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7.10 LWSunday Papers
7.15ApnaHiGhar
Samajhiye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Turning Over New Leaves John Coutts reviews and selects readings from Way of Blessedness by STUART BLANCH.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Coutts
Unknown:
Stuart Blanch.

from the Chapel of the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham Holy Communion Rite A Celebrant and preacher THE REV DAVID STOTER
Hymns (BBC HB): 0 worship the Lord (267); God of mercy, God of grace (455); My God, and is thy table spread (207); Let all the world in every corner sing (275) Readings: James 5, w 13-16 (RSV); Matthew 8, w 5-13 (JB) Organist MALCOLM BATCHELOR BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Organist:
Malcolm Batchelor

The glossy Sunday magazine presented by Margo MacDonald Today's edition includes:
Saturday Night: Nigel Farrell in search of the definitive night out with a group of people who are similarly inclined.
A Year of My Own: Stirling Moss recalls 1956, the year in which he became the first Englishman to win the British Grand Prix - but also the year of Suez and Angry Young Men.
International Exchange: a link-up around the world for a broader perspective on current issues.
High Noon: guests in the studio talk over one of the week's topics.
John Walters takes a pedestrian's view of Motorfair85. Plus Rory Bremner continues his everyday story of broadcasting folk.
And Stephen Fry reaches the points other colour supplements can't reach.
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE, SIMON SHAW, VANESSA HARRISON and CATHIE MAHONEY

Contributors

Presented By:
Margo MacDonald
Unknown:
Nigel Farrell
Unknown:
Stirling Moss
Unknown:
John Walters
Unknown:
Rory Bremner
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Producers:
Ian Gardhouse
Unknown:
Simon Shaw
Unknown:
Vanessa Harrison
Unknown:
Cathie Mahoney

by DOROTHY GHARBAOUI with John Rowe , Kate Flynn and Maggie Shevlin
Tom Martin is no ordinary judge: he presides over a Diplock court in Northern Ireland. A judge without a jury is at once terrifyingly powerful and frighteningly vulnerable. How can he choose between public and private justice?
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Gharbaoui
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Kate Flynn
Unknown:
Maggie Shevlin
Unknown:
Tom Martin

Alphonse Allais was the man who invented the frosted-glass aquarium tank for shy fish. He was also a humorous writer whose bizarre pieces appeared in Parisian magazines and newspapers at the turn of the century. Allais is now little known or admired in his own country. Might his humour be too English for French tastes?
1: Anything They Can Do.... and Other Tales
Stories read by Christopher Godwin English translation by MILES KINGTON
Producer NIGEL ACHESON (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alphonse Allais
Read By:
Christopher Godwin
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

Gore Vidal flew single-handedly at the age of 10, thinks Thomas Hardy is the last great British novelist and regards British book reviewers as 'hustlers who are really more interested in writing giggly paragraphs'.
Hunter Davies presents Radio 4's good books programme. Producer NIGEL ACHESON
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 4.5pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gore Vidal
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

'The right way to celebrate
Peacock's birthday would be to give a party.'
Dr Marilyn Butler presents a bicentenary tribute to Thomas Love Peacock.
This most appealing of English novelists was a friend of Shelley, perceptive music critic, loyal servant of the East India
Company and brilliant yet compassionate satirist. Written by MARILYN BUTLER Producer PETER FOZZARD Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Marilyn Butler
Unknown:
Thomas Love Peacock.
Written By:
Marilyn Butler
Producer:
Peter Fozzard

Conversation was once defined as an unrehearsed intellectual adventure in which the journey matters more than the destination.
Chairman Brian Redhead travels hopefully with Mark Girouard
Peter Maxwell Davies and Jeremy Seabrook Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
Mark Girouard
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Jeremy Seabrook
Producer:
Alastair Wilson

Stanley Ellis sets out on some more of Britain's linguistic
Broads to discover the wealth of ways in which people talk about their lives, their landscape and their local language. 5: Bristol and Areal '
'The talk of Bristol is a cranky, crab-apple tree of language, flourishing, vigorous and with the sharpest, juiciest flavour I've heard for a long time....' Producer SIMON ELMES (R) Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Simon Elmes

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