughter:
Gwen Cherrell
Some of her sons - Owen:
Denis Quilley
Some of her sons - Brian:
Wilfrid Downing
Some of her sons - George:
Marjorie Westbury
Stephen Shewin:
Carleton Hobbs
Connie, his wife:
Gwen Cherrell
Captain Smithers:
Frank Duncan
Aeschylus Aphanisis, a millionaire:
Harold Lang
Plankton, his secretary:
Frank Duncan
Flamenco singer:
Marjorie Westbury
Flamenco singer:
Denis Quilley

The Deer of Knebworth Knehworth has been in the news recently as the scene of the Rolling Stones pop concert. and the largest gathering of human beings ever known in this country. But throughout the year Knebworth Park provides a home for Britain's larsest mammal, the handsome red deer, now engaged in the drama of the rutting season. Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Knebworth Knehworth
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Dilys Breese

'But at their age. what else can you expect? ' How often are visual problems in the elderly caused by wearing the wrong glasses?
JANE FINNIS reports.
Introduced by PETER WHITS Producer then* iieshel

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Introduced By:
Peter Whits

A series in which current, controversial issues are put on trial before Dick Taverne. QC. and an audience of jurors in Broadcasting House.
In the House of Commons Ivan Lawrence, Conservative mp, proposed that capital punishment should be restored for terrorist offences resulting in death. This evening he is opposed by John Grlgg, Political Correspondent for The Spectator.
Each advocate will call his witnesses, cross-question his opponent's and argue his case so that the jury may reach a verdict.
Producer ISABEL JAMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Taverne.
Unknown:
Ivan Lawrence.
Unknown:
John Grlgg.
Producer:
Isabel James

Round 2
1.0ndon:
Louis Allen (Chairman) with Irene Thomas
John Julius Norwich New York:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Brendan Gill Mary a Mannes
Producer TREVOHR HILL BBC Afatichesier
(Repeated: Wednesday 8.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Allen
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Brendan Gill
Producer:
Trevohr Hill

by J.B. Priestley, adapted for radio in nine parts by Antony Kearey
with Anna Cropper as Laura Casey
Jack Watson as Commodore Tribe

Commodore Horace Tribe thought he had reason to be pleased at his attempts to get a Farbridge Festival off the ground, but when approaching the Palace Theatre to persuade them to take the festival drama presentations, he discovers the management consists of the two men most bitterly opposed to any festival. And now, he is being pressed to settle a personal debt.

(BBC Manchester)
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Writer:
J.B. Priestley
Adapter:
Antony Kearey
Producer/Director:
Trevor Hill
Laura Casey:
Anna Cropper
Commodore Tribe:
Jack Watson
Major Bulfoss, MP for Farbridge:
Graham Roberts
Group Captain Trevone:
Graham Tennant
Seth Hull:
Tom Harrison
Arthur Hatchet-Ferrers, of British Chemicals:
Ronald Harvi
Madge Bulfoss:
Rosalind Knight
Theodore Jenks:
John Gillett
Captain Mobbs, Conservative Agent:
Wilfred Harrison
Felicia:
Diane Moran
Pamela:
Valerie Windsor
Maggie:
Paula Tilbrook
Dr Barr:
Paul Webster
Claire Chesbey:
Merle Kessler
Philippa Hookwood:
Jo Kendall
Michael Seacombe:
Alan Rothwell
Mrs Delacey:
Olive Pendleton

A tribute to one of this country's most brilliant young journalists who died tragically in October 1973 during the Yom Kippur war.

Written and presented by Derek Parker with contributions from: Claire Tomalin, Tam Dayell, M.P., Ron Hall, Charles Wintour, Marc Boxer, Miles Tomalin, Paul Johnson and James Cameron

Preview: pane 19

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Derek Parker
Interviewee:
Claire Tomalin
Interviewee:
Tam Dayell
Interviewee:
Ron Hall
Interviewee:
Charles Wintour
Interviewee:
Marc Boxer
Interviewee:
Miles Tomalin
Interviewee:
Paul Johnson
Interviewee:
James Cameron
Reader:
Christopher Bidmead
Producer/Director:
Maurice Leitch

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