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7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye
BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God THE REV
CANON FRANK WRIGHT. Mark 7. vv 24-37 BBC Manchester long ware only
7.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Frank Wright.

BARBARA WOODHOUSEappeals on behalf of the Animal Health Trust ireg no
209642), which works to make domestic animals healthier by finding cures and improving treatment for their illnesses.
Donations by cheque or PO to: Barbara Woodhouse The Animal Health Trust, [address removed]
8.55 Weather: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Woodhouseappeals
Unknown:
Barbara Woodhousc
Unknown:
Lanwades Hall.

from St Peter 's Church, Chippenham
Officiant and Preacher THE REV PHILIP HUGHES
Readings (NEB: II Kings 5, vv 1-14: Mark 7. vv 24-37 Hymns: Lord of beauty. thine the splendour (A&:MR 174): 0 for a thousand tongues (A&MIR 196): A stranger once did bless the earth HHFT 2); Bread of heaven A&MR 411):
Worship. honour. glory, blessing (A&MR 632
Choirmaster ROY GODDARD Organist JACK ROBBINS BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
St Peter
Organist:
Jack Robbins

Hancock's Half Hour starring Tony Hancock with Sid James , Bill Kerr WALLY STOTT AND HIS
ORCHESTRA. Written by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON Producer TOM RONALD
( First in 1959)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Hancock
Unknown:
Sid James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Wally Stott
Written By:
Ray Galton
Written By:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
Tom Ronald

by ANTON GILL with Robert Lang Petra Markham Michael Maloney and Geoffrey Collins
Allied troops are closing in on Berlin. the Third Reich is crumbling, but in the bowels of the Von Niemand Museum of Natural History, Professor von Lowenthal and his team work on undaunted. They are about to complete a 30-year project: the reconstruction of a gigantic prehistoric skeleton of a Brachiosaur.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lang
Unknown:
Petra Markham
Unknown:
Michael Maloney
Unknown:
Geoffrey Collins

Brian Johnston visits Swindon in Wiltshire.
Famous as a railway town, in recent years it has expanded in population and attracted many new and important industries. 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

with Emma Thompson
During this programme, which was recorded in a traffic jam on the A38 as the cast were trying to reach Plymouth for Radio 4*s South West week. Richard worked out that if you rearrange the letters of St
Valentine's Day. you can get ten in a lady's vest. Special guest Peter Skellern
Written by (GUESSWHO Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Thompson
Unknown:
Peter Skellern
Producer:
Mike Craig

by CHARLES DICKENS dramatised in eight episodes by BETTY DAVIES
2: The Law Writer
A certain Jarndyce. in an evil hour, made a great fortune, and made a great Will. In the question how the trusts under that Will are to be administered, the fortune left by the Will is squandered away: the legatees under the Will are reduced to such a miserable condition that they would be sufficiently punished, if they had committed an enormous crime in having money left them; and the Will itself is made a dead letter. Mrs Blinder. ROSALIND ADAAM
Coroner...... STEPHEN THORNE Directed by JANE MORGAN (Repeated: Tues 3.2 pm) (Michael Bryant is a National Theatre player-Brenda Blethyn is in Steaming' at the Comedy Theatre, London: Sylvia Coleridge is in ' The Beastly Beat-tudes, of Balthazar B ' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Betty Davies
Unknown:
Rosalind Adaam
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Unknown:
Michael Bryant
Unknown:
Brenda Blethyn
Unknown:
Sylvia Coleridge
John Jarndyce:
Michael Bryant
Esther Summerson:
Brenda Blethyn
Lady Dedlock:
Sara Kestelman
Actor:
Robert Lang
Richard Carstone:
Andrew Seear
Ada Clare:
Maggie Wilkinson
Mr Guppy:
William Nighy
Sir Leicester:
Jack May
Miss Flite:
Sylvia Coleridge
Harold Skimpole:
David Collings
Charley:
Angela Pleasence
Mr Boythorn:
Leslie Sands
Charles Dickens:
Simon Cadell
JO:
Danny Webb
Allan Woodcourt:
Adam Bareham
Mr Kenge:
Philip Voss
Gridley:
John Livesey
Mr Snagsby:
Hugh Dickson
Krook:
John Hollis
Mrs Pardiggle:
Di Langford
Jenny THERESA:
Streatfeii D
Brickmaker:
Michael McStay
Tom:
Toby Hales

A series of six radio portraits by Alison Plowden
5: The Percy Out of Northumberland
Introduced by John Julius Norwich
with Clive Francis as Henry Percy 'Hotspur', James Maxwell as Cardinal Wolsey, Geoffrey Wheeler as the Duke of Lancaster
The Northumbrian Chroniclers George House, Graham Tennant and Geoffrey Banks
Excerpts from other letters and journals read by PETER BELL, KEITH CLIFFORD, ROGER GRAINGER, VALERIE GEORGESON, MARK HUDSON, ANN RYE
Including an interview with the Duke of Northumberland
Music composed by RICHARD HARVEY
Theme by NIGEL HESS
Producer TREVOR HILL
BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced by:
John Julius Norwich
Henry Percy:
Clive Francis
Cardinal Wolsey:
James Maxwell
Duke of Lancaster:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Unknown:
Graham Tennant
Unknown:
Geoffrey Banks
Read By:
Peter Bell
Read By:
Keith Clifford.
Read By:
Roger Grainger
Read By:
Valerie Georgeson
Read By:
Mark Hudson
Read By:
Ann Rye
Composed By:
Richard Harvey
Unknown:
Nigel Hess
Producer:
Trevor Hill

The Lord's Sons in a Strange Land
5: ' Help me 0 Lord my God: 0 save me according to thy mercy.' A meditation on Psalm 109 by ERIC WILKES.
Professor of Community Medicine at Sheffield University, with IAN TRACEY , organist of Liverpool Cathedral. Producer DAVID CRAIG BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Wilkes.
Organist:
Ian Tracey
Producer:
David Craig

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