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7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna Hi
Ghar Samajhiye : for Asians BBC Birmingham long wave only
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves:
Philip Crowe selects readings from Approaching Hoofbeats by BILLY GRAHAM.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Unknown:
Philip Crowe
Unknown:
Billy Graham.

from Malpas Road Free Evangelical Church Newport, Gwent led by the Minister
THE REV HUGH MORGAN
Hymns (Christian Hymns): Thine be the glory (239); Jesus was slain for me (212); Yes the Redeemer rose (291); I know that my Redeemer lives (231)
Reading: I Corinthians 15, vv 1-11 (AV)
Choirmaster BILL GOULD Organist PAUL SWEETING BBC Wales

Contributors

Organist:
Paul Sweeting

Steptoe and Son starring Wilfrid Brambell Harry H. Corbett Loathe Story with Graham Stark Margot Boyd
Jo Manning Wilson written and adapted for radio by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON
Producer BOBBY JAYE
(First broadcast in 1976)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfrid Brambell
Unknown:
Harry H. Corbett
Unknown:
Loathe Story
Unknown:
Graham Stark
Unknown:
Margot Boyd
Unknown:
Jo Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
Bobby Jaye

1: Caspar Weinberger ,
US Secretary of Defense For the first time in the history of broadcasting, you can ring world leaders in a series of BBC phone-ins which will be broadcast live both at home and abroad. This week, linked to London via satellite our guest is Caspar Weinberger. In charge of the Pentagon since 1981, the Secretary of Defense will have control of over$260,000 million defence spending in the 1985 budget.
Michael Charlton in our London studio chairs the programme receiving questions from all over the world. Producers ELISABETH MARDALL for the Woman's Hour unit and DAN ZERDIN for the World Service
Lines open from 10.30 am
#SEE FEATURE PAGES

Contributors

Unknown:
Caspar Weinberger
Unknown:
Caspar Weinberger.
Unknown:
Michael Charlton
Producers:
Elisabeth Mardall
Producers:
Dan Zerdin

Going On by MAUREEN O'BRIEN with Patricia Hayes as Edna Maureen O'Brien as Meggie Arthur Kelly as Dad and June Barrie as Ellen Edna rules okay! A tragi-comic story of the rich and complex relationship between an ageing tyrannical mother and the daughter who cares for her. Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen O'Brien
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Edna Maureen O'Brien
Unknown:
Meggie Arthur Kelly
Unknown:
June Barrie
Unknown:
Ellen Edna
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin

Last of six programmes with Kenneth Hudson

"Henry VIII was a strong King with a strong sense of humour and eight wives, memorable among whom were Katherine the Arrogant, Anne of Cloves, Lady Jane Austin, and Anne Hathaway..."
(1066 and All That)

...or something like that! Can we put the events of history into context and how important is it to have a sense of history? Kenneth Hudson sets out to discover how children are being made aware of their heritage.

BBC Bristol

(long wave only)

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Hudson
Producer:
John Knight

Last of six programmes
Presenter Michael Jordan 'May lobs' and Butterflies As the yellows and golds of kingcups and cowslips herald the arrival of May - and summer, all around painted ladies and red admirals return to the newly-emerged blooms and blossoms of Britain.
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Jordan
Producer:
Anne Blair

Brian Johnston is in Dorset visiting Lyme Regis , this year celebrating the 700th anniversary of the granting of its charter by King Edward I. It's a popular seaside town, particularly attractive to those who collect fossils. Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Lyme Regis
Producer:
Anthony Smith

Ted Harrison picks an issue from the headlines and explores the relevant moral and religious questions with people who claim to have the answers. Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS Series editor JOHN NEWBURY BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Harrison
Producer:
Roger Hutchings

Hunter Davies talks to
A. J. P. Taylor about his new book An Old Man's Diary, studies
Lena Kennedy 's latest heroine Susan, and takes a trip down memory lane with the GI brides.
Producer JAN TAYLOR

Contributors

Talks:
Hunter Davies
Unknown:
A. J. P. Taylor
Unknown:
Lena Kennedy
Producer:
Jan Taylor

In the first of a series of 13 talks by BBC foreign correspondents, the BBC's Paris Correspondent
Philip Short reflects on the changing face of rural France. In a remote valley in the foothills of the Pyrenees, he finds the traditional peasant way of life is disappearing, threatened by new economic pressures. But all is not lost, and the ancient Catalan culture of the region is struggling to reassert itself. Series producer ZAREER MASANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Short
Producer:
Zareer Masani

In the first of three programmes
Doreen Taylor looks at the perils and pleasures of plant hunting through the experiences of collectors past and present.
North and Central America Readers JOHN SHEDDEN
ROBERT TROTTER. PAUL YOUNG Producer JOHN ARNOTT

Contributors

Unknown:
Doreen Taylor
Readers:
John Shedden
Readers:
Robert Trotter.
Producer:
John Arnott

by CHARLES DICKENS dramatised in ten episodes by BETTY DAVIES
7: Meaning Mischief
"I Recollect, money makes money. Don't you be uneasy, Bella, my child.
The more I save, the more you shall have." There was a cunning look in Mr Boffin 's eyes as he said this, which seemed to cast a disagreeable illumination on the change in him, and make it morally uglier.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Betty Davies
Unknown:
Mr Boffin
Bella Wilfer:
Pippa Guard
Lizzie Hexam:
Janet Maw
John Rokesmith:
Michael Kitchen
Rogue Riderhood:
Robert Lang
Bradley Headstone:
Tom Wilkinson
Eugene Wrayburn:
Michael Cochrane
Silas Wegg:
Douglas Livingstone
Jenny Wren:
Angela Pleasence
Mr Fledgeby:
Bill Nighy
Mr Riah:
Cyril Shaps
Narrator:
Simon Cadell
Mr Venus:
Jon Strickland
Betty Higden:
Pauline Letts
Mr Dolls:
David Sinclair
Mortimer Lightwood:
Steve Hodson
Sophronia:
Maggie McCarthy
Alfred Lammle:
Brett Usher
Directed by:
Jane Morgan

The story of the crusades told in the words of those who lived through them by JOHN SCOTNEY
1: The Way of the Cross
The preaching of the First Crusade 1099, the long march, the rendezvous in Constantinople, the first battles with the Turks and the siege of the Holy City.
Music by PHILIP PICKETT and the NEW LONDON CONSORT with plainchant arranged by CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Scotney
Music By:
Philip Pickett
Arranged By:
Christopher Francis
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin
William of Tyre:
Cyril Cusack
Fulcher of Chartres:
Michael Pennington
Anonymous chronicler:
Michael Robbins
Stephen of Blois:
Christian Rodska
Emperor Alexius:
David March
Anna Comnena:
June Barrie
Pope Urban:
Jack Watson
Bohemond:
Bill Wallis
Raymond of Agiles:
Michael Drew
Guilbert of Nogent:
Paul Nicholson
Albert of Aachen:
William Eedle
Robert:
Conrad Phillips

Jesus called his followers to a work of healing. But what can contemporary
Christians do in response to this call? The Rev Stanley Brinkman invites listeners to join him in sharing experiences of Christian healing.
1: The Forgotten Treasure Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Brinkman
Producer:
Roger Hutchings

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