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7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna HI Ghar
Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 The Shape of God The Rev Judith Smart with a meditation for the 23rd Sunday after
Pentecost: Matthew 20. vv 1-15

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Smart

from Slalnbeck United
Reformed Church. Leeds. conducted by the Minister THE REV JOHN JENKINS
Readings (NEB): John 1, vv 1-14; John 4, vv 1-12
Hymns (cp): Blessed city. holy Salem; All people that on earth do dwell; Give me the faith; New thank we all our God. Organist JOHN HINDLE BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
John Jenkins
Organist:
John Hindle

By popular request, another chance to hear some of the most successful comedy shows from the BBC Light Entertainment Radio Department.
Take It From Here starring Jimmy Edwards Dick Bentley June Whitfield
With WALLAS EATON AND THE KEYNOTES. BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA, conducted by PETER AKISTER
Written by FRANK MUIR and DENIS NORDEN Producer
CHARLES MAXWELL
(First broadcast in 1958)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Wallas Eaton
Conducted By:
Peter Akister
Written By:
Frank Muir
Written By:
Denis Norden
Producer:
Charles Maxwell

Ken Ford invites licoffrey
Smith Daphne Ledward and Dr Stefan Buczacki to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post. BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 10.0 am) Questions, on postcards only please, to BBC Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9PX

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Ford
Unknown:
Smith Daphne Ledward
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki

Woodcraft by MAURICE LEITCH
Victor Albert Cleghorn (42), an Ulsterman now resident in Crawley, has been charged with trespassing on a woodland in East Sussex In the early hours of 18 June. Also arrested were two other Ulstermen, a motorcycle dispatch rider and a trainee hairdresser. Cleghorn later admitted possessing an offensive weapon and illegal broadcasting equipment ...
Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Leitch
Unknown:
Victor Albert Cleghorn
Directed By:
Robert Cooper

Heaven and earth, centre and circumference were created all together in the same instant and clouds full of water.... This took place and man was created by the Trinity on 23 October 4004 BC ... at 9 o'clock in the morning. (JOHN LIGHTFOOT)
In a series of six programmes, Barry Cunliffe traces the development of archaeology and explains how the early pioneers enriched our understanding of the past through their endeavours, dreams. visions and obsessions. 1: At 9 o'clock in the Morning
Readers MARTIN FRIEND GARARD GREEN and DOUGLAS LEACH
Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe
Unknown:
Douglas Leach
Producer:
John Knight

Moles Along the Miners' Path
Scrabbling up the sheep-grazed slopes of Mount
Snowdon in North Wales. Tony Bradshaw and Derek Jones search out the primroses and daisies of autumn tucked in among the volcanic rocks. Producer ANNE BLAIR COULD BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bradshaw
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Producer:
Anne Blair

The story of a man who kept a vow of silence for seven years, the skill that goes into making organ pipes, morris dancing at
.haxted, poker painting and a museum devoted to the working horse, are the conversation pieces in Brian Johnston 's visit to North Essex.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 1-1.0 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

The BBCtv production of Macbeth will be shown next Saturday evening on BBC2.
Sara Kestelman. who played Lady Macbeth in the recent Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican, presents a personal view of the play and its qualities.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sara Kestelman
Producer:
Mick Webb

Great Comp
The garden of Great Comp bears eloquent witness to the efforts of the present owners. Roderick and Joy Cameron , who acquired the property in 1957 and since then have created what
Professor Alan Gemmell describes as probably the finest gardens in private hands today. And until just a year or two ago the Camcrons did at least 98 per cent of all the construction and maintenance themselves Producer
MURDOCH M. MCPHERSON BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Joy Cameron
Unknown:
Professor Alan Gemmell
Producer:
Murdoch M. McPherson

A six-part thriller for radio hv COLIN SHAW with and 3: Non-delivery
Sir Marcus's secret collection of Goya sketches has been stolen. Should he tell the police. or should he set out to track down the thieves himself? First stop: Hanover.
Directed by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
(Repeoted: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Directed By:
Michael Heffernan
Sir Marcus Marten:
Freddie Jones
Helen Summers:
Kate Binchy
Tim Lloyd:
James Bryce
Steven Emmett:
Nigel Anthony
Jane Fleming:
Amanda Murray
Warner:
Michael Bilton
Sam Pryce:
Stephen Garlick
Man in travel agency:
Mark Straker
Policeman:
Nigel Graham
Julie:
Moir Leslie
Herr Kimmel:
Geoffrey Collins
Frau Dirksen:
Hilda Schroder

Hunter Davies Introduces the latest publications, together with old favourites, comics. classics, news and gossip In the Radio 4 book Drogramme.
Producer KATE FENTON
(Repeated: Thurs 4.10 pm)

Contributors

Introduces:
Hunter Davies
Producer:
Kate Fenton

by GRAHAM GREENE dramatised for radio in three parts by GREGORY EVANS with 2: Wormold. our newlyswornin man in Havana. attacks his work creatively by inventing sub-agents for espionage work instead of recruiting real ones. But so important does the false information look to Whitehall that they decide he needs a female assistant ...
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Friday 3.0 pm) (Edward De Souza is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Gregory Evans
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Wormold:
Jack Watling
Beatrice:
Eleanor Bron
Milly:
Julia Hills
Hasselbacher:
George Pravda
Segura:
Edward de Souza
Chief:
Geoffrey Matthews
Teresa:
Petra Leah
George:
Hubert Rees

with Alec McCowen The last of three programmes compiled and written by BARRY CARMAN
Narrator John Rowe
In 1901. at the age of 35. Joseph McPherson had gone out to Egypt as a schoolmaster. After serving with the Red Cross at Gallipoll and with the Camel
Transport Corps in the Desert War, he was appointed Chief of the Secret Police in Cairo. In this last instalment from his letters, he describes this final phase of his astonishing career and. as well, the serene retirement which followed, ending with his death on 22 January 1946. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK Book (same title) 110.95 from booksellers

Contributors

Unknown:
Alec McCowen
Narrator:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Joseph McPherson

An anniversary celebration of Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) by MICHAEL FFINCH , with Hugh Burden as Belloc Belloc wrote over 150 books of history, biography, fiction, poetry. Catholic polemics, travel and political theory. His predictions of the world today have proved to be remarkably accurate.
Directed by SILAUN MACLOUGHLIN
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilaire Belloc
Unknown:
Michael Ffinch
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Belloc Belloc
Directed By:
Silaun MacLoughlin
Reginald Jebb:
John Rowe
J B Morton:
Timothy Bateson
Eleanor Jebb:
June Barrie
G K Chesterton:
Geoffrey Collins
Maurice Baring:
Paul Nicholson
E C Bentley:
Bill Wallis

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