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7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye
BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells: long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God with FR CHRISTOPHER COLVEN (Matthew 11, vv 25-30) long wave only
7.55 Weather: programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Christopher Colven

JIMMY YOUNG appeals on behalf of The Migraine Trust, which funds research and helps with the treatment of the disease which attacks one person in every ten.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Jimmy Young ,
The Migraine Trust,
[address removed]
long wave only
8.55 Weather: programme news
8.59 Continental Travel Information

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Young
Unknown:
Ormond Street

Parish Mass from
St Columba's Church, Anfield. Liverpool
Hymns: Crown .him with many crowns: Praise we now the word of grace; Soul of my Saviour;
All for Jesus Readings: Romans 8. vv 9-13;
Matthew 11. vv 25-30. Celebrant FR PETER KAVANAGH. Preacher THE REV DAVID THOMAS
Organist MALCOLM DORR and PHILIP WILLIAMS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Peter
Organist:
David Thomas
Organist:
Malcolm Dorr

Ken Ford invites Peter Seabrook Bill Sowerbutts
Professor Alan Gemmell to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post.
Questions. on a postcard only. to: Gardeners' Question Time, BBC,
Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9PX
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 10.2 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Seabrook
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Professor Alan Gemmell
Unknown:
Woodhouse Lane

The Class of 39 by PATRICK GALVIN Ireland. 1939
A frightening level of sexual and religious violence is uncovered when Franklin. a lay-teacher and veteran of the Spanish Civil War. arrives at a boys' reform school run by Christian Brothers.
Directed byROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Directed By:
Robert Cooper

Contestants from ten countries challenge a resident team in England Round Two
Sweden v England
(End of Round 1 Scores Sweden 121. England 11) Sweden:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Mrs Gun Hagglund (broadcaster and translator) and Bo Ancker
(journalist and author) England:
Gordon Clough (Chairman) with Irene Thomas and John Julius Norwich Question researcher BERNICE COUPE
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Mrs Gun Hagglund
Unknown:
Bo Ancker
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich

Brian Johnston visits
Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. The old part of the town is almost encircled by the River Severn. It has many picturesque half-timbered houses, narrow streets, and some excellent parks and gardens which fully justify it being known as ' the town of flowers '. Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 11.5 am) long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

Hubert Gregg asks himself ... and invites us to share the enjoyment, with the recorded voices of SIR JULIAN HUXLEY
W. C. FIELDS. STAN LAUREL OLIVER NORVELL HARDY and NOËL COWARD
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON (Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Unknown:
Sir Julian Huxley
Unknown:
Stan Laurel
Unknown:
Oliver Norvell Hardy
Producer:
Phyllis Robinson

A series of six talks with novelist Joseph Hone 4 Poland: Crooks and Crusaders
JOSEPH HONE arrives in Warsaw just after the Gdansk agreements. On the one hand he finds social deprivation and corruption - on the other, the new Cru'-aders.
Producer joy HATWOOD

A six-part series
4: Civil Servants are Unaccountable
Civil servants claim they are accountable to their ministers, but where does that leave parliament and the public? Do civil servants accept the blame for anything at all? Hugo Young asks. among others, Sir Ian Bancroft , Head of the Home Civil
Service: The Rt Hon Joel Barnett. mp; Sir Brian Cubbon , Permanent
Secretary at the Home Office: The Rt Hon
Edward du Cann. mp; Sir Patrick Nairne.
Permanent Secretary at the DHSS: and The Rt Hon James Prior. mp.
Producer ANNE SLOMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugo Young
Unknown:
Sir Ian Bancroft
Unknown:
Joel Barnett.
Unknown:
Sir Brian Cubbon
Unknown:
Edward du Cann.
Unknown:
Sir Patrick Nairne.
Unknown:
James Prior.
Producer:
Anne Sloman

The Royal Yacht
Britannia played a key part in last November's State Visits to Italy, Tunisia. Algeria and Morocco by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
Peter Jones visited
Britannia in the Bay of Naples to discover some of the problems and the pleasures of a Royal Tour... Producer ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jones
Producer:
Roger MacDonald

A dramatisation in six parts by FREDERICK BRADNUM of The Valley oj Bones. The Soldier's Art and The Military Philosophers, books seven, eight and nine of ANTHONY POWELL 'S sequence of 12 novels.
Sent from his Divisional HQ to London Nicholas Jenkins spends an evening in the Café Royal with the composer. Hugh Moreland. and his mistress. Audrey Maclintick. Priscilla Lovell. Jenkins' sister-in-law, and Odo Stevens join them. It is the spring of 1941. and London is being bombed by the Luftwaffe.
4: The Soldier's Art (2)
Chips Lovell JOHN LEVITT Priscilla.PENNY BROWNJOHN Odo Stevens JOHN BADDELEY
Title music composed by ANTONY MIALL
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD (Repeated: Tues 3.2 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Anthony Powell
Unknown:
John Levitt
Composed By:
Antony Miall
Directed By:
Graham Gauld
Nicholas Jenkins:
Noel Johnson
the younger Nicholas:
Gareth Johnson
Charles Stringham:
Simon Cadell
Widmerpool:
Brian Hewlett
Moreland:
Sion Probert
Audrey Maclintick:
Jenny Lee
Max:
Pilgrim David Alder
Eleanor:
Anne Rosenfeld
Bithel:
Anthony Hall
Hogbourne Johnson:
Frank Duncan
Biggs:
Roger Snowdon
Soper:
Martin Friend
Pedlar:
Jonathan Scott
Cheeseman:
Christopher Scott
Air-raid Warden:
Haydn Wood

The Computer in One Day Ten years ago, few people would have thought of owning a computer, but now thousands of microcomputers are at work in offices, small businesses and homes. Besides being practical tools, they can also be great fun. as Ron Alldridge and Maggie Challis found when computer expert Peter Laurie spent a day guiding their first steps in using a micro. Producer
CHRISTOPHER STONE
(Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Alldridge
Unknown:
Maggie Challis
Unknown:
Peter Laurie
Unknown:
Christopher Stone

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