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7.10 Sunday Paper* long wave only
7.15 Apna III Ghar Samajhlye
BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells: long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God
THE VEN PAUL BARBER With a meditation for the tenth Sunday of Pentecost Luke 7. vv 36-50 long wave only
7.55 Weather; travel; Programme news

BAMBER GASCOIGNE appeals on behalf of Friends of the National Libraries, who help libraries and record offices to buy books and manuscripts of importance to the nation. Donations, by cheque or PO, to: Friends of the National Libraries, [address removed]
8.55 Weather; travel; programme news; continental travel

Contributors

Unknown:
Bamber Gascoigne

from Ellm Pentecostal
Church, Ealing, London Minister THE REV JOHN SAINSBURY. Reading: John 4, vv 5-14 (AV) Hymns (Redemption
Hymnal): Lord make me an instrument (144); Count your blessings (427); Great God of wonders (344); Are you trusting Jesus (408);
(Scripture in Song Vol 2: 185) Open my eyes. Lord Organist STEPHEN BLAKE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Sainsbury.
Organist:
Stephen Blake

Introduced by Chris Mohr, who asks her studio guests: 'Is our performance improved by massive doses of vitamin pills, as some American research would suggest, or do we get enough vitamins from our normal diet?'; plus highlights from Woman's Hour.

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Mohr

The last in a series of six programmes

Starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan
with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott

Written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stevens
(First broadcast in 1957)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Written By:
Spike Milligan
Written By:
Larry Stephens [billed as Larry Stevens]
Producer:
Charles Chilton

DIY tips and techniques to save time and money from
David Holloway , Editor of Handyman Whicht
Jack Widgery. ICI Colour Consultant
Ann Lamacraft , from Living magazine, responding to questions from DIY enthusiasts at ICI WALLCOVERINGS DIVISION. HYDE.
In the Chair Libby Purves Producer CLIVE RICHE Editor JIM BLACK
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
David Holloway
Unknown:
Jack Widgery.
Unknown:
Ann LamacRaft
Unknown:
Libby Purves
Producer:
Clive Riche

Accounts bv MICHAEL WILCOX. With
Michael Wilcox 's award-winning play. first seen at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, is set among the hill farms of the Scottish Borders, where the Mawson family are struggling to make a new life for themselves in a harsh and different world.
Directed by PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Wilcox.
Unknown:
Michael Wilcox
Directed By:
Patrick Rayner
Mary:
Madelatne Newton
Andy:
Kevin Whately
Donald:
Cliff Burnett
James:
George Pensotti
Duff:
Tony Roper

Last of 14 programmes DUBLIN V LONDON (Round 2)
(End of Round 1 Scores: Dublin 131, London 15)
DUBLIN: Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Liam de Paor and Sean White LONDON: Gordon Clough
(Chairman) with Irene Thomas and Eric Korn
Question researcher JULIE BARTLE and announcing the 1982 winners of Round Britain Quiz
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quinton
Unknown:
Liam de Paor
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Eric Korn
Unknown:
Julie Bartle

Brian Johnston visits Dover, Kent
Just 21 miles from the Continent, It Is one of the busiest passenger and ferry ports in the world. Producer
ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 11.3 am) long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Anthony Smith

Sink, cu-nim, thermals and inversions - jargon perhaps, but everyday terms to the balloonist, totally dependent upon the subtleties of the weather for his livelihood - and his life. In the final flight of the series Anthony Smith goes it alone to 15,000ft for a close-up view of climate and flying.
Producer BRIAN LEITH BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Smith

A series of eight programmes in which novelist Joseph Hone takes a circular tour through the Soviet Union. 4: Yalta - Chekhov's
Garden
Yalta, the old Crimean resort where Chekhov and Tolstoy wintered - a place more of the past than the present.
7.0 Travel; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Hone

by JOHN LE CARRt adapted In seven parts by RENE BASILICO starring
5: At last, a fleeting glimpse of Leo Harting.
Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm) (Bernard Hepton is in I Seasons Greetings ' at the Apollo Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Le Carrt
Unknown:
Leo Harting.
Unknown:
John Fawcett Wilson
Unknown:
Bernard Hepton
Alan Turner:
Kenneth Haigh
Rawley Bradfield:
Bernard Hepton
Peter de Lisle:
David McAlister
Mlckle Crabbe:
Robert Lang
Cork:
John Judo
First embassy guard/Hans:
Crawford Logan
Second embassy guard:
Spencer Banks
Travel clerk/chambermaid:
Sarah Collier
Receptionist/Erich:
Michael Batz

BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader DENNIS SIMONS conductor GÜNTHER HERBIG JOHN DENMAN (clarinet)
Spohr Clarinet Concerto No 3, In F minor
Haydn Symphony No 95, in c minor
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Leader:
Dennis Simons
Unknown:
Nther Herbig
Clarinet:
John Denman

A dramatisation In eight parts byFREDERICKBRADNUM of Books Do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings and Hearing Secret Harmonies, the final trilogy Of ANTHONY POWELL 'S 12 novels.
After Pamela destroyed X. Trapnel's manuscript Jenkins lost touch with Pamela and her husband, now Lord Widmerpool, save for a brief meeting with Widmerpool at their old school. Now. life takes another direction for Nicholas Jenkins.
4: Temporary Kings (1)
Title music composed by ANTONY MULL Directed by GRAHAM GAULD
(Repeated: Tues 3.2 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Powell
Unknown:
Nicholas Jenkins.
Directed By:
Graham Gauld
Nicholas Jenkins:
Noël Johnson
Widmerpool:
Brian Hewlett
Russell Gwinnett:
Peter Marinker
Dr Brightman:
Margot Boyd
Pamela:
Jo Manning Wilson
Ada:
Frances Jeater
Trapnel:
Steve Hodson
Mark Members:
Ronald Berdman
Louis Glober:
Alan Tilvrrn
Tokenhouse:
Willouchby Gray
Baby Clarini:
Petra Davies

The first in a new series of eight programmes Today:
Sian Phillips presents her personal choice of poetry and prose with Isabel Dean and Edward Hardwicke I I spent my early years in circumstances of fairly solitary delight interspersed with periods of anguish ... Books were one necessary and mercifully ever-present part of my existence.' Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Sian Phillips
Unknown:
Isabel Dean
Unknown:
Edward Hardwicke
Producer:
Brian Patten

A series of six programmes
: The Man
Atter ithe horrors of the Civil War this serene country priest emerged to write poetry about material things as no other Englishman ever has. The Rev Keith Clements presents a selection of these
Meditations, based on Traherne's own belief that ' never was anything In the world loved too much, but many things have been loved in a false way'.
Readers FRANK DUNCAN PATRICK MALAHIDE
Producer PETER FIRTH BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Clements
Readers:
Frank Duncan
Readers:
Patrick Malahide

1: A Land of Smiles
In 1782 General Chakri finally succeeded in ridding Siam of Burmese invaders and In recognition of his victory he was proclaimed king. As Rama I his first act was to found a new capital city, Bangkok. In the first of a series of seven travellers' tales, Bernard Jackson visits Thailand in its bicentennial year as the country celebrates the achievements of its 200-year-old dynasty and looks forward to solving its social, political and environmental problems. Producer BRIAN cook

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Jackson

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