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7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye : BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves Daniel Counihan reviews
A Freedom Within - The Prison Notes of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Unknown:
Daniel Counihan
Unknown:
Stefan Cardinal

from St John 's Wood Church, London
Holy Communion, Rite A
Celebrant THE REV JOHN SALTER Preacher ALAN WALKER
Readings: Ephesians 3, vv 1-12; Matthew 2, w 1-12
Hymns (a&mr): Brightest and best (75), Of the Father's love begotten (58), From the eastern mountains (595), In the bleak midwinter (67)
Director of music JOHN STREETING Organist STEPHEN HARRIS

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Unknown:
John Salter
Unknown:
Preacher Alan Walker
Organist:
Stephen Harris

The Goon Show starring Peter Sellers , Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan Nineteen Eighty -Five The Party:
The Proles:
The action takes place in the shallow end of an open-air swimming bath in Woodmansteme and on the grass verge of the Great North Road.
With THE RAY ELLINGTON QUARTET MAX GELDRAY. Orchestra conducted by BRUCE CAMPBELL
Announcer WALLACE GREENSLADE Script by SPIKE MILUGAN and ERIC SYKES. Producer PETER ETON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Max Geldray.
Conducted By:
Bruce Campbell
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milugan
Script By:
Eric Sykes.
Winston Bluebottle:
Peter Sellers
Rick O'Shea:
Harry Secombe
Julia Bannister:
Spike Milligan
Emmanuel Croucher:
Peter Sellers
First youth:
Peter Sellers
Second youth:
Harry Secombe
Third youth:
Spike Milligan
Dustwoman:
Peter Sellers

'Dear Diary: This year I did resolve to drink less and eat more wisely.' An epicurean anthology devised by Christopher Driver of English diarists from Samuel Pepys to Frances Partridge.
Presenter Derek Cooper Producer JOY HATWOOD

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Driver
Unknown:
Samuel Pepys
Unknown:
Frances Partridge.
Presenter:
Derek Cooper

visits County Durham where members of the Sedgefield Community
Association Garden Society put their questions to
Geoffrey Smith ,
Daphne Ledward and Dr Stefan Buczacki Questionmaster Ken Ford BBC Manchester

Contributors

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

From Kotu Beach to Bund Road Denis Owen and John Gordon follow our migrant birds to their wintering ground on the Gambia coast of West Africa. Producers JOHN BURTON and CAROL JEFFERSON-DAVIES BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Owen
Unknown:
John Gordon
Producers:
John Burton
Producers:
Carol Jefferson-Davies

In the first of four programmes Richard Stanley takes a midnight stroll under the Thames and a bizarre bicycle ride through an Oxford sewer. With Anthony Burton

(Stereo/binaural)
(The full binaural effect can only be heard through stereo headphones)

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Stanley
Guest:
Anthony Burton
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Hunter Davies chooses good reference books, from dictionaries to road maps to guides on family health, with Valerie Grove and Stanley Ellis , and meets the Irish author Jennifer Johnston. Producer ANNE HOWELLS

Contributors

Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Unknown:
Valerie Grove
Unknown:
Stanley Ellis
Unknown:
Jennifer Johnston.
Producer:
Anne Howells

by G.K. Chesterton
Seven stories dramatised by John Scotney
with Andrew Sachs as Father Brown and Oliver Pierre as the arch-villian Flambeau

A murder for Christmas, but the body goes missing... Father Brown solves the mystery and a young girl proves she wishes to marry someone who will make his own way in the world.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
G.K. Chesterton
Dramatised by:
John Scotney
Director:
Alec Reid
Father Brown:
Andrew Sachs
Flambeau:
Oliver Pierre
John Turnbull/Angus:
Anthony Hyde
Laura:
Eileen Tully
Isadore/Hall porter:
Michael Drew
Urchin:
Melinda Walker
Mrs Wilkins/Charlady:
Margot Boyd
Policeman:
Peter Acre

A meditation for the Feast of the Epiphany introduced by The Rev Stephen Oliver with the BBC Singers, James Atkins , and Sandra Clark Producer DAVID CRAIG. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Oliver
Singers:
James Atkins
Singers:
Sandra Clark
Producer:
David Craig.

JOHN MASTERS' saga of the Savage family in 18 parts
Book Four: Bhowani Junction dramatised in five parts by BARRY CAMPBELL with 2: Victoria Jones
Army service extended Victoria's horizons and she is now uneasy about her relationship with Patrick Taylor - and being an Anglo-Indian. With KUMAR RANJI ,BHASKER, ALI REFAIE and GUY HOLDEN
Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Campbell
Unknown:
Kumar Ranji
Unknown:
Ali Refaie
Unknown:
Guy Holden
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Col Rodney Savage:
Gary Bond
Victoria Jones:
Shireen Shah
Patrick Taylor:
Sean Barrett
Kartar Singh:
Kaleem Janjua
Lt Macaulay:
Brett Usher
Rose Mary Jones:
Josephine Welcome
Mr Thomas Jones:
Garard Green
Det Supt Lanson:
John Golightly
Brig Ffoukes- Jones:
Mel Oxley
Mr Govindaswami:
Geoffrey Matthews
Ranjit Singh Kasel:
Andrew Johnson
Maj Dickson.:
Bernard Brown

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