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'I discovered that I had two half-brothers and two half-sisters of whom I had never heard.'
Barrister and historian Charles Arnold-Baker , born Wolfgang Werner
Von Blumenthal , reports back from the most recent meeting of his Prussian relatives' triennial family council.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Arnold-Baker
Unknown:
Wolfgang Werner
Unknown:
Von Blumenthal

10.30am Morning Story Why I Keep Pigeons by LUCY GANNON.
Read by Peter Meakin. followed by 10.45am Daily Service from The Crypt,
Canterbury Cathedral. I will lift mine eyes unto the hills (Psalm 122); Lord of all good, our gifts we bring to thee (Julius)
(bp 56); Anthem: May the eternal God bless us and keep us (Alan Ridout );
Forth in thy name 0 Lord (Song 34) (BBC HB 406) Director of Music
DAVID FLOOD. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Gannon.
Read By:
Peter Meakin.
Unknown:
Alan Ridout

Introduced by Michael Rosen.
The Mother Goose Award for illustration is ten years old. Karen Deco meets some winners, including Charles Fuge , Jan Ormerod and Emma Chichester-Clark . Producer JILL BURRIDGE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Karen Deco
Unknown:
Charles Fuge
Unknown:
Jan Ormerod
Unknown:
Emma Chichester-Clark
Producer:
Jill Burridge

by WILKIE COLLINS adapted in six episodes by RAY JENKINS. With and 4: July 1847
In her attempt to regain her inheritance from her cousin Noel, Magdalen has disguised herself as Miss Susan Bygrave and gone to stay near Noel in Aldeburgh. But Mrs Lecount suspects.
Music by PETER BREWIS , played by MAURICE CAMBRIDGE Directed by JANET WHITAKER Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Unknown:
Ray Jenkins.
Unknown:
Miss Susan Bygrave
Unknown:
Mrs Lecount
Music By:
Peter Brewis
Played By:
Maurice Cambridge
Directed By:
Janet Whitaker
Magdalen Vanstone:
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Lecount:
Eleanor Bron
Capt Wragge:
Jack May
Mrs Wragge:
Vivian Pickles
Noel Vanstone:
Nigel Anthony
Narrator:
Philip Sully
Miss Garth:
Kathleen Helme
Postmaster:
Simon Bullock
Chemist:
Christopher Good
Sarah:
Jo Kendall

'It's a way of breaking out of the sort of normal Englishness....'
A visit to a flamenco dancing class in London. With Zandra Escudero , Maria Morgan , Pacquita Perez , Sheila Rebato , Harry Scott , Tanagra
Soares and Yutta Veress. Researched and compiled by DEBORAH BRAZIER
Producer ED THOMASON. Stereo
0 See Roger Woddis , right

Contributors

Unknown:
Zandra Escudero
Unknown:
Maria Morgan
Unknown:
Pacquita Perez
Unknown:
Sheila Rebato
Unknown:
Harry Scott
Unknown:
Deborah Brazier
Producer:
Ed Thomason.
Unknown:
Roger Woddis

The Rt Hon Kenneth Baker , mp
Gordon Brown , mp
Menzies Campbell , QC. MP Sara Parkin , International Liaison Secretary for the European Green Parties, tackle the issues raised in Bolton, Lancashire.
Chair Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer ANNA CARRAGHER BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Baker
Unknown:
Gordon Brown
Unknown:
Menzies Campbell
Unknown:
Sara Parkin
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby.

The Old Gringo. Gregory Peck talks to Derek Malcolm about his life as an actor. His film career began in 1943; now he's 73 and his latest film is to be released in Britain - The Old Gringo, with co-star Jane Fonda, set in the Mexican Revolution.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Malcolm
Guest:
Gregory Peck
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

with Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace Written by BARRY ATKINS , PETER BAYNHAM.
MARK BRISENDEN. SIMON BULLIVANT , MIKE COLEMAN. MICHAEL DINES. MAX HANDLEY.
ROBERT LINFORD. BILL MATTHEWS. GED PARSONS. OLEH STEPANlUK. PETER HICKEY and others. Producer BILL DARE. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Wallis
Unknown:
David Tate
Written By:
Barry Atkins
Written By:
Peter Baynham.
Written By:
Mark Brisenden.
Written By:
Simon Bullivant
Written By:
Mike Coleman.
Unknown:
Max Handley.
Unknown:
Robert Linford.
Unknown:
Bill Matthews.
Unknown:
Peter Hickey

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