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from Holy Trinity Church, Hounslow, led by the Rev Peter Denton.
Preacher: the Rev
John Barter. Readings: I Corinthians 2, vv 1-16; John 16, vv 5-15;
Hymns: Lift Up Your Hearts (Woodlands);
Look Around You (Kyrie Eleison); For This
Purpose; 0 Holy Spirit, Breathe On Me; One
Shall Tell Another; 0 Let the Son of God Enfold You; Glory, Glory in the Highest. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Denton.
Unknown:
John Barter.

A postbag edition. Clay Jones calls on Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward to solve listeners' gardening problems. Producer Diana Stenson
9 WRITE to: Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Clay Jones
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward
Producer:
Diana Stenson

The last in a season of plays by Tom Stoppard. Rupert Purvis , spy and counter-spy, has lost himself in the intricacies of double and triple bluff and cannot say whether he belongs to us or them. Director John Tydeman Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Stoppard.
Unknown:
Rupert Purvis
Giles Blair:
Charles Gray
Rupert Purvis:
Dinsdale Landen
Pamela Blair:
Penelope Keith
Hogben:
Kenneth Cranham
Seddon:
John Le Mesurier
Arlon:
Stephen Murray
Matron:
Betty Marsden
Chief:
Maurice Denham
Vicar:
Noel Howlett
Wren:
Lockwood West
Slack:
Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Ryan:
Katherine Parr

The Life of Brian and The Satanic Verses have been attacked as blasphemous by Christians and Muslims. In the second of three programmes, Barry Norman looks at the conflict between artistic integrity and blasphemy with, among others, John Cleese , Arnold Wesker and Dr Yakob Zaki.
Editor David Coomes (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Arnold Wesker
Unknown:
Dr Yakob Zaki.
Editor:
David Coomes

The third of four short stories by Wilkie Collins. Reader Paul Daneman.
'Was I mad? Or was the top of the bed really moving down, sinking slowly, silently, horribly right down upon me .. ?' Adapted by Michael Bakewell Producer Rosemary Hart (R)

Contributors

Stories By:
Wilkie Collins.
Reader:
Paul Daneman.
Adapted By:
Michael Bakewell
Producer:
Rosemary Hart

Six portraits of great radio figures. 4: Winning without Actually Cheating
Stephen Potter was an innovative radio satirist who wrote Oneupmanship and became a celebrity. Mark Lawson looks at the effect fame had on him.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Mark Lawson

Presented by Julie Mayer from the River Thames.
Including part 4 of The Last Vampire by Willis Hall , read by Victoria Wood , and part 8 of E Nesbit's The House of Arden with Penelope Keith.
Producer Julia Brooke. Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Julie Mayer
Unknown:
River Thames.
Unknown:
Willis Hall
Read By:
Victoria Wood
Unknown:
Penelope Keith.
Producer:
Julia Brooke.

A Samba Night
'The drums slammed into action, there was a piercing short whistle, the dancers bounced into the air....'
Alma Guillermoprieto 's account of the night all Brazil waits for.
Reader Maggie Steed.
Producer Duncan Minshull. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alma Guillermoprieto
Reader:
Maggie Steed.
Producer:
Duncan Minshull.

Canon Frank Wright explores four plays which have recently been running in London's
West End. All of them, at least indirectly, are concerned with the question of goodness and the good person. 1: The Secret Rapture by David Hare.
Producer Alistair Simmons. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Frank Wright
Unknown:
David Hare.
Producer:
Alistair Simmons.

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