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7. 10 LW Sunday Papers
7.15LWApnaHiGhar Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves
Stephen Oliver selects a handful of books for recommended holiday reading.

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Unknown:
Stephen Oliver

from Trinity Church, Stafford led by THE REV ERIC CARLESS and THE REV DAVID HILL
Hymns (Hymns and Psalms):
Let all the world (10); How sweet the name (257); Jesus is Lord! (260); Thy hand, 0 God (784); Readings: Psalm 118;
Philippians 2, vv 6-11 (Good News)
Organist ALAN SYKES BBC Birmingham

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Organist:
Alan Sykes

The glossy Sunday magazine presented by Margo MacDonald
Today's edition includes: The Morning After:
Nigel Farrell reports on how one group of people spent Saturday night. A Year of My Own:
Patrick Lichfield chooses a year that was special for him: 1981, the year in which
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married and in which both the Pope and President Reagan survived assassination attempts.
High Noon: guests in the studio talk over one of the topics of the week.
International Exchange: a link-up with other countries around the globe.
Derek Jameson takes a personal look at the day's offerings from Fleet Street.
Producers LAN
GARDHOUSE SIMON SHAW. VANESSA HARRISON MARK FIELDER

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Presented By:
Margo MacDonald
Unknown:
Nigel Farrell
Unknown:
Patrick Lichfield
Unknown:
Lady Diana Spencer
Unknown:
Derek Jameson
Unknown:
Gardhouse Simon Shaw.
Unknown:
Vanessa Harrison

2: Axminster Equals Carpets Carpets were first made in Axminster in the middle of the 18th century, and even when the original company folded, the name remained as a carpet weave that has become synonymous with quality. But it took the Dutfield family to bring carpet-making back to Axminster - and they've gone from strength to strength. Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Birmingham (R)

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Producer:
Anne Brown

Lullaby by LESLEY DAVIES
Based on personal experience, this story traces the effects on a family, and on the mother in particular, when her twin babies suddenly die just before Christmas.
Stereo

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Unknown:
Lesley Davies
Liz:
Barbara Flynn
Ted:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Mum:
Pauline Letts

The first of two programmes Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien has spent much of his life writing about Ireland and has been actively involved in Irish politics. At present he is a Fellow at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where he is lecturing on 'The Age of Enlightenment'.
Martin Dillon visits him there and talks to him about his academic life and how his views on Ireland have been shaped by his family background, Roman Catholicism and his Irishness. (First broadcast on Radio Ulster)

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Unknown:
Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien
Unknown:
Martin Dillon

This spectacular falcon was driven almost to extinction in Britain and the eastern USA 20 years ago by pesticides and persecution. Today its highspeed flight, the fastest in the world, can be seen again in its old haunts. Michael Scott tells the story of a remarkable recovery.
Producer JOHN ARNOTT BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Scott
Producer:
John Arnott

A man's work is from sun to sun, But a woman's work is never done
A reflection of rural life in Victorian England by Neil Philip with music by GEORGE ISOBEL DEACON
2: Silence Becomes Me Best
Producer JOHN KNIGHT. BBC Bristol (R) Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Philip
Music By:
George Isobel Deacon
Producer:
John Knight.

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