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A selection of music for early-morning listening
7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye
For Asian listeners
BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells long wave only
7.50 Sunday Reading
John Baker reads from The Go-between God by John Taylor long wave only
7.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
John Baker
Unknown:
John Taylor

DAVID KOSSOFF appeals on behalf of Solden Hill House, a home for mcntally-handicapped men and boys which urgently needs additional accommodation.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to [address removed] long wave only
8.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
David Kossoff
Unknown:
David Kossojf.

Community Mass from the Catholic Chaplaincy, Queen's University, Belfast
Celebrant and preacher
MONSIGNOR PATRICK MCENROE. Organist and choirmistressRITA MCCANN
Singing by CLONARD CHOIR Readings: Deuteronomy 4, vv 32-34, 39-40: Romans 8, vv 14-17; Matthew 23 vv 16-20
Sung Mass by Cyril Vaughan
Responsorial Psalm: Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own
Hvmns: Morning Prayer (Tchaikovsky); 0 Jesu Christi (Van Bechem: Alleluia (Handel)
BBC Northern Ireland long wave only

Contributors

Organist:
Monsignor Patrick McEnroe.
Unknown:
Cyril Vaughan

Your responses and reactions to programmes on radio and television presented by Tom Vernon Producer KAY EVANS
Any comments, Questions or suggestions will be welcomed by Feedback-. BBC, Broadcasting House. London WIA 4WW long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Vernon
Producer:
Kay Evans

Presented by Peter Hob day and Louise Betting
Including Debatable Point. in which top financial experts discuss how their approach differs to various aspects of saving and investment.
Write to: Money Box. BBC, Broadcasting House. London \VIA 4WW
A Financial World Tonight production

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hob

For the next 13 weeks, by popular request, another chance to hear some of the most successful comedy shows from the BBC Light Entertainment Radio Department.
The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhillon-Sea starring Peter Sellers Harry Secombe Spike Milligan with MAX GELDRAY and THE RAY ELLINGTON QUARTET Orchestra conducted by WALLY STOTT
Written by SPIKE MILLIGAN Producer PETER ETON
(First broadcast in October 1954)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Written By:
Spike Milligan
Producer:
Peter Eton

Alan Ayckbourn presents his personal choice of poetry and prose.
Readers Annette Badland and Christopher Godwin One of Britain's most successful playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn is also Director of Productions at the Theatre in the Round, Scarborough, where this programme was recorded before an invited audience.
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
(First broadcast on New-Year's Eve 1977)
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Ayckbourn
Readers:
Annette Badland
Readers:
Christopher Godwin
Unknown:
Alan Ayckbourn
Producer:
Brian Patten

Now you can unload your query on to Neil Landor and let the BBC Reference Library and other experts find the answer for you.
Producer NICK HUGHES
Questions, on a postcard, to: Enquire Within, BBC. London W1A 4WW
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Landor
Producer:
Nick Hughes

Comrade Ananias by DAVID HUGHES
Arthur and Rose-Marie's romance was interrupted bv the advent of the Second World War. They lost contact with each other but, spurred on by a wartime buddy. Arthur makes a journey to try to find Rose-Marie.
The play is set in New Zealand.
Piano played by MARY NASH Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hughes
Played By:
Mary Nash
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Arthur:
Bruce Stewart
Wilf:
Ewen Solon
Rose-Marie:
Nicolette McKenzie
Cecilia:
Barbara Ewing
Seamus McCann:
Sean Barrett

Another chance to hear Vincent Kane's reflections on The Lighter Side of Life,
He considers the trauma of being sacked, and how one man turned it to good advantage; the perils of making love in a motor car (in heroic couplets): and an unexpected bonus in the search for Celtic sea oil.
Written and produced by VINCENT KANE
BBC Wales (Repeal long wave only

Contributors

Produced By:
Vincent Kane

A Plumb Job
Afloat on the Solent for this Radio Nature Trail in which Terry Langford describes some of the divers creatures to be found in the depths off our coast.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Wed 9.5 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Langford
Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Brian Leith

Presenter
David Scott Blackhall
A Different Kind of Bed' LES ROSE . who worked as a nurse before he lost his sight, talks to JANE FINNIS about his present job as a market gardener.
Producer THENA HESHEL long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Les Rose
Unknown:
Jane Finnis
Producer:
Thena Heshel

Brian Johnston recently visited Framlingham in Suffolk.
Producer SARAH PITT BBC Bristol
(Revised repeat of last Friday's broadcast) long wave only
5.51 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Sarah Pitt

A conversation in which guests contribute their own experience of dealing with personal, moral and spiritual issues. 11: Depression
Devised and presented by John Newbury
Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS BBC Manchester i Repeated: Wed at 11.0 am.

Contributors

Presented By:
John Newbury
Producer:
Roger Hutchings

by GEORGE MEREDITH adapted for radio in seven parts by D. G. BRIDSON with James Aubrey Anthony Newlands Sebastian Shaw Gwen Watford
2: The Hock and the Burgundy
Harry returns to England with two dozen bottles of hock from his father as a peace-offering to his grandfather, Squire Bel tham. The gift is ill-received hut Harry himself is welcomed back like the prodigal son.
Directed by JOHN CARDY (For cast see Fri 3.5)
(Gwen Watford is in ' Bodies ' at the Ambassadors Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Meredith
Unknown:
D. G. Bridson
Unknown:
James Aubrey
Unknown:
Anthony Newlands
Unknown:
Sebastian Shaw
Unknown:
Gwen Watford
Directed By:
John Cardy

Brian
Redhead brings you results of the first direct elections to the European Parliament as they come in from all over the United Kingdom and the other members of the European Community. He will be joined in London by Anthony King , Professor of Government at Essex University: and Robert Carvel. Political Editor of the London Evening Standard.
Leading politicians from the major Parties will be commenting on the re-suits and BBC Correspondents in each of the Common Market countries will be keeping you up-to-date with the voting patterns throughout the programme:
In Bonn, GRAHAM LEACH Brussels, ANGUS, MCDERMID
Copenhagen,
DONALD MILNER
Dublin. PHILIP WHITFIELD The Hague.
CHRISTOPHER LEE
Luxembourg. DENIS FROST ParisSTEPHEN. JESSEL Rome. ROBERT FOX and in Strasbourg, where the Parliament will first sit, JOHN SPICER
A co-production with Radio News. Current Affairs. Outside Broadcasts, BBC Regions, and BBC Local Radio stations. Executive producer ANNE SLOMAN
Radio 4 UK will be staying on the air until the main results are in. (Countdown to the European Parliament continues tomorrow at 12.2 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony King
Unknown:
Robert Carvel.
Unknown:
Graham Leach
Unknown:
Donald Milner
Unknown:
Dublin. Philip Whitfield
Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Denis Frost
Unknown:
Stephen. Jessel
Unknown:
Robert Fox
Unknown:
John Spicer
Producer:
Anne Sloman

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