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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
Dr Sheila Cassidy selects readings from
Cicely Saunders , a biography by SHIRLEY DU BOULAY published tomorrow.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Unknown:
Dr Sheila Cassidy
Unknown:
Cicely Saunders

Service of Holy
Communion from St Finnian's Church. Cregagh, Belfast
Celebrant and preacher THE REV NOEL BATTYE assisted by THE REV IAN JONAS
Organist and choirmaster SAMUEL LOWN conductor JAMES DRENNAN Readings: I John 3, vv 1-8; Matthew 15, vv 21-28 Hymns (ICH):
Thus spake the risen
Master (171); How great the tale (324); Come ye yourselves apart (267);
Christ be with me (326, v8);
Be thou my vision (322); Lord, who in thy perfect wisdom (203)
Gloria in excelsis (Oakhill) BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Battye
Organist:
Ian Jonas
Conductor:
Samuel Lown
Conductor:
James Drennan

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, BILL ODDIE
Music THE DAVE LEE GROUP Producer HUMPHREY BARCLAY (First broadcast in 1967)

Contributors

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

The Wasted Years by CARYL PHILLIPS with Carmen Munroe Rudolph Walker and Tony Armatrading
A bright 16-year-old, about to leave school, is going through a bad patch. His schoolwork has deteriorated, his conduct is becoming rebellious or that's what Mr Teale thinks...... But Solly is the only black face in the class and that makes all the difference. Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Caryl Phillips
Unknown:
Carmen Munroe
Unknown:
Rudolph Walker
Unknown:
Tony Armatrading
Unknown:
Mr Teale
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
One quarter of all lion cubs are killed and eaten by older animals, and shark siblings fall prey to each other while in the womb - just two of over a thousand species, including man, which practise cannibalism.
Peter France looks at this 'gruesome' behavior. Producer MELINDA BARKER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter France
Producer:
Melinda Barker

Brian Johnston is in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. He goes in search of an Aylesbury duck, finds a wildlife hospital and mobile gymnasium and visits Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Mon 11.0 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

A four-part series
2: 1 Was Born in Oiyarip Andrew Meles is one of the new generation of Papua New Guineans. His province was the last to be contacted by the rest of the world (in the 1950s and 60s) and his father was one of the first of his people to negotiate with white men. He talks to
Elisabeth Mardall about the changes he has seen in his lifetime as the stone axe gave way to steel. Producer PAT TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Oiyarip Andrew Meles
Unknown:
Elisabeth Mardall
Producer:
Pat Taylor

by JOHN MASEFIELD
A serial in six parts adapted by COLIN FINBOW 4: After being sunk by a passing steamship, the survivors of the tea clipper Blackgauntlet struggle to stay alive. The dark sea attacks like a wild animal. Fangs of wild foam and waves like none of them has ever seen ... Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by PETER KING

Contributors

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

A five-part inquiry into the Foreign Office
3: The Twin Pillars Membership of the European Community and the Anglo-American alliance are the twin pillars of British foreign policy. Simon Jenkins talks to the officials, many nowadays from home departments, in diplomacy's front line in Brussels and Washington. Producer ANNE SLOMAN

Contributors

Talks:
Simon Jenkins
Producer:
Anne Sloman

In the first of a new series of six programmes, Bob Symes. steam enthusiast and amateur cook, deserts his kitchen and sallies forth in search of leisure occupations suitable for a gentleman of increasing age and girth. Anything goes -as long as it doesn't require money, athleticism or genius.
1: The Rule of Greasepaint ...
Woodley Light Operatic Society finds the chorus-line of Hello Dolly! has a new member.
Producer KATE FENTON
9 HELPLINES: page 75

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Symes.
Producer:
Kate Fenton

by H.G. Wells.

The last of five parts dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

With Paul Daneman, Mark Straker, Moir Leslie and Nickolas Grace.

Contributors

Author:
H.G. Wells
Dramatist:
Michelene Wandor
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Music:
Ilona Sekacz
H.G. Wells:
Paul Daneman
Kipps:
Mark Straker
Ann:
Moir Leslie
Chitterlow:
Nickolas Grace
Sid:
Michael Jenner
Fanny:
Theresa Streatfeild
Masterman:
Nigel Anthony
Architect:
Brett Usher
Uncle:
John Hollis
Miss Walshingham:
Kathryn Hurlbutt

The third of four programmes
Paul and Virginia by JACQUES-HENRI BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
While labouring at my books in the early hours, if I lost heart through weariness and lack of sleep, I would take up
'Paul and Virginia' and read a few pages. A flood of tears would gush down my cheeks, which had such an effect on me that I was able to begin working again. (DAVID D'ANGERS) Written and presented by John Donovan with GEOFFREY BANKS.
RUSSELL DIXON. KATE LEE and JENNY HOWE
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacques-Henri Bernardin
Presented By:
John Donovan
Unknown:
Russell Dixon.
Unknown:
Jenny Howe

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