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Presenters Brian Redhead and Hugh Sykes
6.45*Prayer for the Day With JOHN MATTHEWS
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenters:
Brian Redhead
Presenters:
Hugh Sykes
Unknown:
John Matthews
Read By:
Laurie MacMillan

visits Hampshire where members of the Headley Horticultural Society put their questions to (lay
Jones Bill Sowerbutts and Professor Alan Gemmell Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester i Broadcast Sun 2.2 pm) Book, Down the Garden Path. £3 50, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Jones Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Professor Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Questionmaster Ken

Introduced by Kay Alexander
Guest of the Week:
Ben Whitaker , Director of the Minority Rights Group. Reading Your Letters.
Dos, Don'ts and Dodges: sewing hints from BETTY FOSTER.
Holidays in School: PETER SPINKS learns how they are enjoyed by all the family.
It's an III Wind: because of a family tragedy, NOREEN RIOLS discovers some truth in the saying
A Friend of Mary Rose by ELIZABETH FENWICK. abridged in eight parts by SHIRLEY COOKLIN. Read by WILLIAM ROBERTS (8)
(Music: Martinu's Sixth Symphony)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kay Alexander
Unknown:
Ben Whitaker
Unknown:
Betty Foster.
Unknown:
Peter Spinks
Unknown:
Mary Rose
Unknown:
Elizabeth Fenwick.
Unknown:
Shirley Cooklin.

The Price Strike by ALLEN SADDLER
In these days of strict monetary policies, belt-tightening all round and general economic uncertainty perhaps Eric and his friends have found the solution to problems of inflation and recessions.
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Charles Hart:
Nicholas Courtney
Horace Baker:
David McAlister
Erie:
Alexander John
Chris Bush:
John Livesey
Ernie Cave:
Haydn Wood
Harry Townsend:
Basil Moss
Poppy:
Judy Franklin
TV reporter:
John McAndrew
Jane:
Margaret Robertson
TV producer:
John Webb
TV interviewer:
Christopher Scott
Professor Barnstorm:
Malcolm Hayes

for Wednesday in the fifth week of Lent from
Westminster Cathedral. sung by Men's Voices of the Choir.
Hymn: Audi, benigne Conditor (Lassus)
Psalm: 26 (Iand II)
Canticle: Colossians 1, vv 12-20 (in falsibordone) Scripture reading:
Ephesians 4, v 32 to 5, v 2. Homily. Short
Responsory: Ego dixi
Magnificat septimi toni « Morales)
Intercessions and Lord's Prayer. Salve Regina (Cavalli). Dismissal Master of Music STEPHEN CLEOBURY
Assistant Master of Music ANDREW WRIGHT

Contributors

Music:
Stephen Cleobury

A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden
In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE. Executive producer BOBBY JAYE
(Repealed: Fri 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Bobby Jaye

A recording of yesterday morning's Tuesday Call phone-in, in which listeners' questions were answered by Muriel Clark and Barty Phillips, with Teresa McGonagle. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Clark
Unknown:
Barty Phillips
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle

Major issues, changing attitudes, important events.
Reporter David Henshaw Producer GERRY NORTHAM Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Thurs 11.5am)

Contributors

Reporter:
David Henshaw
Producer:
Gerry Northam
Editor:
Colin Adams

Paul Allen presents reviews of Don Juan : a new translation by John Fowles of the play by Moliere at the Cottesloe
Theatre; and the opera Duke Bluebeard's
Castle, with two ballets
- The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin - a Bartok triple bill at the London Coliseum. Producer JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Don Juan
Translation By:
John Fowles
Producer:
John Powell

Five stories by GRAHAM GREENE 3: Men at Work
' " Oh dear, oh dear", Skate said, " I must get this agenda done ". His worry was only skin deep: it was all a game played in a corner under ihe gigantic shadow.
Propaganda was a means of passing the time, work was not done for its usefulness but for its own sake.'
long wave only

Contributors

Stories By:
Graham Greene

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