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GERALD REDDINGTON appeals on behalf of Ccntrepoint which provides emergency accommodation for young People who are new to London in its Soho night shelter and house in Hammersmith.
Donations to: [address removed]long wave only
8.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Reddington
Unknown:
Gerald Reddinpton
Unknown:
St Anne

Series III Communion from St Andrews , Plymouth
Celebrant and Preacher THE REV JOHN WATSON
Service setting (John, Rutter)
Readings: 1 Corinthians, vv 8-13; Matthew S, vv 1-12
Hymns: 0 praise ye the Lord (A and M Rev 3761; Praise we now the word of grace (HH 84); Alleluia, sing to Jesus (A and M Rev 399); Praise the Lord, rise up rejoicing (HH 83) Director of Music PHILIP LIDDICOAT
Organist JOHN BOWDEN BBC Bristol long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
St Andrews
Unknown:
Rev John Watson
Organist:
John Bowden

Presenters Peter Hobday and Louise Botting
The programme that aims to help you follow the ins and outs of personal finance and get the best deals as a saver, investor or borrower -in short, to look after the pound in your pocket.
Including Debatable Point in which top financial experts discuss how their approach differs to various aspects of saving and investment.
A Financial World Tonight production

Contributors

Presenters:
Peter Hobday
Presenters:
Louise Botting

Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject.
'They say that when you are going faster than sound you can't hear what anyone says to you until you catch up with the words. There was a case on Concorde recently where a bloke said to an air hostess " Could I ? " and by the time she'd heard him, he had.' and the voices of BOB NEWHART , SHELLEY BERMAN , BILL COSBY , MICHAEL FLANDERS , WILLIAM RUSHTON , JOHN CLEESE , DAVID HATCH
Producer SIMON BRETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Bob Newhart
Unknown:
Shelley Berman
Unknown:
Bill Cosby
Unknown:
Michael Flanders
Unknown:
William Rushton
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
David Hatch
Producer:
Simon Brett

A lighthearted anthology of words and music which this week looks forward to St Valentine's Day.
Introduced by Brian Thompson
With GEOFFREY BANKS KATE LEE and JOHN HALSTEAD
Jazz played by the TOM STEER TRIO Music producer ANN STANGAR
Producer KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester
12.55Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduced By:
Brian Thompson
Introduced By:
With Geoffrey Banks
Introduced By:
Kate Lee
Introduced By:
John Halstead
Producer:
Ann Stangar
Producer:
Kay Jamieson

by John Fowles adapted for radio by David Parker
with Judi Dench as Miranda and Nigel Anthony as Clegg

Based on the author's well-known novel, the play is concerned with the obsessional behaviour of a young man who has been an office clerk. He wins a fortune on the Pools and turns from his hobby of collecting butterflies to collecting a girl art student.

(First broadcast in 1972)
(long wave only)

Contributors

Author:
Jonn Fowles
Adapted by:
David Parker
Director:
Richard Wortley
Miranda:
Judi Dench
Clegg:
Nigel Anthony
[Actor]:
Douglas Blackwell
[Actor]:
Martin Friend
[Actress]:
Jane Knowles
[Actor]:
John Rowe

In Winter's Grip
A layer of snow and ice across the landscape may look pretty - but what of the wildlife that has to survive despite it? We find out on this Radio Nature Trail.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wed at 9.5 am) long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
John Harrison

A magazine of special interest to the visually handicapped.
David Scott Blackhall presents a magazine programme for the visually handicapped in which you can hear how Mrs Dinah Groom , who recently lost her sight, is taught how to distinguish coins and banknotes. Producer THENA HESHEL
Book (same title), £1.50 inc postage and packing, from BBC Publications, Box 234, London [Postcode removed] long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
David Scott Blackhall
Unknown:
Mrs Dinah Groom

Brian Johnston begins a six-week tour of Australia at Sydney in New South Wales.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Revised repeat of Friday's broadcast) long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

A series of six programmes in which Robert Kee confronts a defector with a convert to argue the belief in question. This evening former Labour, now Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate, Andrew Phillips is brought face to face with former Chairman of the Young Liberals and now Labour Party member. Peter Hain to argue their views on Socialism.
Producer HUGH PURCELL
(Repeated: Wed 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Kee
Unknown:
Andrew Phillips
Unknown:
Peter Hain
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader RAYMOND OVENS conductor
KARL ANTON RICKENBACHER
Beethoven Symphony No 3, in E flat major (Eroica) BBC Scotland
BBC Music Guide: Beethoven Symphonies by Robert Simpson , £1.00 from bookshops

Contributors

Leader:
Raymond Ovens
Conductor:
Karl Anton
Unknown:
Robert Simpson

The novel by HOWARD SPRING freely adapted for radio in eight episodes by KEN WHITMORE starring Ian MeKellen as Hamer Shawcross with and 6: Hamer's Women (Period 1901-1909'
(For cast see Tues 3.35 pm)

Contributors

Novel By:
Howard Spring
Unknown:
Ken Whitmore
Unknown:
Ian Mekellen
Unknown:
Hamer Shawcross
Ann:
June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler:
Rosalie Crutchley
Lady Lettice:
Helen Ryan

Antique by PATRICK RIDDELL Time: The 60s
Place: An antique shop in London
An aged antique dealer is confronted by an old lady who is desperate to sell him a 15th-century apostle spoon.
Of all the shops In London, why has Mrs Quayle come directly from Dorset to Abbott's Antiques?
Directed by RONALD MASON

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Riddell
Directed By:
Ronald Mason
Mrs Quayle:
Margot Boyd
Mr Abbott:
Norman Shelley
Mr Withers:
Andrew Branch

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