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from Dunlop Parish Church, Ayrshire led by THE REV JACK ROBERTSON Readings (GNB); I John 4, w 14-21; John 11, w 47-50, v 53 Hymns (CH3): Tell me the old, old story (132); 0 worship the King (35); Praise to the Holiest (238); Praise ye the Lord (640) Organist SADIE REID
Conductor GEORGE BELL BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Robertson
Conductor:
George Bell

A 13-part series
4: A New Beginning
. In 1808 Governor Bligh was deposed and Colonel Macquarie of the Indian Army was sent out to restore order to the colony. In spite of opposition from MacArthur of the notorious 'Rum Corps' and Samuel Marsden , the 'flogging parson', Macquarie gained the trust of both settlers and freed convicts. Narrator NICK ENRIGHT
With PROFESSORS GEOFFREY BLAINEY. MANNING CLARK and HUMPHREY MCQUEEN
Script by MIKE WALKER
Music by ELIZABETH PARKER
(BBC Radiophonic Workshop) Technical presentation
ANDREW LAWRENCE. IAIN HUNTER and HELEN THOMAS
Researcher REBECCA CURTIS
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHUN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Marsden
Unknown:
Geoffrey Blainey.
Unknown:
Manning Clark
Unknown:
Humphrey McQueen
Script By:
Mike Walker
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Unknown:
Andrew Lawrence.
Unknown:
Iain Hunter
Unknown:
Helen Thomas
Unknown:
Researcher Rebecca Curtis
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughun
Governor Macquarie:
Leonard Maguire
MacArthur:
Bill Paterson
The Rev Marsden:
Sean Barrett
Joseph Holt:
Alan Barry
Mrs Macquarie:
Sandra Clark
Gore:
Eric Allan
BiggS:
George Parsons
Bennett:
Trevor Nichols
Settler:
Ronald Herdman
COX:
Richard Durden
Woman settler:
Eva Haddon

The Great Cathedrals of Britain In a series of six programmes, Malcolm Billings and Tim Tatton-Brown tell the story of the development of British Cathedrals from the time of St Augustine in 597 until the Reformation.
5: Reformation and Destruction Producer JOHN KNIGHT. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast on Wednesday 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Billings
Unknown:
Tim Tatton-Brown
Producer:
John Knight.

In this six-part series, John Timpson takes a wry look at this green and pleasant land. 3: Wondrous Waterways
Early bridges were built to be lived on as well as to be crossed. They were lined with shops, houses and booths. Some had chapels, and one in Northumberland went one better with a marriage house, where runaway couples could marry without going through the usual preliminaries.
Producer MARJORIE LOFTHOUSE BBC Pebble Mill
(Re-broadcast Friday 11.47am L W)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Timpson
Producer:
Marjorie Lofthouse

Jeremy Siepmann takes an occasionally jaundiced look at the history of conducting. 5: Man and Superman Spontini and Wagner raise egotism to new heights, and genius triumphs over talent. Readers JOHN WESTBROOK and HUGH DICKSON
Producer RAY ABBOTT Stereo (R) revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Siepmann
Unknown:
Superman Spontini
Readers:
John Westbrook
Readers:
Hugh Dickson
Producer:
Ray Abbott

On St Valentine's Day,
Roger McGough unties the ribbons on a bundle of love letters and reflects on the most intimate feelings of the famous - Napoleon and Josephine,
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - and the unknown - a prisoner of war writing home to his girlfriend, a young schoolgirl in love for the first time.
Readings by Hannah Gordon and Peter Egan
Producer ALEXANDRA FRASER BBC Pebble Mill
0 WODDIS ON: page 81

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Zelda Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Peter Egan
Producer:
Alexandra Fraser

A six-part review of 1968 4: Wake Up, Sister!
With Betty Friedan ,
Gloria Steinem , Katharine Whitehorn , Jill Tweedie and many of the 'angry young women' who started the women's movement. Presented by Margaret Walters

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Friedan
Unknown:
Gloria Steinem
Unknown:
Katharine Whitehorn
Unknown:
Jill Tweedie
Presented By:
Margaret Walters

Words and music for Sunday night
God's Strugglers
John Rackley concludes his reflections on the writings of modern men of faith looking at the poetry ofR.S. Thomas, the Welsh poet who seeks to find a form of religion which can help modern society.
Producer JUUA WILLS. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Rackley

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