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Carol: Of the Father's heart begotten
(Divinum Mysterium: arr D. Willcocks )
Reading: Isaiah 11, w 1-6 Carol: Child in a stable (French carol, arr J. Barnard )
Hail to the Lord's anointed (Criiger) (BBC HB 457)
Director of Music
NOEL TREDINNICK. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
D. Willcocks
Unknown:
J. Barnard
Unknown:
Noel Tredinnick.

by CHRISTOPHER REASON .
Produced and directed by CLIVE BRILL
0 CEEFAX: Synopsis page 144

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Reason
Directed By:
Clive Brill
JJ:
Adjoa Andoh
Mary:
Alice Arnold
Sally:
Avril Clark
Mireille:
Tara Dominick
Mike:
Scott Farrell
Toby:
Christopher Godwin
Charles:
Michael N Harbour
Julia:
Beverley Hills
Joe:
John Hollis
Terry:
Anthony Jackson
Hugh:
James MacPherson
June:
Maggie McCarthy
Helen:
Jenny McCracken
Darius:
Cyril Nri
Miles:
Dominic Rickhards
Jackie:
Eve Gurney

'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that
I lie on.' We spend a third of our lives lying in bed and yet most of us have allowed our beds to become part of the furniture. But there's more to a bed than meets the eye, as Lynn Ten Kate found out in this series of five programmes. 1: Beds for Babies
Producer MOHINI PATEL BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynn Ten Kate
Producer:
Mohini Patel

... and finally.
This week's guests pondering acronyms and plundering quotes are Beryl Bainbridge David Hunt
Mavis Nicholson and John Julius Norwich. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees.
Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER. Producer LISSA EVANS Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge
Unknown:
David Hunt
Unknown:
Mavis Nicholson
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich.
Presented By:
Nigel Rees.
Read By:
Ronald Fletcher.

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Kathleen Griffin follows the yellow brick road to celebrate 50 years of The Wizard of Oz. Serial:
Mr Campion and Others 2: The Longer View

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jenni Murray.
Introduced By:
Kathleen Griffin
Unknown:
Mr Campion

A new adaptation of one of the greatest of all the medieval mystery plays - the Wakefield Second Shepherds' Pageant.
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

Contributors

Music arranged from traditional sources and played by:
John Kirkpatrick
Music arranged from traditional sources and played by:
Sue Harris
Adapted and directed by:
Nigel Bryant
First shepherd:
William Simons
Second shepherd:
Roger Rowland
Third shepherd:
David Gilbrook
Mak:
Terry Molloy
Gill:
Susan Mansell
Mary:
Susan Mansell

Patrick Moore is well known as an astronomer. But he's also a pianist, a virtuoso xylophonist and the composer of two operas, and once accompanied the violin-playing of Albert Einstein. He talks about his musical life with Richard Baker. Producer MICHAEL EMERY Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Albert Einstein.
Unknown:
Richard Baker.
Producer:
Michael Emery

Eight programmes by JAN ETHERINGTON and GAVIN PETRIE. Starring and with and 8: There Goes the Bride Producer SIONED WILIAM Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Etherington
Unknown:
Gavin Petrie.
Producer:
Sioned Wiliam
Bill:
James Bolam
Faith:
Lynda Bellingham
Hilary:
Celia Imrie
Liza:
Belinda Lang
Hannah:
Kelda Holmes
Joe:
Mark Denham
the Registrar:
John Baddeley
the Video Man:
Richard Tate
the Cabbie:
Ben Onwukue

Robinson Crusoe will be the main attraction at
Crewe's Lyceum Theatre: and in a pub near
Sheffield carols are sung from the English folksong tradition.
Presenter Paul Allen. Producer NOAH RICHLER Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robinson Crusoe
Presenter:
Paul Allen.

A reflected history in eight reels.
Reel One: The Lion and the Unicom
With Stuart Hood , Andy Medhurst , Neil Sinyard and Elizabeth Sussex and the voices of Edgar Anstey ,
Stanley Baldwin , Jim Beveridge , Gracie Fields , George Formby , Harry Watt and Basil Wright.
Script and narration by Christopher Frayling. Reader DAVID KING. Compiled and researched by PAUL WELLS
Directed by JOHN POWELL Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Hood
Unknown:
Andy Medhurst
Unknown:
Neil Sinyard
Unknown:
Edgar Anstey
Unknown:
Stanley Baldwin
Unknown:
Jim Beveridge
Unknown:
Gracie Fields
Unknown:
George Formby
Unknown:
Harry Watt
Unknown:
Basil Wright.
Reader:
Christopher Frayling.
Reader:
David King.
Directed By:
John Powell

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