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Presenters Brian Redhead and Wendy Jones
6 45* Prayer for the Daw THE REV BARRY ALLCOTT 7 8 0 Today's News Read by BRYAN martin
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plus Libby purves with a birthday interview.
Producer JENNY DANKS
Ken Ford invites Bill Sowerbutts
Professor Alan Gemmell and Clay Jones to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post.
BBC Manchester
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A Distant Goal written and read by Brian Glanville
followed by travel
Presenter Bill Breckon
A new series adapted In
six parts by JOHN HOWLETT from his novel of the same name with 1: Twisting the Dragon's Tail
The Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor Is without doubt the most efficient source of power yet conceived. It is also potentially by far the most dangerous. Should Britain commit herself to an international alliance to build a commercial version?
Gordon Aylen , a senior civil servant, is asked to prepare a policy document which may well be the deciding factor In his. government's decision. He soon finds himself cast in the uncomfortable role of devil's advocate.
Directed by ROGER PINE BBC Birmingham
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with Nick Ross
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with Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: the photographer Terence Donovan
There Were Ten in the Bed ...' RON ALLDRIDGE explores the changing rituals of going to bed. Remembering Louise by ANNA Gilbert , abridged in 11 parts by MADGE HART Read by Corinna Marlowe (1)
(Music: Lennox Berkeley's Symphony No 1)
Mother Care by TIM ASTINALL , With and Rose, a sixth-former at a girls' public school In
London, is awaiting the results of a scholarship to Cambridge. When James and Kay, her thoroughly nice middle-class, liberal-minded parents, learn that Rose Is about to become a mother, they aren't quite sure how to react.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol
The poet George MacBeth presents poems about animals: Hunting
Readers RONALD PICKUP and PETER WICKHAM Producer ALEC reid
(Postponed from 5 Mall)
A Youth Rally to celebrate His Holiness the Pope's visit to Cardiff. Presented by Gerald Priestland with two studio guests. The scene at Ninian Park is described by Alun Williams with John Hosken. Peter Jones will be on the motorcade from Ninian Park to Rhoose Airport.
The Holy Father's arrival at the stadium will be greeted by a fanfare.
Opening song: How lovely on the mountains (Leonard J. Smith)
Presentation and Address
The call of Samuel, interpreted in movement and music (Samuel 3, vv 1-18)
Hymn: Oh the word of my Lord (Damian Lundy)
Presentation prayer
Gospel Processional Song (Ernest Sands)
Gospel: John 15, vv 1-17
Address by the Holy Father
Choir: Motet: Jubilate Deo (Mozart)
Act of Dedication
A scroll will be presented to the Holy Father, during which the following will be sung:
Sing to the world (Patrick Lee, Ernest Sands)
Prayers
Blessing
As the Holy Father is driven around the stadium, the young people will sing: The spirit lives to set us free (Damian Lundy)
Give me joy in my heart (trad)
Seek ye first the kingdom of God (Karen Lasserty)
We're the church of today (John Marsland, Ernest Sands)
BRASS AND WIND ORCHESTRA Of GOLDSMITH COLLEGE, LONDON
THE YOUTH CHOIR
Organist PETER MORRISON
Leader of LASALLIAN RESOURCE DAMIAN LUNDY
Conductor MARK SHANAHAN
Director of Music ERNEST SANDS
Presenters Gordon Clough and Robert Williams on VHF until 5.55
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An extended Six O'Clock News to include live coverage of the closing ceremony of the Papal visit at Cardiff-Wales Airport, The Pope's farewell message and his departure for Rome. plus Financial Report
(Repeated: Thurs 1.40pm)
Presenter Roger Cook
(Repeated; Thurs 9.5 am)
Eight documentaries
7: Let This Be a Lesson.... Throughout the world children go to school to learn ' the three Rs - - skills they hope will help them obtain a good Job and live a fulfilling life. But such hopes are often frustrated, in the rich 1 North ' as in the poor ' South ' - ' education ' and the needs of the ' real world ' often remain stubbornly separate. How can problems such as these be solved? And what can the schools of the ' North ' and the ' South learn from each other? Written and presented bv Emanuel de Kadt and Daniel Snowman
Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN
These words of Hamlet were quoted by The Prince of Wales when he opened the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on 23 April 1932. This is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon and the opening of the new London home of the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican. An exploration of the flowering of a small provincial festival into one of the finest theatrical companies in the world, with the aid of the BBC Sound Archives and contemporary interviews.
Past and present members of the Company - actors, directors and designers - take part.
First of three programmes Johnny Morris talks about three of his favourite humorous characters from fiction.
Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Includes reviews of Talley's Folly, a romantic drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson , starring Hayley Mills and Jonathan Pryce and the Spltalfields Summer
Festival which includes performances of Armide by Gluck at Christ Church.
Presenter Chris Pawling Producer john POWELL
John Morgan reporting
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