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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: The Rev Robert Clarke looks at and selects readings from
Healing as a Sacrament by MARTIN ISRAEL.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Unknown:
Robert Clarke

from Bolton Parish Church
Sung Eucharist according to the rite of the Book of Common Prayer
Celebrant. THE REV JOHN PAXTON. Preacher
CANON CHRISTOPHER HALL Readings:
I Peter 2, w 19-25;
Matthew 16, vv 13-28
Hymns: Take up thy cross; There is a green hill; 0 crucified Redeemer; We sing the praise
Service setting: Merbecke Motet: Bring us 0 Lord God (Harris)
Organist WILLIAM MORGAN BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
John Paxton.

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 TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR . JOHN
CLEESE. DAVID HATCH. DEREK
FARMER. 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:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Producer:
Humphrey Barclay

Mirror, Signal,
Manoeuvre by STEVE MAY with Having had enough of the stifling respectability of middle-class marriage, driving instructor Percy Longridge runs away to safety in an inner-city red light district. He soon finds, however, that it is not quite the refuge he imagined ...
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Longridge
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Percy:
John Hartoch

A Home for All God's Creatures
Roy Spring takes
Mike Stoddart and Peter France on a nature trail around Salisbury Cathedral.
Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Stoddart
Unknown:
Peter France
Producer:
John Harrison

A four-part series 3:Happy Isles
In the villages where
Elisabeth Mardall stayed in the Solomon Islands there are a few signs that Western influence is beginning to stir people's interest in consumer durables, but protected by mangrove swamps from the sea, and lulled by the natural fertility of the soil they live contentedly - for how long?
Producer PAT TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Mardall
Producer:
Pat Taylor

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh talks to
Hunter Davies about the new collection of his views and opinions Men,
Machines and Sacred Cows. Producer ANNE HOWELLS
(Repeated: Thurs 4.10 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Producer:
Anne Howells

3: A Celebration of Failure 'Every genuine Christian community is a community where people fail. are seen to fail and are forgiven.' Dame Maria Boulding ,
OSB, looks at life's ultimate failure-death, and sees in it the place for true recognition of the glory of God.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Maria Boulding

A six-part series
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.
2:Here Be Dragonnes ...investigating myth, history and mystery on your own doorstep.
Producer KATE FENTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Symes
Producer:
Kate Fenton

by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised in ten episodes by Betty Davies.
With Michael Kitchen as John Rokesmith, Janet Maw as Lizzie Hexham, Robert Lang as Rogue Riderhood, Michael Cochrane as Eugene Wrayburn, Pippa Guard as Bella Wilfer, Michael Graham Cox as Mr Boffin, Megs Jenkins as Mrs Boffin, Douglas Livingstone as Silas Wegg and Simon Cadell as the Narrator.

"Has a dead man any use for money? Is it possible for a dead man to have money? What world does a dead man belong to? T'other world. What world does money belong to? This world."
(Repeated: Friday 3.0 pm)
Feature: page 17

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Betty Davies
Director:
Jane Morgan
Narrator:
Simon Cadell
John Rokesmith:
Michael Kitchen
Lizzie Hexam:
Janet Maw
Rogue Riderhood:
Robert Lang
Eugene Wrayburn:
Michael Cochrane
Bella Wilfer:
Pippa Guard
Mr Boffin:
Michael Graham Cox
Mrs Boffin:
Megs Jenkins
Silas Wegg:
Douglas Livingstone
Gaffer Hexam:
Henry Stamper
Mr Veneering:
Geoffrey Collins
Mrs Veneering:
Jane Wenham
Twemlow:
Timothy Bateson
Mr Podsnap:
Jack May
Mrs Podsnap:
Narissa Knights
Lady Tippins:
Cecile Chevrau
Mortimer Lightwood:
Steve Hodson
Charley Hexam:
Michael Jenner
Mr Inspector:
Stephen Thorne
Mrs Wilfer:
Avril Elgar
Mr Wilfer:
Hugh Dickson
Lavinia:
Moir Leslie
Miss Abbey Potterson:
Margot Boyd
[Actor]:
William Eedle
[Actor]:
Clive Panto
[Actor]:
Mark Rolston
[Actor]:
Mark Straker

Last of four programmes The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by EDWARD GIBBON
I am at a loss to describe the success of the work, without betraying the vanity of the writer.
(GIBBON)
Written and presented by Stanley Williamson with Peter Jeffrey as Gibbon
Readers GARARD GREEN.
CHRISTIAN RODSKA. ANDY RASHLEIGH and ANN RYE Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Gibbon
Presented By:
Stanley Williamson
Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey

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