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from Queen's Cross Parish Church, Aberdeen, conducted by REV DR EDMUND JONES Preacher
REV PROFESSOR IAN PITT-WATSON
Praise (cH3): Christ is made the sure foundation (10); God's perfect law (126); Soldiers of Christ! (441); Father eternal (507)
Organist DR JAMES MCCLOY BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Edmund Jones
Organist:
Dr James McCloy

PATRICK MOORE on behalf of Children in Need of Help
Many thousands of children are helped each year through this BBC Appeal. The money received is distributed by the BBC on the advice of its Appeals Advisory Committees. Charitable organisations who would like further information should write to: [address removed].
Donations to Patrick Moore at the same address.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Patrick Moore

Introduced by Jim Pestridge
Roadworks: what will be the effect of the Government's cut-back in maintenance? NORMAN TURNER reports from the North, and BRIAN HAMLING talks about the road-maker's point of view. Watch Where You Break Down: CHARLES BRANDRETH. a motoring lawyer, explains a recent court case and its repercussions.
Self-Defence in the Courts: GEORGE BISHOP tells how a little trouble saved a lot of money. A Car in the Making - 7: Proving Ground. GEOFFREY HANCOCK describes some of the testing of a new model carried out by manufacturers at the Motor Industry Research Association. Producer JOHN HASLAM at 11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Norman Turner
Talks:
Brian Hamling
Unknown:
Charles Brandreth.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Producer:
John Haslam

MICHAEL BARRATT invites FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL to answer questions which listeners have sent in. Producer KENNETH FORD BBC Manchester
Questions, on postcards, to: Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9PX

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Barratt
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Woodhouse Lane

A melodrama by Bernard Shaw
with Tony Church as General Burgoyne, James Laurenson as Richard Dudgeon, Lucy Fleming as Judith Anderson
"They call me the Devil's Disciple... I promised him my soul... that promise and that oath made a man of me. From this day this house is his home; and no child shall cry in it; this hearth is his altar; and no soul shall ever cower of it in the dark evenings and be afraid... " Time and place: New Hampshire, 1777.
(BBC Bristol)

Contributors

Writer:
Bernard Shaw
Produced and directed by:
Brian Miller
General Burgoyne:
Tony Church
Richard Dudgeon:
James Laurenson
Judith Anderson:
Lucy Fleming
Mrs Dudgeon:
Constance Chapman
Essie:
Eva Haddon
Christy:
Terence Wilton
Rev A Anderson:
Tenniel Evans
Uncle Titus:
Esmond Rideout
Uncle William:
Dennis Bowen
Lawyer Hawkins:
Michael Rothwell
Sergeant:
Trevor Martin
Major Swindon:
Haydn Jones
Chaplain:
Timothy Kightley
Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne

A magazine of special interest for the visually handicapped. ' You've Got to Keep on Trying ': BARBARA WALKER talks to KEVIN MULHERN about her struggles to adjust to loss of sight.
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKBALL Producer THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Talks:
Barbara Walker
Unknown:
Kevin Mulhern
Introduced By:
David Scott
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Current, controversial issues are put on trial before Dick Taverne , qc, and an audience of jurors in Broadcasting House.
This evening's proposition:
The Censorship of Pornography Intended for Adults Cannot be Justified.
It is proposed by Ann Mallalieu. from the Society for the Defence of Literature and the Arts and opposed by Ronald Butt , Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times
Each advocate will call his witnesses, cross-question his opponent's and argue his case so that the jury may reach a verdict.
Producer HUGH PURCELL
(Repeated: Thursday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Taverne
Unknown:
Ann Mallalieu.
Unknown:
Ronald Butt
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

Round 3 London:
Louis Allen (Chairman) with Irene Thomas
John Julius Norwich New York:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Brendan Gill Marya Mannes
=Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Allen
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Brendan Gill
Unknown:
Marya Mannes
Producer:
Trevor Hill

ENRIQUE PEREZ DE GUZMAN (piano) BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, led by ANDREW ORTON conducted by VERNON HANDLEY Dvorak Overture: Othello
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra Haydn Symphony No 69, in c major (Laudon) BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Enrique Perez
Unknown:
Andrew Orton
Conducted By:
Vernon Handley

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

It's a day of decision. The people of Farbridge are to declare themselves for or against the Festival at a public meeting. Laura Casey is engulfed in lists of artists who should be engaged, while Theodore Jenks and Michael Seacombe are torn between work and vying for her attention.

BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)

9.58 Weather

Contributors

Author:
J.B. Priestley
Producer/Director:
Trevor Hill
Laura Casey:
Anna Cropper
Commodore Tribe:
Jack Watson
Theodore Jenks:
John Gillett
Seth Hull:
Tom Harrison
Grace:
Valerie Skardon
Arthur Hatchet-Ferrers of British Chemicals:
Ronald Harvi
A Smith, an enquiry agent:
Colin Bean
Maj Bulfoss, MP:
Graham Roberts
Col Whatmore:
Donald Troedson
Major Walmer:
John Baldwin
Captain Mobbs, the Conservative Agent:
Wilfred Harrison
Mr Fotheringay, manager of the Palace Theatre:
David Mahlowe
Crandry:
Alan Meadows
Archie Mossat:
Antony Kearey
Clare Chesbey:
Merle Kessler

Manuel de Falla , who was born 100 years ago this week, realised at 17 that he had to become a composer. The vocation became so strong it frightened him. Technique, he knew, could be acquired, but it was el aran reqalo, the great gift of inspiration, which was elusive.
Gerald Lamer traces the career of this most Spanish of composers and follows his search for the inspiration which flowered and then failed. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Manuel de Falla
Unknown:
Gerald Lamer

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