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7.10 LWSunday Papers
7.15LWApnaHiGhar Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves Ted Harrison reviews Prince of Darkness and Other Stories by J. F. POWERS .

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Harrison
Stories By:
J. F. Powers

from Quinton Methodist
Church, Birmingham, led by the MinisterTHE REV JOHN HOPE Hymns (Hymns & Psalms): Alleluia, alleluia (250); This joyful Eastertide (213); Father of Jesus Christ (693); Thine be the glory (212); Psalm 145, w 1-12
Readings (NEB): I Peter 1, w 3-9; John 20, w 19-29
Organist PATRICK GORDON BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Organist:
Patrick Gordon

with (hopefully) the worst of the weather and all those winter-time jobs finished,
Marjorie Lofthouse assembles her team of DIY consultants to advise on do-it-yourself matters .This week she talks to members of a studio audience in Birmingham.
With Tony Wilkins (executive editor Do-it- Yourselfmagazine) David Holloway (DIY author and building consultant) and Jack Widgery (colour consultant - ICI/Dulux) Producer DAVID WELSBY BBC Birmingham
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Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
Tony Wilkins
Unknown:
David Holloway
Unknown:
Jack Widgery
Producer:
David Welsby

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan ,
Co-Chairman of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues.
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was
UN High Commissioner for
Refugees from 1965-77. In 1981 he was appointed Special
Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission on the question of mass exodus and human rights. 'So long as the arms race continues,' he said recently, 'the problems of the world's living standards will be left in abeyance and famines in Ethiopia or the Sahel will recur.' In an international phone-in chaired by Sue MacGregor , he answers questions from around the world.
Producers LIZ MARDALL for the Woman's Hour unit and MARGARET HILL and DAN ZERDIN for the World Service
Lines open from 10.30am

Contributors

Unknown:
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
Unknown:
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Producers:
Liz Mardall
Producers:
Margaret Hill
Producers:
Dan Zerdin

Les Cottington invites
Geoffrey Smith , Clay Jones and Dr Stefan Buczacki to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post. Questions, on postcards please, to:
BBC, Woodhouse Lane , Leeds LS2 9PX BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Clay Jones
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Woodhouse Lane

Battleships by HARRY BARTON
July 1940: following the fall of France the French Admiral in Alexandria is confronted with the most difficult decision of his life; to fight his way past the British fleet or to surrender, scuttle or demobilise his ships. Lt John Sandwich is seconded as interpreter to the British Admiral during the tense negotiations.... a situation complicated by his love for a young Frenchwoman.... Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Manchester
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Barton
Unknown:
Lt John Sandwich
Directed By:
Robert Cooper

The BBC's former Peking
Correspondent, Stephen Jessel , reports on a visit to two of the most revered places in China - the birthplace of Confucius, and Mount Tai, the holiest of the five sacred mountains of Taoism.
Producer ZAREER MASAMI

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Jessel
Producer:
Zareer Masami

'The bombs are lovely, I think it is all thrilling. Nevertheless, as the opposite of death is life, I think I shall get seduced by Rupert tomorrow....'
This week's programme includes an interview with Joan Wyndham on her long-buried wartime diary Love Lessons. Presented by Hunter Davies Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Wyndham
Presented By:
Hunter Davies
Producer:
Anne Blair Gould

The last of six parts by COLIN SHAW
The Raid and After
Isabella has persuaded James to take part in a raid on the Museum of Gold. She's confident that her plan will work, but the plane out of Dorada seems a very long way off to James and Susie.
With PETER ACRE. JOHN BULL
CARLOS DOUGLAS. WILUAM HOPE
TREVOR NICHOLS. DAVID
SINCLAIR ALAN THOMPSON and TESSA WORSLEY Directed by JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Shaw
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Carlos Douglas.
Unknown:
Trevor Nichols.
Unknown:
Sinclair Alan Thompson
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
James Hamilton:
Steve Hodson
Susie Field:
Helena Breck
Hayes Davidson:
Norman Jones
Isabella:
Mia Soteriou
Quintana:
Jack May
Garcia:
Robin Summers
Hugh Forbes:
Jack McKenzie
Roger Harrison:
Christopher Douglas

The beautiful Falmouth working boats are the only sailboats in western Europe still used commercially. The men who sail them dredge for oysters using methods little changed for centuries. They are also now fighting a new threat to a trade that is the last living link with the age of sail.
Presented and produced by Mark Laity
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Contributors

Produced By:
Mark Laity

For over a hundred years the Hibbert Trust has invited distinguished theologians to deliver the annual Hibbert
Lecture. This year the Bishop of Durham, The Rt Rev David Jenkins , has been invited to speak on The God of Freedom and the Freedom of God.
Dr Jenkins explores the vexed topic of liberation theology and examines its application within Great Britain.
The text of this lecture appears in THE
LISTENER and is also available from the Hibbert Trust, 14 Gordon Square. London WClHOAG, at £1.00
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Jenkins

The last of eight programmes Hugh O'Shaughnessy chairs a discussion about United States policy in Central America and the prospects for a successful outcome of the Contadora peace negotiations.
Are the social and political differences too vast to be reconciled? What role, if any, does Britain have to play in the process?
Producer MICK WEBB
For booklist, send sae to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Producer:
Mick Webb

Reviled by some as a heretic and revered by others as a prophet, Edward Irving was one of the most controversial clerics of the 19th century. lain Cuthbertson plays Irving in this dramatised investigation into the riddle of his fame and infamy, presented by Bernard Jackson.
Written and researched by ANDREW WALKER
Producer FRANCES GUMLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Irving
Presented By:
Bernard Jackson.
Unknown:
Andrew Walker

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