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for the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle from the 1662 rite conducted by THE REV ALAN LUFF Responses (Byrd) Venite(S.Elvey)
Psalm 139, vv 1-11 (Barry Rose ) Reading (AV): John 20, w 24-31 Benedictus (Stanford in G)
Anthem: Blessed are the men who fear him (Mendelssohn) Hymn: Give me the wings of faith
BBC SINGERS directed by BARRY ROSE
Organist ANDREW LUMSDEN Producer S. OLIVER Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
St Thomas
Unknown:
Barry Rose
Directed By:
Barry Rose
Organist:
Andrew Lumsden
Producer:
S. Oliver

Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.20* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COLVILE
7.30 News Summary
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Read By:
Clive Roslin
Unknown:
Bob Finigan
Unknown:
Charles Colvile
Editor:
Jenny Abramsky

starring with and in Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'
Cast for the week:
Written by SIMON BRETT Producer PETE ATKIN (R)

Contributors

Written By:
Simon Brett
Producer:
Pete Atkin
Sarah:
Prunella Scales
Eleanor:
Joan Sanderson
Russell:
Benjamin Whitrow
Clare:
Gerry Cowper
Miles:
David Quilter
the Quizmaster:
Graham Blockley
Aubrey:
Lockwood West
Delivery boy:
David Learner
Policeman:
Michael Hadley
Percy Bradshaw:
Simon Brett
Customer:
Alan Thompson
Valuer:
Nicholas Le Prevost

Another chance to hear episodes 24-36. 'I want that woman. ALL of her. Her vast acreage must be mine tonight....'
Cast for the fortnight:
With special guest appearances by and Other parts played by CHRISTOPHER BARR
FELICITY MONTAGU. RICHARD PLATT PAUL B. DAVIES. NICK REVELL
JOHN JUNKIN. ALAN THOMPSON
LIZ CROWTHER. SUSIE JOHNS
Adapted (from the Mirror cartoon) by BILL TIDY and JOHN JUNKIN Producer ALAN NIXON
Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 2)

Contributors

Played By:
Christopher Barr
Played By:
Felicity Montagu.
Played By:
Richard Platt
Played By:
Paul B. Davies.
Played By:
Nick Revell
Played By:
John Junkin.
Unknown:
Alan Thompson
Unknown:
Liz Crowther.
Unknown:
Susie Johns
Unknown:
Bill Tidy
Unknown:
John Junkin
Producer:
Alan Nixon
Rebecca Fosdyke:
Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke:
Philip Lowrie
Victoria:
Miriam Margolyes
Tom Fosdyke:
David Threlfall
Albert:
Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley:
Christian Rodska
Omar the Terrible:
Bernard Bresslaw
Ali:
Chris Langham
Mrs Molloy:
Jan Waters
Nadine Buzom:
Barbara Rosenblat
Quince:
Chris Samsworth
Wally, the Duke of Pimbo and Billinge:
John Westbrook
Lady Cynthia:
Nichola McAuliffe
Ship's captain:
Richard Platt
George:
Donald Douglas
Cranston Wibley:
Ivor Roberts
Captain of Police/Al Capone:
Jonathan Kydd
Igor:
Trevor Cooper
Farida:
Madeline Smith
Elliot Ness:
Larry Lamb
Stravitch/Prosecutor:
Nick Maloney
Euripides McMort:
Geoffrey Bayldon
Stretch/Wally's butler/Akenthorp:
David Ross
Noel Curd:
Raymond Cooke
Guard:
Phil Nice
Harold Earnshaw:
Jim Broadbent
Pedro Ramirez:
Chris Jury
Doctors:
Steve Hodson.
Doctors:
Nigel Anthony
Balin:
Paul Shearer
Sancho:
Duncan Gould
Senior judge:
Peter Rutherford
Waitress:
Ursula Camm
Capt Carruthers:
Robin Brown
Fez:
Christopher Barr
Dame Vera:
Patricia Routledge
C B Scargill:
Charles Gray
Ludovic Snelgrove, Muscular Evangelist:
Freddie Jones
Wallace Grimley, KC:
Leslie Sands
General Ludmilla Blaskova:
Honor Blackman

A not entirely frivolous look at the role played by the spouses often great composers. Would their music have turned out differently had it not been for the woman at the composer's shoulder?
Presented by Fritz Spiegl
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)

Contributors

Presenter:
Fritz Spiegl
Producer:
Piers Burton Page

Brian Johnston visits the National Theatre, which moved to its present site on the South Bank of the River Thames ten years ago. Three theatres in one, with simultaneous performances, and it all started as the idea of a publisher over 140 years ago.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBCBristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Anthony Smith

by JIM ELDRIDGE starring and 5: Language Unit
A difficult day for Mr Beeston , in which a proposed Unit for immigrant children produces more heat than the school central-heating system. Cast for the week:
Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON Stereo (R)
(Episode 6 tomorrow at 6.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Eldridge
Unknown:
Mr Beeston
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
Eric Brown:
Peter Davison
Mr Beeston, the Headmaster:
James Grout
Mr Holliday, Deputy Head:
Tom Watson
Mrs Stone, School Secretary:
Margaret John
Miss Lewis:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Long:
Paul Copley
Mrs Rudd:
Vivienne Martin
Mrs Patterson:
Deirdre Costello
Mr ROSS:
Nick Stringer
Miss Sope:
Valerie Murray
Engineer:
Johnny Wade
Tommy:
Desmond Askew
Janet:
Pru Oliver
Maria:
Samantha Cahill
Mrs Purkiss:
Stella Tanner
Mrs Evans:
Mia Soteriou
Robert:
Simon Nash
Janine:
Victoria Ludlow

Quincy the Christmas Toy Written and read by TOMMY STEELE
1: The Toys Come to Life Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN. Stereo (Tommy Steele is in 'Singing in the Rain'at the Hippodrome,Birmingham)

Contributors

Read By:
Tommy Steele
Producer:
Mary Kalemkerian.
Unknown:
Tommy Steele

Introduced by Jenni Murray School's 's Out at Our School
At Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, staff and pupils heave a sigh of relief after the usual end-of-term activities and a seasonal round of carol-singing. Kate SneU spotlights the term's main issues involving parents and staff - supervision of homework, discipline and the value of compulsory education for the under-16s.
Eight Stones by Elizabeth Bowen abridged by JANET HICKSON Read by Patricia Hodge 6: Pink May
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Kate Sneu
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Abridged By:
Janet Hickson
Read By:
Patricia Hodge
Editor:
Sandra Chalmers

The Napoleon of Notting Hill An extravaganza by G. K. CHESTERTON dramatised by PETER BUCKMAN Written in 1904, Chesterton's vision of London 80 years on is still full of horse buses and hansom cabs. But democracy is dead, and the King is chosen by rote from among government officials. No one minds because none of it matters - until the choice falls on Auberon Quin ...
Producer ERIC STOVELL
Directed by RICHARD IMISON. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
G. K. Chesterton
Dramatised By:
Peter Buckman
Unknown:
Auberon Quin
Producer:
Eric Stovell
Directed By:
Richard Imison.
G K Chesterton:
Roger Hammond
Auberon Quin:
David Collings
Wilfred Lambert:
Kim Wall
James Barker:
Stephen Hattersley
President del Fuego:
Manning Wilson
Policeman/Mr Wilson:
Stuart Organ
a boy Adam Wayne,:
Alexander Goodman
Adam Wayne:
Paul McGann
Mr Buck:
Aubrey Woods
Mr Mead:
Paul Gregory
Mr Bowles:
Brian Hewlett
MrTurnbull:
Gordon Reid

Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer JOHN POWELL Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
John Powell
Editor:
Anne Winder

My Uncle Silas by H. E. BATES abridged in three parts and read by David Neal 1: Shandy Lil
The first of three stories about one of Bates's richest characters, his great-uncle
Silas, who lived a wondrous life of wine and women in a beautiful part of Bedfordshire. Producer CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
H. E. Bates
Read By:
David Neal
Read By:
Shandy Lil
Producer:
Cherry Cookson

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