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from Sutton Coldfield United Reformed
Church, West Midlands. Led by The Rev Alasdair Pratt , with the BBC
Choirgirl of the Year, Ruth Fortey.
Reading (GNB): Mark 2, vv 1-12
Hymns and songs:
Christ is made the sure foundation; So is my Lord to me; 0 for a thousand tongues to sing; Meekness and majesty; Divine right; Ye servants of God.
JAS GROUP DIRECTED by ANNE AND ALAN PEARCE. Organist/Choirmaster NICHOLAS JONES BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Alasdair Pratt
Unknown:
Ruth Fortey.
Organist:
Alan Pearce.

visits Hertfordshire where members of the Wheathampstead
Horticultural Society put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki Fred Downham and Sue Phillips.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

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

Miguel Augustin Torres , scion of the Spanish wine dynasty, now cultivates vines in the shadow of the Chilean
Andes. Margaret Howard presents a portrait of a winemaker of genius. Producer HOWARD ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Miguel Augustin Torres
Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Howard Rogers

Poetry has been taking
Roger McGough down to the Arvon Foundation in Devon for many years. This time he investigates how a centre for creative writing gets on with its neighbouring village of Sheepwash.
Producer KATE WHITEHEAD BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Kate Whitehead

Presenter Andy Crane. They're back!
The Spamchester supersleuths. Help Kitty Purwell and Dick Dogsbody solve
The Elephant Emerald
Enigma by LEE PRESSMAN. Behind the Scenes at.... 'Blue Peter'. Andy meets the presenters.
Plus part 2 of The
Witch's Revenge by NIGEL MNTON adapted in six parts by NEIL SHENTON. Taking part: Marc Murphy
Elizabeth Mansfield , David King ,
John Bramwell ,
Marlene Sidaway and David Ross.
Researcher LIS ROBERTS Serial directed by CAROLINE SMITH
Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Crane.
Unknown:
Kitty Purwell
Unknown:
Dick Dogsbody
Unknown:
Neil Shenton.
Unknown:
Marc Murphy
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Unknown:
David King
Unknown:
John Bramwell
Unknown:
Marlene Sidaway
Unknown:
David Ross.
Directed By:
Caroline Smith

Nigel Forde talks to V. S. Pritchett about his latest book At Home and Abroad and his passion for Chekhov; Timothy McDermott illuminates the life of Thomas Aquinas ; and June Knox-Mawer picks the best of recent paperbacks.

Contributors

Talks:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
S. Pritchett
Unknown:
Timothy McDermott
Unknown:
Thomas Aquinas

Four programmes from different areas of the British Isles considering issues of major concern. 2: The Dublin Debate from the University
College, Dublin, where students and senior politicians from both sides of the border debate the proposition that: 'The dream of a united Ireland will remain a dream.'
Proposing:
Ken Maginnis , MP
(Ulster Unionist Party) and Michael McDowell (Chairman, Progressive Democrats). Opposing:
John Hume , MP
(Leader, SDLP) and Charles McCreevy , TD (Fianna Fail). Chairman
Brian Redhead. Producer
LAWRENCE SIMANOWITZ Editor MARGARET HILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Maginnis
Unknown:
Michael McDowell
Unknown:
John Hume
Unknown:
Charles McCreevy
Unknown:
Brian Redhead.
Unknown:
Lawrence Simanowitz
Editor:
Margaret Hill

A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Drama Company.
Compiled and presented by David Wade.
With the voices of Michael Bakewell Audrey Cameron
Margaret Courtenay Valentine Dyall Donald Gee
Laurence Gilliam Alec McCowen John Moffatt
Gillian Reynolds Charles Simpson Gladys Spencer David Spenser John Tydeman Timothy West and Marjorie Westbury. Readers
Elizabeth Mansfield and Dale Rapley.
Producer GLYN DEARMAN
Stereo (Tomorrow at 7.45pm, The Monday Play:
'The Beaux ' Stratagem

Contributors

Presented By:
David Wade.
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Unknown:
Audrey Cameron
Unknown:
Margaret Courtenay
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall
Unknown:
Donald Gee
Unknown:
Laurence Gilliam
Unknown:
Alec McCowen
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds
Unknown:
Charles Simpson
Unknown:
Gladys Spencer
Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
John Tydeman
Unknown:
Timothy West
Readers:
Marjorie Westbury.
Readers:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Readers:
Dale Rapley.
Producer:
Glyn Dearman

Religious Thought in Contemporary Fiction Four programmes. 3: Mary Gordon - 'Final Payments ' and 'The Company of Women'
Wilfred McGreal looks at Mary Gordon 's theory that self-hatred and guilt are engendered by the Catholic faith.
Readers MARCIA KING and JOHN GABRIEL. Producer JUU WILLS
BBC North East. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Gordon
Unknown:
Wilfred McGreal
Unknown:
Mary Gordon
Unknown:
John Gabriel.

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