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7.15 Apna Hi
Ghar Samajhiye : for Asians BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells: long wave only 7,50 The Shape of God
"KACONESS SHELAGH BROWN with a reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter (Luke 24, vv 13-35) long wave only
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A weekly look at religious news at home and abroad Presenter Clive Jacobs Producer DAVID WINTER long wave only

JON SNOW appeals on behalf of the New
Horizon Youth Centre which provides help and advice for young people from all over Britain who come to London to escape problems at home or to look for work.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Jon Snow , New Horizon, [address removed] long wave only
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from Lvndon Methodist Church Centre, Solihull conducted by the Minister THE REV PETER D. SMITH Hymns (Partners in Praise): God is love (30); Living Lord (109); One more step along the world I go (97); Christ is alive, let Christians sing (87); Christ the Lord is risen today (Methodist HB 204)
Reading: Luke 24, vv 13-35 Organist j. BARRIE DAVIS BBC Birmingham

Omnibus edition
Directed by ANTON GILL Producer
WILLIAM SMETHURST
Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham

Introduced by June Knox-Mawer who meets the Employment
Secretary, The Rt Hon Jim Prior , mp, and his wife Jane at their London home; and presents some Woman's Hour highlights.

by J.R.R. Tolkein
prepared for radio in 26 episodes by Brian Sibley starring
Ian Holm as Frodo
Michael Hordern as Gandalf
and Robert Stephens as Aragorn

'With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward. But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard's knees dragging him to the brink. Gandalf staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. "Fly, you fools!" he cried, and was gone.'

(Repeated: Wed 10.30 pm)
(Gerard Murphy is a member of the RSC)
(Stereo)

Derek Cooper explores the world of food and drink. Producer JOY HATWOOD
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Presenter Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
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Ken Ford invites Geoffrey Smith. Bill Sowerbutts and Professor Alan Gemmell to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post. BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 10.2 am)

Cirrhosis Park by FREDERICK BRADNUM with Alfred Burke
Robert Lang , Sylvia Syms and Caroline Mortimer
Peter Hardinge has made a lot of money and drunk a lot of booze. One destroyed his soul and the other his liver. He's now an embarrassment to his family who'd be glad if he would just peg out quietly and let them get on with spending his money. But he has one last go before he gives in to them entirely.
Directed by JANE MORGAN

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Round One
4: France v England
France: Anthony Quinton (chairman) with Professor Henry Appia and Professor
Paul-Gabriel Bouce of the University of Paris
England: Gordon Clough (chairman) with Irene Thomas and John Julius Norwich Question researcher CHRISTOPHER WEBB
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester long wave only

A lazy man's wildlife garden ... or how to avoid gardening on environmental grounds. A radio nature trail amidst the nesting birds, cowslips and crested newts that live in Dr Bob Stebbings 's garden.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
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Brian Johnston visits
Arundel in West Sussex. He has a guided tour of Arundel Castle; goes to a wildfowl reserve; Potter's Museum of Curiosity: the Roman Catholic Cathedral where he hears about a carpet of flowers; and talks to Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk, about racing and Arundel cricket.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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A five-part serial dramatised for radio by TED WILLIS from his own novel
The story begins with Ted Willis attending Question Time in the House of Lords in 1976: it goes back to the House of Special Purpose in Ekaterinburg in war-torn Russia of 1918, the house in which the Tsar and the Imperial Royal Family were murdered - or were they? And what is The Buckingham Palace Connection?
1: An Interview with the King
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Healers are a sometimes controversial group, looked at with scepticism by many of the medical profession. Jocelyn Ryder-Smith focuses on one healer,
Bruce MacManaway , and talks to the people around him: doctors, scientists and patients. Your judgments of what they say may help you decide if you would go to a healer.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham
(First broadcast in 1978) (Can You Learn to Be a Healer?: Thurs 11.5 am)

Frank Delaney introduces the magazine programme about the books you read, borrow and buy.
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON (Repeated: Thurs 4.15 pm)

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SEIJI OZAWA Haydn Symphony No 102, in B flat
Mozart Sinfonia
Concertante, in E flat (K 364)
JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN (Violin) BURTON FINE (viola)
(From the Music Shed,
Tanglewood, Mass. WCRB recording from Boston
Symphony Transcription Trust)

by MARY WEBB , dramatised for radio in three parts by MICHELENE WANDOR, with Miriam Margolyes as Pru Terry Molloy as Gideon Peter Davidson as Kester Penelope Lee as Mrs Sarn 2: Raising
Venus Pru and Gideon's hard work on the farm promises a good yield of corn, a step towards Gideon's desire for wealth. But Pru finds herself increasingly disturbed by her brother's single-mindedness and aware of the presence of the weaver. Kester Woodseaves , in her thoughts.
Traditional folk music sung and played by SUE HARRIS, JOHN KIRKPATRICK and ANN WELLER. Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Tues 3.2 pm)

A history in 26 parts in the words of those who have made the history. 19: The Afate, the Bosun and the Cook
The captain was God (or the devil) and looms large in literature. But in reality the sailor was much more concerned with ' what's the mate like? Who's going bosun? And who's sailing cook then? '
Readers ANTHONY HALL
JOHN HOLLIS ,
MICHAEL SHANNON , STEVE HODSON LEONARD MAGUIRE and GORDON GOSTELOW
Programme consultant and presenter Campbell McMurray , Assistant
Keeper. Department of Printed Books and MSS, National Maritime Museum
Composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON
Book (same title), f9.95 hardback, £5.95 paperback, from bookshops

The evening office of Compline

Westminster committeei at work - extracts and discussions.
Presenter Noel Lewis Producer PETER ROBINS

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