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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
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves: Fr Eric Doyle ,
OFM, selects readings from The Wealth of Christians by REDMOND MULUN.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Unknown:
Fr Eric Doyle

Parish Mass from St George 's Church, Taunton
Celebrant THE VERY REV CANON PATRICK LYNCH Preacher
THE REV FR DAVID KIELY
Readings: Genesis 2, vv 7-9 and 3, vv 1-7; Romans 5, w 12-19; Gospel: Matthew 4, vv 1-12 Psalm 50
(Gelineau/Boulton-Smith) Hymns: Lord Jesus think on me; In love for me;
Love divine; Be thou my vision; Offertory: Grant to us 0 Lord
Ferial Mass: C. Walker BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
St George
Unknown:
Canon Patrick Lynch
Unknown:
Fr David Kiely

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - The Wonder Show starring Tim Brooke -Taylor, John Cleese
David Hatch , Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie Written by GRAEME GARDEN. ERIC IDLE.
DAVID HATCH. BILL ODDIE
Music THE DAVE LEE GROUP Producer HUMPHREY BARCLAY (First broadcast in 1967)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Brooke
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
David Hatch
Unknown:
Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Written By:
Graeme Garden.
Producer:
Humphrey Barclay

visits Cambridgeshire where members of the Barnack and District
Horticultural Society put their questions to Geoffrey Smith
Daphne Ledward
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Questionmaster Ken Ford (Repeated: Wed 10.0 am)

Contributors

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

Temporary Shelter by ROSE TREMAIN with Roy Kinnear and Fiona Walker
Larry and Marje decide to holiday on a French campsite. Larry appears to be full of jovial bonhomie but, when Trist pitches his tent next to them, Larry reveals a different side to his nature.
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Kinnear
Unknown:
Fiona Walker
Directed By:
Kay Patrick

Most societies have songs associated with wedding feasts and the music reflects the conflicting feelings which the ceremony often evokes.
Kevin Crossley-Holland examines these songs with examples from different countries and cultures. Producer IAN GARDHOUSE

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Producer:
Ian Gardhouse

Brian Johnston visits Beccles in Suffolk. A market town on the River Waveney, celebrating this year the 400th anniversary of its charter.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 11.0 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

First of four programmes Anytime Country
Papua New Guinea is an anthropologist's playground. Its three million people speak over 700 languages: a third of those known on earth. Sorcery rubs shoulders with Christianity, grass skirts compete with cotton dresses, and tribal wars succumb to democratic elections as this recently-independent country hurries into the late 20th century.
Elisabeth Mardall reports on her visit to the country. Producer PAT TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Mardall
Producer:
Pat Taylor

by JOHN MASEFIELD
A serial in six parts adapted by COLIN FINBOW 3: The tea clipper,
Blackgauntlet, has been sunk by a steamship.
Sixteen survivors are adrift in a long boat.
Cruiser Trewsbury has to prove his ability to take command.
Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by PETER KING
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Masefield
Adapted By:
Colin Finbow
Unknown:
Cruiser Trewsbury
Directed By:
Peter King
Cruiser Trewsbury:
Michael N. Harbour
Fairford:
Norman Jones
Stratton:
Timothy Bateson
Efans:
Anthony Hall
Clutterbucke:
Geoffrey Coluns
Bauer:
Colin Starkey
Chedglow:
Chris Chescoe
Coates:
Paul Dalton
MacNab:
Henry Stamper
Perrot:
Peter Acre

First of eight programmes Only One Chance?
In a society that regards success as life's only aim, Dame Maria Boulding , OSB, explores our common experience of failure. If Christians are called to follow Christ, must we not remember the apparent failure of Good Friday?

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Maria Boulding

An inquiry into the Foreign Office
2: A Little Patch of England
Embassies have always been the shopfronts of diplomacy but behind the traditional rituals, what actually goes on in them? In an age of jet-setting ministers, modem communications and Government cuts, have they outlived their usefulness?
Simon Jenkins explores these questions with diplomats manning British embassies across the world.
Producer ANNE SLOMAN
(Repeated: Mon 7.20 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Jenkins
Producer:
Anne Sloman

The last extract from the forthcoming novel by NEIL BOYD about the unrecorded years in the life of Jesus. Jesus' waiting is over and the people in his own village of Nazareth must be the first to know.
Read by Simon Cadell
Producer SHIRLEY PENROSE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Novel By:
Neil Boyd
Read By:
Simon Cadell
Producer:
Shirley Penrose

Darkness at Noon by ARTHUR KOESTLER
'The characters in this book are fictitious. The historical circumstances which determined their actions are real. The life of the man N. S. Rubashov is a synthesis of the lives of a number of men who were victims of the so-called Moscow Trials. Several of them were personally known to the author. This book is dedicated to their memory.' (KOESTLER) Written and presented by Philip Thody with DENYS HAWTHORNE.
PAUL WEBSTER.
BRIAN SOUTHWOOD and JACK CARR Producer GILLlAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Koestler
Unknown:
N. S. Rubashov
Presented By:
Philip Thody
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne.
Unknown:
Paul Webster.
Unknown:
Brian Southwood
Unknown:
Jack Carr

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