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Presented by John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0. 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45 Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Unknown:
Richard Harries
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

The Last Day by G. HOWARD JONES Read by Gaynor Morgan Rees
' There was something about parents - sometimes - that raised a shadow against the light. Perhaps they were altogether too big.' And that summarises the boy's problem in this story. Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
G. Howard Jones
Read By:
Gaynor Morgan Rees
Producer:
Harri Gwynn

Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
The ' Sane It Show:
RICHARD CARRINGTON goes to a performance by the ENERGY THEATRE COMPANY which is helping to teach Gloucestershire school-children the value of conservation.
A Special Kind of Care: EILEEN TOTTEN reports on the remarkable success of schemes to foster difficult teenagers.
Clothes Sense: some ideas from MAUREEN GOLDSWORTHY on re-cutting adults' clothes for children. BBC Birmiytgham
William Makepeace Thackeray by MARGARET FORSTER
Read by Richard LEECH (14) (Richard Leech is in ' Whose Life Is It Any-wall?' at the Savoy Theatre, London) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Carrington
Unknown:
Eileen Totten
Unknown:
Maureen Goldsworthy
Unknown:
William Makepeace
Unknown:
Margaret Forster
Read By:
Richard Leech
Read By:
Richard Leech

Rage Among Lilies by BRUCE STEWART with Colette O'Neil as Cornelia Connelly David Buck as Pierce Connelly John Rye as Bishop Wiseman
The action of the play Is based upon a unique case in English legal history. On 31 May 1848, at the Court of Arches in London, the Reverend Father
Pierce Connelly brought suit against his wife, Mother Cornelia Connelly , founder and General. of the Society of the Child Jesus, for restitution of marital rights.
I have desired to go.
Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And a few lilies blow.
(GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS)
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN
(First broadcast in 1977)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Stewart
Unknown:
Colette O'Neil
Unknown:
Cornelia Connelly
Unknown:
David Buck
Unknown:
Pierce Connelly
Unknown:
John Rye
Unknown:
Bishop Wiseman
Unknown:
Pierce Connelly
Unknown:
Mother Cornelia Connelly
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Bishop Flaget:
Gerald Cross
Sir George Bowyer:
Peter Howell
Justice Sir Herbert Tenner:
Alaric Cotter
Cardinal:
James Thomason
Stanton:
Gavin Campbell
Annie:
Valerie Murray

with Gordon Clough and Joan Bakewell
Sequence editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Editor:
Derek Lewis

A spontaneous discussion by Robert Hardy Jean Rook
Dr Lyall Watson Lord Scanlon
Chairman David Jacobe from Bristol
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sot 1.10 pm)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers?, on Thursday at 10.30, to Any Answers?, BBC, Bristol [Postcode removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Unknown:
Jean Rook
Unknown:
Dr Lyall Watson
Unknown:
David Jacobe

An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason , Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel and the DAVID FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, ROGER WODDIS , JEREMY BROWNE , BARRY BOWES Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES (Repeated: Sat 5.25 pm) Woddis on ...: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
David Firman
Written By:
Guy Jenkin
Written By:
John Langdon
Unknown:
Roger Woddis
Unknown:
Jeremy Browne
Unknown:
Barry Bowes
Producer:
Griff Rhys

Green Mansions by W. H. HUDSON abridged in ten parts by NEVILLE TELLER, read by JONATHAN NEWTH (10) Producer
CHRISTOPHER VENNING
(Starting Monday: ' The Bottle Factory Outing ' by Beryl Bainbridge , read by Carole Hayman ) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Hudson
Read By:
Jonathan Newth
Unknown:
Christopher Venning
Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge
Read By:
Carole Hayman

A series of plays for late-night listening
A Moving Discussion by JANE HOLLOWOOD with Vicky Ireland as Elizabeth and John Rowe as Adrian ELIZABETH : I'm sick to death of talking about it.
ADRIAN: So it's now or never?
ELIZABETH: Yes, it really is ...
Directed by GERRY JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Hollowood
Unknown:
Vicky Ireland
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Adrian Elizabeth
Directed By:
Gerry Jones

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