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visits Lincolnshire, where members of the Bourne Garden Club put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward. Chair Clay Jones.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

by STAN BARSTOW based on a story by THOMAS HARDY. With
Gerald Hare 's return to the town where he lived as a boy sparks off memories of the only woman he ever truly loved.
Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stan Barstow
Story By:
Thomas Hardy.
Unknown:
Gerald Hare
Directed By:
Alfred Bradley
Gerald Hare:
Russell Dixon
Laura Sherwood:
Stephanie Turner
Cynthia:
Joanne Zorian
Tom Fell:
Derrick Gilbert
Emily Fell:
Julia Sharon
Evangelist/Specialist:
Geoffrey Banks
Ripley/Bodger:
Harry Beety
Taxi-driver/Minister:
Martin Wenner

A series of five programmes
4: W. A Baxter and Sons Ltd
In the 40 years that the present managing director, Gordon Baxter , has been involved with the business there have been more than 130 takeover bids.
Producer PENNY AFZAL BBC Pebble Mill (R)

Contributors

Director:
Gordon Baxter

In the last programme of the series, Jill Balcon , in company with John Rowe and Gabriel Woolf , presents a selection of her favourite poetry and prose before an audience at
London's Paris Theatre. Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf

Leith
It's over 60 years since Leith became part of Edinburgh but the locals still call themselves 'Leithers'. The last of the present series with Stanley Ellis John Grundy and Juliet Barker.
Producer GEOFF SARGIESON BBC North East

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Ellis
Unknown:
John Grundy
Unknown:
Juliet Barker.
Producer:
Geoff Sargieson

Cat's Whiskers Summer Special
Presented by Julie Mayer. Serial: Tales of Narnia by c. S. LEWIS
The Magician's Nephew and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe adapted in ten parts by BRIAN SIBLEY. Episode 5 With and Serial producer
GEOFF MARSHALL-TAYLOR Also featured are club members' birthdays and Narnia competitions. Producer JULIA BROOKE A BBC School Radio production. Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Julie Mayer.
Unknown:
S. Lewis
Unknown:
Brian Sibley.
Unknown:
Geoff Marshall-Taylor
Producer:
Julia Brooke
the Professor:
Maurice Denham
Jadis:
Rosemary Martin
Uncle Andrew:
Robert Eddison

Marjorie Lofthouse visits the ten small businesses that have reached the finals of this year's
Radio 4/Radio Times
Enterprise Competition. 5: John L. Chapman and Co John and Jo Chapman started their bag-making business in an outhouse of their Cumbrian home. Today they export all over the world.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse
Unknown:
John L. Chapman
Unknown:
Co John
Unknown:
Jo Chapman

The story of how the English Church passed through times of trial to its threshold of triumph in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Dramatised from Foxe's Book of Martyrs in three episodes by Colin McLaren.
The voices from the book are played by Karen Ascoe, Susie Brann, John Bull, Avril Clark, Richard Durden, David Garth, David Goodland, Paul Gregory and Brian Hewlett.
Radiophonic music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Stereo (R)

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Colin McLaren
John Foxe:
Paul Rogers
Thomas Grigsby:
Bernard Hepton
Voice:
Karen Ascoe
Voice:
Susie Brann
Voice:
John Bull
Voice:
Avril Clark
Voice:
Richard Durden
Voice:
David Garth
Voice:
David Goodland
Voice:
Paul Gregory
Voice:
Brian Hewlett
Radiophonic music by:
Elizabeth Parker
Directed by:
Judith Sumpus
Directed by:
Piers Plowright

3: The Lion of Rome
Brian Redhead continues his 12-part religious relay race towards the Middle Ages. This week he examines the fifth century and the world of Leo, the Bishop of Rome. Readers Garard Green and Michael Tudor Barnes Researcher RUTH BEN-OR Series producer
FRANCES GUMLEY (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Unknown:
Researcher Ruth
Unknown:
Frances Gumley

A Treasure House of Rare Devotion
3: All Sorts and Conditions With tongue in cheek,
Peter Mullen looks at the lighter side of the Book of Common Prayer and rediscovers some of its idiosyncracies.
Reader Alan Sykes. Producer clair jaquiss BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Mullen
Reader:
Alan Sykes.

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