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speaks, for the Week's
Good Cause, on behalf of an organisation which helps sufferers from an illness which afflicts young people.
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from Queen's Hall
Methodist Mission, Derby. Led by THE REV RON DALE Hymns (H and P): Sing to the Lord (17); God is love (220); Crown him with many crowns (255); Jesus, the conqueror, reigns (262) Psalm: How lovely is your dwelling-place (860)
Readings: Isaiah 51, w 1-6 (RSV); I Corinthians 15, w 21-28 (JB Phillips); John 16, w 25-33 (JB Phillips) Musical director
EDMUND STOW BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Dale

Clay Jones digs into the bulging postbag, and calls on Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Tom Leigh to solve gardening problems sent in by listeners.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester
0 QUESTIONS: on postcards only, to Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Clay Jones
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Tom Leigh

Present Laughter A light comedy by NOEL COWARD.
With Paul Scofield and Fenella Fielding,
Patricia Routledge ,
Joy Parker and David Timson.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL Stereo (R)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Noel Coward.
Unknown:
Paul Scofield
Unknown:
Patricia Routledge
Unknown:
Joy Parker
Unknown:
David Timson.
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell
Daphne Stillington:
Miriam Margolyes
Miss Erikson:
Diana Olsson
Fred:
Timothy Bateson
Monica Reed:
Patricia Routledge
Garry:
Paul Scofield
Liz Essendine:
Joy Parker
Roland:
David Timson
Henry:
Alan Rowe
Morris:
Vernon Joyner
Joanna:
Fenella Fielding
Lady Saltbum:
Betty Huntley-Wright

4.00 Community Matters An eight-part series 5: Green Lanes with TAYFUN ERTAN
4.30 Inside Science A ten-part series
2: The Energy 'Crisis' with PAUL HEINEY
Programme consultant
DR RICHARD MARSHALL (R)
5.00 Paso doble A ten-part series with JEN SUTTON and MIGUEL PENARANDA 5: iQuepaso? Written by CAROL STANLEY (R)
5.30 Get By in Greek
A five-part course with CHRISTINA COUCOUNARA and YORGOS YANNOULOPOULOS.
4: Finding Your Way Around (R)
4.00pm
Wilko's Weekly
Six portraits of local communities written and presented by Tony Wilkinson. 1: The Warrington Guardian
It's boom time in Warrington. But not everyone's feeling secure in the North West....
Producer JUUAN HALE (R)
4.27pm
The Education of Hyman Kaplan by LEO ROSTEN abridged in six parts by NEVILLE TELLER.
Read by Kerry Shale (1) Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol (R)
4.47pm
Treasure Islands
Presented by Penelope Lively.
Bernard Ashley and Julia Eccleshare suggest how to persuade children that reading is fun.
5.00pm
Down Your Way
Oxford is both home and workplace for John Carey , Professor of English at
Merton College. His view of the city starts from one of its dreaming spires but soon comes down to earth with DIY and gardening. Producer KATE WHITEHEAD BBC Bristol
5.40.5.50pm
Smith and Son
Six intimate revelations. Phil Smith wrestles with the trauma of becoming a father for the first time. 4: Abreast of the Times BBC Manchester (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Unknown:
Dr Richard Marshall
Unknown:
Jen Sutton
Written By:
Carol Stanley
Unknown:
Christina Coucounara
Unknown:
Yorgos Yannoulopoulos.
Presented By:
Tony Wilkinson.
Unknown:
Hyman Kaplan
Unknown:
Leo Rosten
Unknown:
Neville Teller.
Read By:
Kerry Shale
Producer:
Pamela Howe
Presented By:
Penelope Lively.
Presented By:
Bernard Ashley
Presented By:
Julia Eccleshare
Unknown:
John Carey
Producer:
Kate Whitehead
Unknown:
Phil Smith

Introduced by Julie First and Adrian Moorhouse. This week's birthday guest is Henry Cooper.
Tale- Telling: A Hamster at Large by philippa PEARCE, read by Willie Rushton. National Pet Week Competition.
PIUS E. NESBIT 'S
The House of Arden dramatised by CHRIS CURRY 2: The White Mouldiwarp with Penelope Keith as Edith Nesbit.
Researcher LIS ROBERTS
Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN BBC Manchester. Stereo
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Cats Whiskers, BBC, PO Bax 40, Manchester M60 IFR
0 CEEFAX: page 235

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julie First
Introduced By:
Adrian Moorhouse.
Unknown:
Henry Cooper.
Read By:
Willie Rushton.
Unknown:
Pius E. Nesbit
Dramatised By:
Chris Curry
Unknown:
White Mouldiwarp
Unknown:
Penelope Keith
Unknown:
Edith Nesbit.

God Can See You, Daddy
Social assumptions that children of Christian homes are safe from sexual abuse have been severely challenged by a confidential survey, which also highlights the lack of expertise within the churches to deal with the spiritual and emotional damage that follows.
Kati Whitaker reports.
Producer CHRISTINE MORGAN Editor DAVID COOMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Kati Whitaker
Producer:
Christine Morgan
Editor:
David Coomes

An eight-part series.
The story of the poet's life in Italy and Greece from 1816 to his death in 1824, as told in his own letters. With Robert Powell as Lord Byron.
1: Fathomless Love
Selected and introduced by Brian Gear.
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBC Bristol. Stereo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Powell
Introduced By:
Brian Gear.
Producer:
Margaret Bradley
Unknown:
David Gillard

by CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING. With and Could there be some extraordinary connections between a mutiny on the high seas and one of the greatest and most mystical of English narrative poems? Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Frayling.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Martin Jarvis
William Wordsworth:
Richard Pasco
Captain William Bligh:
Norman Rodway
Sarah Coleridge:
Alice Arnold
Edward Christian:
David King

The Single Eye
The second of three programmes.
Susan Gabriel Talbot continues her exploration of the challenge of Christian living without a partner.
Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Gabriel Talbot
Producer:
Roger Hutchings

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