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Family Service from Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol conducted by THE REV CANON PAUL BERG
Preacher THE REV JAMES JONES
Reading: (New International) John 11, w 17-37
Hymns (Hymns for Today's Church): Jesus is Lord (sl7); Alleluia sing to Jesus (170); Yours be the glory (167)
Director of Music BERJ TOPALIAN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Canon Paul Berg
Unknown:
Rev James Jones
Music:
Berj Topalian

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, President of World Wildlife Fund International
The World Wildlife Fund celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. His Royal Highness has been its international
President since 1981, following many years' involvement with WWF (UK). The World Wildlife
Fund began by concentrating on individual endangered species, but soon became aware that the conservation of species could not be separated from their habitat. In an international phone-in chaired by Sue MacGregor , The Duke of Edinburgh invites questions and comments on the work of the Fund for conservation and the environment.
Produced for Radio 4 and BBC World Service by PAT TAYLOR ,
ANNE BOLSOVER and JANET DAVEY
(A simultaneous broadcast with BBC World Service)
Lines open from 10.30am

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Pat Taylor
Unknown:
Anne Bolsover
Unknown:
Janet Davey

by TOM STOPPARD with Clufton Bay is spanned by a huge cantilevered railway bridge which needs painting endlessly.
Directed by CHARLES LEFEAUX (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Stoppard
Directed By:
Charles Lefeaux
Albert:
John Hurt
Bob:
Nigel Anthony
Charlie:
Alexander John
Dad:
Geoffrey Wincott
Chairman:
Victor Lucas
Dave:
Ian Thompson
George:
Anthony Jackson
Fitch:
Ronald Herdman
Mother:
Betty Hardy
Father:
Alan Dudley
Kate:
Barbara Mitchell
Fraser:
Haydn Jones

'A trivia question. Name a female author who sells like crazy ... and whose fans, mostly women, sometimes work out in sweatshirts emblazoned with her name. Hint. The first name is Jane. No, not Jane Fonda , Jane Austen. '
(from a cover story in The Wall
Street Journal, US Edition)
Each autumn, members of the Jane Austen Society of North
America meet for their Annual National Conference to discuss one of Miss Austen's novels. Last year they focused on Northanger Abbey in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia.
Jean Snedegar was there. Producer SUSAN SNAlLUM
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 10.45am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Fonda
Unknown:
Jane Austen.
Producer:
Susan Snallum

The career of Orson Welles , who died last year, was a mixture of brilliance and disappointment. Nigel Andrews talks to friends and colleagues about one of cinema's legendary figures. Contributors include PETER BOGDANOVICH
, RICHARD FLEISCHER
JOHN HOUSEMAN , HENRY JAGLOM ,
JANET LEIGH , HENRY MANCINI and DENNIS WEAVER
Researcher BARBRA PASKIN Producer CARROLL MOORE
A 'Kaleidoscope' production (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Orson Welles
Talks:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
Peter Bogdanovich
Unknown:
Richard Fleischer
Unknown:
John Houseman
Unknown:
Henry Jaglom
Unknown:
Janet Leigh
Unknown:
Henry Mancini
Unknown:
Dennis Weaver
Unknown:
Barbra Paskin
Producer:
Carroll Moore

Wales and the Welsh
June Knox-Mawer talks to Welsh poet and farmer
Die Jones. Also featured are novelist Emyr Humphreys , the newly discovered novel by the late
Gwyn Thomas and the poetry of Dannie Abse.

Contributors

Unknown:
Die Jones.
Unknown:
Emyr Humphreys
Unknown:
Gwyn Thomas
Unknown:
Dannie Abse.

The most treasured and priceless inheritance of the Monarchy, the Crown
Jewels, are guarded with the strictest security at the Tower of London.
Brian Hoey is shown the treasures by Brigadier Kenneth Mears , the authority on the Jewels and their history. Producer DEW! SMITH BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Mears
Producer:
Dew! Smith

In these days of TV and Radio, with their seductive packages of soaps, sport and celebrities, why should anyone swap a comfortable sitting-room for a draughty village hall to hear a public speaker?
Laurie Taylor endeavours to find out. He travels to Yorkshire to go around the world in 40 minutes with LADY ROTHNIE - an 'Ambassadress at Large'. Does she keep her audience in tow. and will the warmth of her welcome last till journey's end?
Producer SHARON BANOFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Unknown:
Lady Rothnie
Producer:
Sharon Banoff

Six views on different aspects of being a man emerge from guests in conversation with Anne Brown
2: John McVicar
A maximum-security prison seemed as good a place as any to start a university thesis on violence. McVicar, ex-con, reflects on criminal machismo and what man will do to man. Producer LIZ JENSEN BBC Birmingham
(Re-broadcast on Friday at 9.5 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Brown
Unknown:
John McVicar
Producer:
Liz Jensen

Second of three programmes While painting a landscape
The Rev Ray Short reflects on the discipline of 'seeing' which this involves. This leads him to ask how we perceive patterns and values in other aspects of our lives.
Seeing and Perceiving Producer CLAIR JAQUISS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Producer:
Clair Jaquiss

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