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Presenters John Tfmpson and Paul Burden
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ALEC GILMORE
7.9, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
John Tfmpson
Presenters:
Paul Burden
Unknown:
Alec Gilmore
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Forty years ago this autumn, Hitler launched his- bombers into an all-out assault on our cities and towns as the first step in the conquest of Britain. Thousands of civilians were killed, but Hitler failed.
In five programmes, compiled' and presented by Norman Toier, you can hear eye-witness accounts of The Blitz, from diaries and other records made by ordinary British people. 1: We Were in It
Read by KAREN ARCHER. MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES , DIANA BISHOP, ALISTER CAMERON , LOLLY COCKERELL, PETER DAHLSEN , JUDY FRANKLIN , SONIA FRASER , NIGEL GREAVES. BRIAN HAINES , ALEXANDER JOHN , EVE KARPF, GODFREY KENTON , LIZZIE MC KENZIE , AMANDA MURRAY , PEGGY PAIGE , SIÔN PROBERT, ROWENA ROBERTS. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT and ANDREW TIMOTHY
Directed by JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Presented By:
Norman Toier
Read By:
Karen Archer.
Read By:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Unknown:
Alister Cameron
Unknown:
Peter Dahlsen
Unknown:
Judy Franklin
Unknown:
Sonia Fraser
Unknown:
Nigel Greaves.
Unknown:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Alexander John
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Lizzie Mc Kenzie
Unknown:
Amanda Murray
Unknown:
Peggy Paige
Unknown:
Rowena Roberts.
Unknown:
Andrew Timothy
Directed By:
John Cardy

A portrait of Saint Boniface of Crediton, Apostle to Germany by PAUL HYLAND
John Franklyn-Robbins as Saint
Boniface Wynfrith of Crediton, better known as St Boni face, Apostle to Germany. was born in Devonshire
1.300 years ago.
This programme is based largely on his correspondence and other contemporary sources with contributions by PROFESSOR E. W. F. TOMLIN, CBE, DAME FELICITAS CORRI-GAN, OSB, and PETER cousins
Musical research and direction by CHRISTOPHER WALKER with members of SS Peter and Paul Cath edral Choir. Clifton
Directed by SHAUN MAC -LOUGHLIN, BBC Bristol long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Hyland
Unknown:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Boniface Wynfrith
Unknown:
St Boni
Unknown:
Christopher Walker
Unknown:
Paul Cath
Directed By:
Shaun Mac
Narrator:
Neil Stacy
Willibald:
Bill Wallis
Eadburga:
Constance Chapman
Gregory II/Aldebert:
Sean Barrett
Daniel/Ethelbert:
Eric Allan
Willibrord/Grcgory III/ Miltret ....:
Steve Hodson
Charles Martel/Zacharias:
Tim Bentinck
Leoba:
Heather Moray

Presenter P. J. Kavanagh Readers DOUGLAS LEACH and BRENDA KAYE
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Requesis: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR long tcatfe only

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Kavanagh
Unknown:
Readers Douglas Leach
Unknown:
Brenda Kaye
Producer:
Brian Patten

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Sounds Mouthwatering (1) MARY BERRY demonstrates the art of making bread. Among the Spanish Basques: was where SUE LAKE went on a visit.
A Hebridean Voice (6): FINLAY J. MACDONALD On bedtime stories.
C of E: The Dean of the Arches. Court of Canterbury, john OWEN, QC, describes his work to ANNE MACNAMARA.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P. D. JAMES abridged in 12 parts by EVANGELISE BANKS
Read by Judith Coke (1)
After Bernie Pryde 's death, Cordelia Gray was all that was left of Pryde's Detective Agency. But she was determined to prove herself up to the job, when she was asked to find out why Mark Callender killed himself. (Music: Gregson's Quintet for Brass)
Editor WYN KNOWLES long wave only

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Mary Berry
Unknown:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Unknown:
P. D. James
Read By:
Judith Coke
Unknown:
Bernie Pryde
Unknown:
Cordelia Gray
Unknown:
Mark Callender
Editor:
Wyn Knowles

John Lahr , Rula Lenska
Wvnford Vaughan-Thomas and Kenneth Williams are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous - taken from books, journals and walls, or simply overheard A little inaccuracy some-times saves tons of ex-planation.(SAKI) Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Devised and presented by Nigel Rees
Producer ALAN NIXON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Lahr
Unknown:
Rula Lenska
Unknown:
Wvnford Vaughan-Thomas
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher
Presented By:
Nigel Rees
Producer:
Alan Nixon

A political extravaganza in two acts and an interlude by BERNARD SHAW
A typically Shavian look at the future - to a time when all people now livIngare dead. Written in 1928, many of Shaw's prophecies are becoming alarmingly true.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL (Prunella Scales is in ' Make and Break ', Hay-market Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell
Directed By:
Prunella Scales
King Magnus:
Peter Barkworth
the Prime Minister:
Nigel Stock
Boanerges:
Colin Douglas
Lysistrata:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Amanda:
Dilys Laye
Orinthia:
Prunella Scales
Pamphilius:
Brian Sanders
sempronius:
Christopher Scott
The Princess Royal:
Amanda Murray
Nicobar:
Brian Baines
Pliny:
Patrick Barr
Balbus:
Michael McStay
CraSSUS:
Godfrey Kenton
The Queen:
Sonia Fraser
Mr Vanhattan:
John Church
The Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne

The Franchise Affair by JOSEPHINE TEY abridged in 15 episodes by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Frank Duncan (1) It's a quiet afternoon in a sleepy country town. Family solicitor Robert Blair thinks of going home. And then the phone rings. Two respectable ladies have been accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl ... Producer PETER KING long wave only

Contributors

Read By:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Robert Blair
Producer:
Peter King

Second of three programmes of Lieder in English Schubert Final four songs from The Maid of the Mill (English translation by CLARE CAMPBELL )
IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
JENNIFER PARTRIDGE (piano)

Contributors

Translation By:
Clare Campbell
Piano:
Jennifer Partridge

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