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On the second Sunday in Advent The Rt Rev Barbara C. Harris , Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts, preaches at the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston, with the Provost, THE REV
CANON GERALD W. PORTER. Readings: Isaiah 11, vv 1-10; Romans 15, vv 4-13; Matthew 3, vv 1-12
Music: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
(Merton); There's a voice in the wilderness crying (Ascension); On
Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New); Comfort, comfort ye my people (Psalm 42); Lo! he comes, with clouds descending
(Helmsley); Anthem: Nun komm der Heiden heiland.
Director of Music and Organist
MARK ENGELHARDT

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara C. Harris
Unknown:
Suffragan Bishop
Unknown:
Canon Gerald W. Porter.
Organist:
Mark Engelhardt

visits Derbyshire where members of the Hayfield Gardening Club put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki Fred Downham and Roy Bee.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Roy Bee.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted in two episodes by Bert Coules
1: Timbertoe
When criminals become unimaginative and crimes unchallenging, Sherlock Holmes seeks stimulation elsewhere ...

Contributors

Story By:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted By:
Bert Coules
Violin:
Alexander Balanescu
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson:
Michael Williams
Jonathan Small:
Brian Blessed
Mary Morstan:
Moir Leslie

Littlehampton was birthplace to one
Anita Pirelli whose
Italian-American family ran a cafe in the town. Thirty years on Anita Roddick set up the Body Shop, which still has its headquarters in Littlehampton as well as branches all over the country.
Producer KATE WHITEHEAD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Anita Pirelli
Unknown:
Anita Roddick
Producer:
Kate Whitehead

Andy Crane and Julie First accept a Royal
Invitation to Kensington Palace, London, as part of its 300th birthday celebrations, where they enter the world of paintings, princesses and Victorian pastimes. Story: Odysseus and the King of Winds
Eleanor Bron narrates episode five of The
Snow Queen by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN , adapted by OLWEN WYMARK.
With JENNY LUCKRAFT ,
DAPHNE OXENFORD ,
NICOLA STAPLETON and RICHARD TATE. Researcher LIS ROBERTS
Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Crane
Unknown:
Julie First
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen
Adapted By:
Olwen Wymark.
Unknown:
Jenny Luckraft
Unknown:
Daphne Oxenford
Unknown:
Nicola Stapleton
Unknown:
Richard Tate.

Jonathon Porritt chooses his favourite 'green' books,
Bill Buford shows
Nigel Forde his bookshelves and Allan Garganus discusses his gargantuan novel about the American Civil War.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt
Unknown:
Bill Buford
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Allan Garganus

From the novel Searching for Bobby Fischer by FRED WAITZKIN adapted by ELIZABETH BRADBURY.
Reader William Roberts.
Fred Waitzkin 's son is a chess prodigy, prepared to take on the wild chess players of Washington Square. Producer DAVID BENEDICTUS

Contributors

Unknown:
Bobby Fischer
Unknown:
Fred Waitzkin
Reader:
Elizabeth Bradbury.
Reader:
William Roberts.
Reader:
Fred Waitzkin

A series of four poetry and prose anthologies in which Hannah Gordon and David Suchet taste the bitter sweetness of love.
3: Secret Love
'In secret we met In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee After long years,
How should I greet thee? With silence and tears. ' Producer JULIA PARKER BBC Pebble Mill (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
David Suchet
Producer:
Julia Parker

The world's biggest environmental group, Greenpeace, is pressuring industry to block off all disposal routes for toxic waste. In the rush to be green, are the dangers of the 'zero option' being ignored? Richard North , environment correspondent of The Independent, reports.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard North

Lighting the Way to Christmas
3: The Prophets
On Bible Sunday, Pauline Webb highlights the biblical prophets who prepared the way of the Lord.
She also includes some contemporary prophets among them.
Producer NOEL VINCENT BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Pauline Webb

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