Programme Index

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presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead including atDay
6.45* Prayer for the Day with ROSEMARY WAKELIN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presented By:
John Timpson
Presented By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Rosemary Wakelin
Read By:
Harriet Cass

by DICK FRANCIS abridged in 13 parts and produced by MICHAEL BOWEN
Read by James Bolam (1) '" The Guineas is only » fortnight away," Rosemary said. "Supposa something happens.... what if Tri-Nitro fails, like the others? " More to calm her than from any thought of being able to do what she wanted, I said, "All right. I'll try to do something ' . BBC Bristol'
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Francis
Produced By:
Michael Bowen
Read By:
James Bolam

A selection of plays from the series .
Just Before Midnight Getting Out by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL with James Bolam as Tom and Ian Holm as Titch
The nurse...HILDA KRISEMAN Directed by MICHAEL BARTLITT
Falling by JONATHAN RABAN
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Russell
Unknown:
James Bolam
Unknown:
Ian Holm
Directed By:
Michael Bartlitt
Unknown:
Jonathan Raban
Directed By:
Richard Wortley
Austen:
Robert Lang
Announcer:
Peter Donaldson
Austen's wife:
Eva Stuart
Tamsin:
Jenny Twigge
Secretary:
Brenda Kaye
Halloran:
Alan Barry

Introduced by Sue MacGregor

Guest of the Week: Sir Ieuan Maddock, Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Food of the Founding Fathers: Sonia Beesley, in New York, has ideas for tomorrow's Thanksgiving Day.

Reading Your Letters.

Pets - What Shall We Have! 4: Rabbits and Guinea Pigs.

Desert Island People: who would Katherine Whitehorn like to accompany her on a desert sland?

The Cats of Punchbowl Farm by Monica Edwards abridged in six parts by Delia Paton
Read by Mary Wimbush
Freyni and Vashti
Music: Francaix's Concertino for piano and orchestra)
(Mary Wimbush is a National Theatre player)

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Contributors

Unknown:
MacGregor Guest
Unknown:
Sir Ieuan Maddock.
Unknown:
Sonia Beesley
Unknown:
Katherine Whitehorn
Unknown:
Delia Paton
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush

A Very Private Poem by DAVID SHEASBY
A good teacher searches for talent, even in the most unlikely places. Mark Newbould Is a peripatetic English teacher in a girls' borstal ...
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
David Sheasby
Unknown:
Mark Newbould
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Maureen:
Gwen Taylor
Susan:
Sylvia Brayshay
Mr Newbould:
Sean Barrett
Henderson:
Paul Webster

from Worcester Cathedral Versicles and Responses (Hunt)
Psalm 106 (Jackson, Brooksbank, Byrd)
Lessons: Isaiah 50, VT 5-9: Mark 8, vv 27-35
Canticles (Rubbra in A flat)
Anthem: The Sea of Faith (Roger Hemingway )
Master of the Choristers DONALD HUNT
Organist PAUL TREPTE BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Hemingway

They Come In All Sizes Written and read by Shirley Cooklin
' Brenda thought " Poor little devil, he's obviously trying to skive off school, but I wonder why? Doesn't his mother see what a scared little rabbit he is? What is it about that child? And who'd ever think he was nearly 13? "'

Contributors

Read By:
Shirley Cooklin

A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Dirys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden In the chair
John Julius Norwich
Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dirys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Antonia Fraser
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Unknown:
Peter Moore

The African Condition 3: A Clash of Cultures
' We are beginning to be converted to the proposition that droughts are not caused by a surplus of twin babies born in a particular year.'
All Mazrul, Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, examines the impact of Western scientific and cultural values on Africa. Africans are caught up between rebellion against the West and imitation of the West. PROFESSOR MAZ-RUI argues that the western world will have to accept a measure of cultural humility, and a willingness to be Influenced by others if a more balanced international cultural order is to be created.
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Sunday at 6.0 pm on Radio 3, and printed in THE LISTENER dated 22 November)

A lighthearted anthology of new words and old-time music, introduced by Peter Wheeler with Ronald Baddiley Bob Grant and Kathleen Holme
Music-hall songs sung by TONY BATEMAN with TOM STEER (piano) Producer KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Unknown:
Bob Grant
Unknown:
Kathleen Holme
Sung By:
Tony Bateman
Producer:
Kay Jamieson

Presented by Peter Oppenheimer
Current events, attitudes and opinions, at home and abroad.
Reporter David Henshaw Producer STUART simon Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Oppenheimer
Reporter:
David Henshaw
Producer:
Stuart Simon
Editor:
Colin Adams

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