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At their home near Rugby in Warwickshire, retired farmer Reg Dobson and his wife Gladice look back on more than 50 years in the farming industry, with Claire Powell.
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Presenter:
Claire Powell
Interviewee:
Reg Dobson
Interviewee:
Gladice Dobson
Producer:
Sue Smith

Tom Fleming describes the scene in Whitehall as crowds gather to honour those who have died in the service of their country. The Massed Bands of the Guards Division play a selection of traditional music including Rule
Britannia! and Nimrod.
'The Two-Minute Silence' and 'The Last Post' are followed by the 'Wreath Laying' ceremony led by HM The Queen. A short service is then conducted by The Rt Rev and Rt Hon the Lord Bishop of London.
After this, over 9,000 ex-servicemen and -women march past the Cenotaph.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Fleming
Producer:
Caroline Elliot

Experiences of three soldiers on both sides of the trenches who died in the 1914-18 war.
Poems by WILFRED OWEN read by Ian McKellen. Letters of GEORGE AND ALBERT STROPHER of Saxmundham, Suffolk, read by Ivan Cutting. Letters and diaries of LUDWIG KUTTNER of Berlin read by Marcus Stolberg. Music composed and played by LARRY ADLER. Producer KEITH SLADE
BBC South and East, Elstree. Stereo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Read By:
Ian McKellen.
Read By:
Albert Stropher
Read By:
Ivan Cutting.
Unknown:
Ludwig Kuttner
Read By:
Marcus Stolberg.
Played By:
Larry Adler.
Producer:
Keith Slade

visits Northants, where the Wellingborough and District Horticultural Society put queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki Fred Downham and Sue Phillips. Chair Clay Jones.
Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Sue Phillips.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

with Michael Rosen.
Jill Burridge finds out if Robin Hood was a man or a myth - with Richard Carpenter , Sarah Hayes and Tony Robinson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Jill Burridge
Unknown:
Robin Hood
Unknown:
Richard Carpenter
Unknown:
Sarah Hayes
Unknown:
Tony Robinson.

The streets of Bloomsbury are dotted with blue plaques hinting at its intellectual past. Dr Tessa Blackstone is particularly proud of the plaque on her door which celebrates
Millicent Garrett Fawcett , suffragist and writer on education and social policy. Baroness
Blackstone sees the tradition continuing.
Producer KATE WHITEHEAD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Producer:
Kate Whitehead

Julie First and Adrian Moorhouse explore Edinburgh Castle in search of Mary Queen of Scots, Robert the Bruce , Mons Meg and a pibroch or two.
This week's birthday guest is Frank Bruno. Eleanor Bron narrates
The Snow Queen (Ep 1) by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN , adapted by OLWEN WYMARK. Taking part: RICHARD
ELING, DAPHNE OXENFORD and NICOLA STAPLETON. Researcher LIS ROBERTS
Producer MARY KALEMKERLAN BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie First
Unknown:
Adrian Moorhouse
Unknown:
Robert The Bruce
Unknown:
Frank Bruno.
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen
Adapted By:
Olwen Wymark.
Unknown:
Daphne Oxenford
Unknown:
Nicola Stapleton.

Rosemary Hartill meets five people who live and work in Northern Ireland. 4: Against the Odds
In Derry unemployment is running at 20 per cent and trade is disrupted by bombs and bullets.
For Luke Hassan , making ends meet is a battle against the odds.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill
Unknown:
Luke Hassan

In Every Corner Sing
Six programmes on the history of hymnody with Derek Wilson.
5: Victorian Afterglow The First World War shattered many
Christians' faith but, nevertheless, hymnody flowered. The Church, it seems, retreated into an aesthetic bunker and lost contact with popular religious sentiment. Reader BRIAN GEAR.
Music performed by the BRISTOL HIGHBURY SINGERS with soloists
MARGARET THOMAS and STEPHEN FOULKES. Organist COLIN STUART Music DirectorJOHN BISHOP
Producer ALISON ROGLE BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Wilson.
Reader:
Brian Gear.
Soloists:
Margaret Thomas
Soloists:
Stephen Foulkes.
Organist:
Colin Stuart
Music:
John Bishop

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