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7.19 Sunday Papers long wave only

7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhlye : for Asians
BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God
THE REV MELVYN MATTHEWS with a meditation for the sixth Sunday before
Easter: Matthew 4 vv 1-17
BBC Bristol . long wave only
7.55 Weather; travel; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhlye
Unknown:
Melvyn Matthews

HANNAH GORDON talks about The Development Trust for the Young Disabled, which helps Improve the quality of life for very severely disabled people. Donations, by cheque or PO. to: [address removed]
8.55 Weather; travel; programme news

Contributors

Talks:
Hannah Gordon

Parish Communion from St Stephen's Church. Chatham
Celebrant THE REV IAN HARDAKER. Preacher
THE REV CANON PAUL WELSBY Christian Patience
First In a course of five sermons for Lent on the theme Apainst the Stream Readings: Hebrews 2. vv 14-18 (NEB); Matthew 4, vv 1-11 (RSV)
Hymns: (100 Hymns for Today): Be thou my vision 0 Lord of my heart (10); Praise we now the word of grace (84);
0 Holy Father, God most dear (78); Praise the Lord rise up rejoicing (83) Anthem: Ave Verum
(Mozart); Communion Hymn (a * MR): 0 God unseen vet ever near (412) Choirmaster ROGER HILL Organist PETER ASHLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hardaker.
Unknown:
Canon Paul Welsby
Organist:
Peter Ashley

June KnoxMawer, talks to the editor of the first completed full-set of Pepys's diaries, Robert Latham and his wife Linnet, at their
Cambridge home; and presents some highlights from Woman's Hour.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Latham

adapted in seven episodes by DAVID WADE from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by ROALD DAIIL (3)
Only three children remain to continue the tour of Willy Wonka 's wonderful Chocolate
Factory. Two of them get whattheyaskfor,butIs it what they really want? Charlie JASON LITTLER Grandpa Joe. ROBERT KEEGAN Veruca Salt, JENNYLUCKRAFT Mr Salt ......PETER WHEELER Mrs Salt. ROSALIE WILLIAMS Mike Teavee. ..MARK TURNER Mr Teavee KEITH CLIFFORD Mrs Teavee.KATHLEEN HELME Narrator CHRISTIAN RODSKA Music by STEPHEN BOXER Songs performed by children from MYERS
GROVE SCHOOL. SHEFFIELD under the direction of GEOFF CASSIDY. Directed by CAROLINE SMITH BBC Manchester
(Jason Littler ,
Jenny Luckraft and Mark Turner are members of the Theatre Workshop, Oldham)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wade
Unknown:
Willy Wonka
Unknown:
Charlie Jason Littler
Unknown:
Grandpa Joe.
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Mrs Salt.
Unknown:
Rosalie Williams
Unknown:
Mike Teavee.
Music By:
Stephen Boxer
Unknown:
Geoff Cassidy.
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
Unknown:
Jason Littler
Unknown:
Jenny Luckraft
Unknown:
Mark Turner
Willy Wonka:
Derek Smith

From fettucine to farfalle, fresh pasta is becoming increasingly available in Britain's shops. With its brief cooking time and rich flavour. it's a convenience food that presenter Derek Cooper finds he can applaud. Producer joy HATWOOD
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Cooper

Easy Money by ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY translated and adapted for radio by PETER TEGEL
Vassllkov arrives in Moscow, an industrious man who believes in ' hard work, honesty and living within one's means'. He falls in love with Lydia, the reigning beauty of an aristocratic circle carelessly living on credit. When her economic plight forces her to marry Vassilkov, she believes he will supply all the money she could wish for, but she has much to learn Moscow: The 1860s MARY NASH (piano)
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Ostrovsky
Unknown:
Peter Tegel
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Savva Vassllkov:
Clive Merrlson
Lydia Cheboksarova:
Jill Lldstone
Ivan Telyatev:
Jeremy Child
Maurice:
Gudrun Ure
Denham:
Grlgory Kuchumov
Egor Glumov:
Kenneth Fortescue
Vassily:
James Bryce

About 500.000 years ago. cave bears, rhinos and sabre-toothed cats roamed the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Today their fossil remains are to be found exposed in an ancient cave. Jenny Devitt meets Peter Andrews. Jill Cook. Andrew Currant and Chris Stringer who are part of the British
Museum (Natural History) team excavating the site Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Devitt
Unknown:
Peter Andrews.
Unknown:
Jill Cook.
Unknown:
Andrew Currant
Unknown:
Chris Stringer

Brian Johnston is in the south west on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. 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
Producer:
Anthony Smith

' Write an archaeological guide to a place you know '. That was the challenge put to members of the Young
Archaeologists Club In their annual competition. Before an invited studio audience, Margaret Rule of the Marl- Rose Trust meets the winners, hears about their projects and presents the prizes to the Young
Archaeologists of the Year. cnairman Malcolm Billings Producer
CHRISTOPHER STONE

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Rule
Unknown:
Christopher Stone

2: Wales and the Welsh Ian Skidmore, a happy exile on the island of Anglesey, invites you to share his delight in the people, prose, poetry, press cuttings and even postcards, that have entertained him over 20 years of living in the Principality.
Producer KATE FENTON
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Producer:
Kate Fenton

1: Jesus Christ - The Way In
'Has God woven a pattern into the life of our world? And does the historic Jesus provide us with clues to its nature?
In the first of six Lent talks, the Bishop of Bradford, The Rt Rev
Geoffrey Paul , looks at the impact Jesus made on his first followers - and has made on subsequent history. ' We know now that God has a human face. and that what goes on in the human heart finds an echo in God himself.'
Producer DAVID WINTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Jesus Christ
Unknown:
Geoffrey Paul

The Rcith Lecture Discussion
In his recent Reith
Lectures. Denis Donoghue , Henry James Professor of Letters at New York University, criticised efforts to defuse the mystery of the arts, through reviewing,
Government patronage and the arts bureaucracy. The novelist and critic
Frederic Raphael and the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum , Sir Roy Strong , take up some of the issues raised by the lectures in a discussion with Professor Donoghue.
Chairman Richard Mayne Producer TOM SUTCLIFFE

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Donoghue
Unknown:
Henry James Professor
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Unknown:
Albert Museum
Unknown:
Sir Roy Strong
Unknown:
Richard Mayne
Producer:
Tom Sutcliffe

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