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7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye for Asian listeners BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells: long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God 8: A foretaste of the heavenly banquet long wave only
7.55 Weather: programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye

THE LORD WELLS-PESTELL OF COMBS appeals on behalf of the Hand Crafts
Advisory Association for the Disabled (reg no
250496), which provides, training, advice and inspiration for teachers in the various crafts.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: HCAAD, [address removed]
long wave only
8.55 Weather; programme news

Harvest Festival Service comes from the Parish Church of St Mary with Holy Trinity, Ulverston, Cumbria
Hymns (A & M R): Come ye thankful people come (482); We plough the fields and scatter (483); Now thank we all our God (379)
Readings (Good News
Version): 11 Corinthians 9, vv 6-15; Matthew 6, vv 24-34
Anthem: I will exalt you (C. Dean)
Preacher and Celebrant THE REV DAVID SMETHURST
Organist and choirmaster DAVID COLIN DEAN BBC Manchester

Contributors

Organist:
David Smethurst
Choirmaster:
David Colin

Introduced by June Knox -Mawer who talks to British film-producers John, Lord
Brabourne and Richard Goodwin during a break in filming at their
Wembley studios; and presents some Woman's Hour highlights.

Contributors

Introduced By:
June Knox
Unknown:
Richard Goodwin

The ten-part adventure serial in time and space by JAMES FOLLETT withand
3: Sands of KyrosThe crew of the Challenger has returned to its solar system to discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 years has passed on the starship. The Earth itself has vanished and the Sentinel, guardian of the Earth's moon and all its knowledge, has decided the crew are aliens and must die!
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
James Follett
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Commander Telson:
Sean Arnold
Sharna:
Amanda Murray
Astra:
Kathrvn Hurlbutt
Darv:
Haydn Wood
Angel One:
Sonia Fraser
Angel Two:
Gordon Reid
Sentinel:
Alexander John
George:
John McAndrew

Strike a Blow and Die by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER In 1914 the British protectorate of Nyasaland was invaded by the Germans from East
Africa. Preoccupied with this threat, the Colonial Government failed to discern another, a few miles from the capital. Blantyre. The rebellion, led by a Messianic Baptist preacher.
John Chilembwe , was quickly forgotten but Chilembwe was not forgotten and his name became a legend.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kittermaster
Unknown:
John Chilembwe

Series of ten programmes 4: The Archaeology of Jordan
Why did a Caliph, 1,000 years ago, have an elaborately decorated bath house built for himself, Roman style, in the open desert? What can a study of graffiti, written upon boulders by the Bedouin, tell us of their lives and their history? Did
Paleolithic man live in the Jordanian deserts? Malcolm Billings finds answers to these and other questions.
Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol long wave only

London Green
The River Lea flows south into London, cutting a swath of green into the heart of the Big Smoke as far as Walthamstow and Hackney. John Andrews leads a radio nature trail along the banks of the river which Isaak Walton fished over three centuries ago, all within shooting distance of St Paul's.
Presenter Derek Jones Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Hackney. John Andrews
Unknown:
Isaak Walton
Presenter:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Brian Leith

Brian Johnston visits Matlock and Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.
The Heights of Abraham, Gulliver's Kingdom, a superb play park for children, the annual illuminations and Reber Zoo which specialises in breeding lynx to ensure their survival, are just a few of the attractions of this famous inland resort. Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 11.5 am) long wave only
5.56 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

Further adventures in the life of an unrepentant pools winner by WALLY K. DALT starring also featuring andwith this week:
John Horsley
David Graham and David Bradshawe Theme music by JIM PARKER Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wally K. Dalt
Unknown:
John Horsley
Unknown:
David Graham
Unknown:
David Bradshawe
Music By:
Jim Parker
Unknown:
John Fawcett Wilson
Sam Baker:
David Roper
his wife Annabel:
Sharon Duce
Rose:
Patsy Rowlands
Cyril the Builder:
John Junkin

In the days of the Roman Empire the physician Galen suggested that women who were melancholic were more likely to contract cancer than those who were sanguine, or placid.
Doctors since then have continued to speculate that a patient's temperament might have a bearing on the development of tumours. Geoff Watts talks to
British and American researchers currently attempting to assess, scientifically. observations about the relationship between cancer and the mind.
Producer DF.I:ORAH COHEN (Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)

Contributors

Talks:
Geoff Watts

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by NICHOLAS WOOD conducted by JEAN FOURNET Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée
Faure" Incidental music to Shylock
Falla Three dances from The Three-Cornered Hat BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Wood
Conducted By:
Jean Fournet Berlioz

A plain man's guide to the Christian Faith.
1: By What Atithorittff In the first of 13 programmes
Gerald Priestland looks at the nature of Christianity and the authority with which it claims to speak about God.
Many people who would call themselves
Christians are no longer sure what that involves. In this personal investigation the BBC's Religious Affairs
Correspondent calls upon more than 100 witnesses. What they have to say adds new insights to
2,000 years of tradition. Drama by BRIAN SIBLEY Music arranged by BARRY ROSE
Researcher PATRICK FORBES Producer CHRIS REES
(Repeated: Wed 4.0 pm) Companion notes for the series are available from Room 231 Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Priestland
Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Arranged By:
Barry Rose
Unknown:
Patrick Forbes
Producer:
Chris Rees

Robert Hardy presents the last of seven pictorial journeys through history, bringing together period songs and writings to create a kaleidoscope of British life as once it was lived.
7: Frost Fairs and Winter Pastimes
An impression of the severe winters of long ago (the earliest ballad printed on the frozen
Thames was in 1683) and some of the ways in which men have endured and even enjoyed them.
Recalled by HENRY STAMPER ELIZABETH PROUD and PATRICK MALAHlDE with CHARLES WEST,
SHEILA MATHEWS , and CHARLES YOUNG. HIS SINGERS AND MUSICIANS
Compiled by GERALD FROW Producer JOHN DYAS
(Charles West is in ' Annie ' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London)

Contributors

Recalled By:
Henry Stamper
Unknown:
Patrick Malahlde
Unknown:
Sheila Mathews
Producer:
John Dyas
Unknown:
Charles West

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