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Morning Prayer (Series III) from the Church of the Holy Apostles, Leicester
Conducted by the Vicar THE REV DAVID WILSON
Psalm Praise: I love my Lord (123); Angels praise Him (11)
Hymns (Anglican HB): Soldiers of Christ, arise (585); Be thou my vision (571)
Lessons: John 8, w 2-11;
Ephesians 6, vv 10-19
Organist RICHARD HAYNES BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wilson
Organist:
Richard Haynes

JOHN HILLABY appeals on behalf of UFAW (Universities Federation for Animal Welfare)
UFAW is concerned with the care, understanding and treatment of animals - the wild, the domestic and those used in research.
Donations to: John Hillaby , UFAW, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hillaby
Unknown:
John Hillaby
Unknown:
Soutfl Mimms

A year of Gardeners' Question Time
Ken Ford recalls some of the places visited, and some of the questions asked during the past year, with FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL. Producer KENNETH FORD BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tuesday 4.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell.

The Loved and the Unloved by FRANCOIS MAURIAC dramatised by JOAN O'CONNOR with Thelma Whiteley
Tom Wilkinson , Simon Cadell and Emily Richard
Love is not something that you can force anyone to feel, but Agathe's passion is so great that she is determined to have the young man of her choice at any price and regardless of the damage to other people. Directed by JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Francois Mauriac
Dramatised By:
Joan O'Connor
Unknown:
Thelma Whiteley
Unknown:
Tom Wilkinson
Unknown:
Simon Cadell
Unknown:
Emily Richard
Directed By:
Jane Morgan

Stonehenge and Company
Stonehenge is the most famous of more than 900 stone circles known in the British Isles. Who built them and why?
Were they perhaps astronomical observatories? Brian Gear looks at some of the new ideas which are emerging about the purpose of these enigmatic monuments. Written and presented by BRIAN GEAR
Series producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Gear
Presented By:
Brian Gear

The All-Purpose Bird
When Swedish ornithologist and film-maker Jan Linblad steps out of his front door, the birds in his garden burst into song: he imitates iheir many voices so skilfully that the birds have come to regard him as one of themselves.
Today he demonstrates that skill in conversation with Dilys Breese. (First b'cast in 1974) BBC Bristol (Rptd: Wed 9,5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Linblad
Unknown:
Dilys Breese.

Water-skiing - except for the comparative few-can be dangerous but the hazards did not deter KEVIN MULHERN , and he survived to tell the tale! Presented by David Scott Blackhall
Producer MICHELL RAPER

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Mulhern
Presented By:
David Scott Blackhall
Producer:
Michell Raper

A few years ago, most newspaper readers would have known the big names behind their daily digest of what was going on in the world. Beaverbrook, Rothermere, Thomson and King were synonymous with the papers they ran. Today it's different. Sweeping changes have taken place and now the power of the press is vested in different brokers, men who keep much lower profiles.
In this series of five conversations, Robert Kee sets out to explore the philosophy and style of the present 'Barons' of Fleet Street.
1: Victor Matthews, the new Chairman and Chief Executive of Beaverbrook Newspapers
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Kee
Subject:
Victor Matthews
Producer:
Jock Gallagher

... to Dynamic Living
Lesson 16: Get Off with Life the Burkiss Way. Appearing for the prosecution and defence Jo Kendall , Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett and Fred Harris from briefs prepared by ANDREW MARSHALL and DAVID RENWICK Under the judicial eye of Producer SIMON BRETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Chris Emmett
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Unknown:
Andrew Marshall
Unknown:
David Renwick
Producer:
Simon Brett

John Ireland Comedy Overture Malcolm Arnold Little Suite No 1, Op 53
GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND conductor ELGAR HOWARTH
Debussy La puerta del vino; Bruyeres; General Lavineeccentric; Les tierces alternees; Feux d'artifice; Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses (Preludes, Book II)
Minstrels (Preludes, Book I) JEAN-RODOLPHE KARS (piano)
Elgar Severn Suite, for brass band

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Arnold
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Piano:
Jean-Rodolphe Kars

by R.D. Blackmore
Dramatised for radio in five parts by Brian Gear
Narrated by Jack Watson, with Cornelius Garrett as John Ridd and Stacy Dorning as Lorna Doone

Having given her his ring by way of a declaration of undying love, John Ridd must bide his time before seizing the right moment to claim Lorna from the Doones.
BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Tues 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Author:
R.D. Blackmore
Dramatised by:
Brian Gear
Director:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Jack Watson
John Ridd:
Cornelius Garrett
Lorna Doone:
Stacy Dorning
Annie Ridd:
Petra Leah
John Fry:
Brian Haines
Lizzie Ridd:
Paula Tinker
Stickles:
Rex Holdsworth
Gwenny:
Margot Young
Carver Doone:
Brian Jackson
Charleworth:
Esmond Rideout
Marwood de Whichehalse:
Daniel Hill
Sir Ensor Doone:
Leonard Maguire
Mrs Ridd:
June Barrie
Tom Faggus:
Alan Moore

The life and times of Brigham Young, leader of the Mormons, told by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas With JO MANNING WILSON and WILLIAM ROBERTS
Singers: CHARLES YOUNG , JOHN GOWER , CHARLES YOUNG SINGERS Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)

Contributors

Told By:
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Unknown:
Jo Manning Wilson
Singers:
William Roberts
Singers:
Charles Young
Singers:
John Gower
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

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