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7.10 Sunday Papers long wave only
7.15 Apna HI Ghar
Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells long wave only
7.50 The Shape of God THE REV ROBERT YEOMANS with a meditation for the fourth Sunday after
Pentecost: John 15, vv 12-15. long wave only
7.55 Weather: travel: programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Yeomans

DAVID BELLAMY talks about the National Foster Care Association and its work in providing good quality care for 120,000 children. Donations, by cheque or PO, to: [address removed]: or by Access or Barclaycard on [number removed]8.55 Weather: travel: programme news

Contributors

Talks:
David Bellamy
Unknown:
David Bellamy
Unknown:
Francis House
Unknown:
Francis Street

Community Mass from the Catholic Chaplaincy, Queen's University, Belfast
Celebrant
FR PATRICK DOYLE. SJ
ST AGNES CHORAL SOCIETY conductor THOMAS COONEY Organist
MARGARET MCKAVANAGII
Readings (JB): Zechariah 12, vv 10-11; Galatians 3. vv 18-24; Luke 9. vv 18-24 Music of the Mass: J. P. Lecot
Hymns: Let the morn be holy (Ffolliott); Lead me. Lord (S. Wesley ); Ave
Maria (Arcadelt); Lourdes Magnificat (Decha)
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Patrick Doyle.
Conductor:
Thomas Cooney
Organist:
Margaret McKavanagii
Unknown:
S. Wesley

Introduced by Vivien Stuart, with Foreign Press Report and some highlights from Woman's Hour, including an interview with the Chief Executive of Spitalfields Market, Janice Lloyd.

Contributors

Presenter:
Vivien Stuart
Interviewee:
Janice Lloyd

Beyond Our Ken starring Kenneth Horne with Betty Marsdcn
Hugh Paddick , Bill Pertwee Kenneth Williams and THE FRASER HAYES FOUR THE BBC VARIETY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by PAUL FENOULHET
Script by ERIC MERRIMAN
Music editor EDWIN BRADEN Announcer DOUGLAS SMITH Producer JOHN SIMMONDS (First broadcast in 1963)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Betty Marsdcn
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Conducted By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Editor:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Producer:
John Simmonds

visits Norfolk, where members of the Cringlcford Horticultural Society put questions to Bill Suwerbutts
Dr Stefan Buczacki and Daphne Ledward
Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 10.2 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Suwerbutts
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward
Unknown:
Questionmaster Ken

Except the Lord dramatised by DAVID WHEELER from the novel by JOYCE CARY , with the child the young man
Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. So. in a poor Devon village in the 1870s. preached Tom Nimmo. farmworker and devout believer in the imminent second coming of Christ The effect of his faith upon his son. Chester. later Lord Nimmo. was profound but it was not what Tom had hoped for. Directed bv John CARDY

Contributors

Dramatised By:
David Wheeler
Novel By:
Joyce Cary
Unknown:
Tom Nimmo.
Unknown:
John Cardy
the Narrator Lord Nimmo:
Howard Lang
Chester:
Jill Lidstone
Chester:
Richard Huw
Georgina:
Jane Knowles
Tom:
Trevor Martin

12: Dublin v London (Round 2)
Dublin: Louis Allen (Chairman) with Llam de Paor , Sean White London: Gordon Clough
(Chairman) with Irene Thomas , Eric Horn Question researcher BERNICE COUPE
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Allen
Unknown:
Llam de Paor
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Eric Horn

Brian Johnston visits Pillochry in Tayside. famous for its Festival Theatre.
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

Last of six programmes. Gyn Freeman talks to people in tune with the taste of the public.
Situation comedy has changed a lot from I Love Lucy to Just Good Friends (the BBC's latest, now in production), but the ingredients - crazy characters, quips, muddles and conflicts - stay the same.
BBC Manchester

7.0 Travel: programme news

Contributors

Presenter:
Gyn Freeman
Producer:
Peter Everett

A serial in nine parts by STEPHEN BARLAY starring and with and 9: The Price
Music composed and played by ED WELCH (piano) with RON ASPERY (Sax) Directed by PETER KING
(Repeated: Wed 12.27pm) (Stuart Milligan is in ' Marilyn! ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Barlay
Piano:
Ed Welch
Directed By:
Peter King
Unknown:
Stuart Milligan
Maxon:
Ian Hendry
Jacqueline:
Toby Robins
the Nachalnik:
Paul Hardwick
Locke:
Alan Tilvern
Nadia:
Zhivlla Roche
Gloucester/Wennstrom:
Nigel Graham
Reporter:
Brett Usher
Stewardess:
Alex Marshall
Beryov:
Peter Gale
Captain,:
Stuart Milligan

by NED SHERRIN and CARYL BRAHMS With
Timothy West as Sir Thomas Beecham was famed as much for his wit and his explosive personality as for his skill with the baton.
This play explores both the man and his music Narrator TERRY WALE With DAVID TIMSON Directed by DEREK HODDINOTT
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Unknown:
Caryl Brahms
Unknown:
Timothy West
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Directed By:
Derek Hoddinott

On the eve of the world's premier tennis tournament. Wimbledon commentator Max Robertson takes a personal look at this changing game.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT (Repeated: Thurs 11.3 am) (Wimbledon 83 tomorrow at 1.45 on BBC1. and 2.0 on Radio 2>

Contributors

Commentator:
Max Robertson
Producer:
Caroline Elliot

The BBC is, for the free mind, what Oxfam is for the hungry.
(NEW YORK TIMES)
The External Services of the BBC began as the Empire Service in 1932. Over the years, they have established a reputation for accuracy and impartiality, and today they transmit programmes round the clock to 100-million regular listeners in 37 languages.
Margaret Howard tells the story of the first 50 years, with recordings from the BBC Sound
Archives, and with the voices of the programme makers and the listeners. Producer ANNE HOWELLS

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Anne Howells

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