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7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna HI Ghar Samajhiye Make Yourself at Home A programme for Asian listeners
BBC Pebble Mill
7.45 Bells on Sunday from Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, Canada
7.50-7.55
Turning Over New Leaves
Richard Harries selects a few of the best religious books of the year.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Harries

A spoken service of Holy Communion from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer celebrated in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral
Celebrant THE REV PETER ALLEN , the Chaplain of King's School, Canterbury Preacher
THE VERY REV JOHN SIMPSON ,
Dean of Canterbury Cathedral. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Allen
Unknown:
John Simpson

with Margaret Howard For 52 weeks of the year
The 'pick' of the week is quite clear.
The selections are made,
But will they make the grade
For inclusion in 'Pick of the Year'? Producer ANDREW PARFITT
Stereo (Revised re-broadcast on Tuesday at 9.0pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Andrew Parfitt

by Somerset Maugham, dramatised by Jeffrey Segal
with Peter Rumney as Charley Mason
Elizabeth Lindsay as Lydia Berger
Anthony Daniels as Simon Fenimore.

'By God, what a time I am going to have,' thinks Charley when at Christmas 1938 he goes to Paris to visit his old schoolfriend Simon. As ignorant of the storm clouds lowering over Europe as he is of any world outside his own comfortable, cultured middle-class English background, Charley does not have quite the Christmas that he expected.

(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Somerset Maugham
Dramatist:
Jeffrey Segal
Pianist:
Mary Nash
Director:
Graham Gauld
Charley Mason:
Peter Rumney
Lydia Berger:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Simon Fenimore:
Anthony Daniels
Venetia Mason:
Monica Grey
Leslie Mason:
Jeffrey Segal
Patsy Mason:
Jenny Funnell
Mlle Ernestine:
Carole Boyd
Mme Berger:
Mary Wimbush
Robert Berger:
George Parsons
Hotel manager:
Richard Durden
Detective:
David Goodland

'You have to finance it yourself, cast it, put the whole thing together and then hold it together - and pray God they're all going to be well on the night!' For nearly 20 years
Alan Sievewright and Denny Dayviss have periodically mounted concert performances of opera featuring the world's greatest singers.
They recall some of the triumphs (and a few near-catastrophes) in conversation with Daniel Snowman. Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN Stereo (e)
(Re-broadcast New Year's Eve at 9.0pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Sievewright
Unknown:
Denny Dayviss
Unknown:
Daniel Snowman.
Producer:
Daniel Snowman

by John Penn dramatised by Melville Jones.
With John Castle as Supt Thorne, Tessa Worsley as his wife, Miranda, Stephen Thorne as John Kempton, Diana Bishop as his wife, Rose
When a body is found floating in the pool of a luxurious hotel in the Cotswolds, Superintendent Thorne is called in to investigate.
Stereo

Contributors

Author:
John Penn
Dramatised by:
Melville Jones
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Supt Thorne:
John Castle
Miranda:
Tessa Worsley
John Kempton:
Stephen Thorne
Rose:
Diana Bishop
Tom Latimer:
Jonathan Tafler
Polly Raven:
Karen Ascoe
Vern Raven:
James Goode
Mrs Fowler:
Pauline Letts
Mr Fowler:
Alan Dudley
Mrs Blair:
Sheila Grant
Mr Blair:
Tim Reynolds
Paul Kempton:
Kim Wall
Helen Dearden:
Eve Karpf
Roy Mortlake:
John Hollis
Cassandra Gray:
Jennifer Piercey
Canon Hurley:
Peter Howell
Mrs Hurley:
Rachel Gurney
Alice Hurley:
Deborah Makepeace
Sgt Abbott:
Andrew Branch
Dr Band:
Gordon Reid
Margery Swinson:
Jo Manning Wilson

5: Remember My Name It would be nice if
Steven Spielberg or someone just showed up and said, 'Hey, wanna be a movie star?' and I'll say, 'Sure', but it doesn't normally happen that way at all.
A montage documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of a school familiar the world over to viewers of the TV series Fame. After four years at New York's High School of Music and Performing Arts, the senior dance and music students pin their hopes on their final 'showcase' productions.
Technical presentation PHIL BOOTH Producer JULIE SIMMONS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Spielberg
Unknown:
Phil Booth
Producer:
Julie Simmons

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