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On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
(Winchester New, BBC
HB 38); Luke 1, vv 68-79; Anthem: 0 Thou the Central Orb (Wood); Hark, the Glad Sound, the Saviour Comes
(Bristol, BBC HB 90). Director of Music
Jonathan Rennert. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Rennert.

Roger Worsley accompanies the Rev
Brendan O'Malley on the final leg of a pilgrimage across west Wales to the ancient shrine of St David 's. Narrated by John Darren.
Producer Kate Fenton

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Worsley
Unknown:
Brendan O'Malley
Unknown:
St David
Unknown:
John Darren.
Producer:
Kate Fenton

A six-part series in which John Cleese and his former psychiatrist, Dr Robin Skynner , discuss how relationships are formed, sustained and developed.
1: Why Do We Fall in Love? Featuring Basil Fawlty and Alf Garnett
Producers Rachel Yorke and Jonathan James-Moore . Stereo
0 FEATURE: page 29

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Dr Robin Skynner
Unknown:
Alf Garnett
Producers:
Rachel Yorke
Producers:
Jonathan James-Moore

with Jenni Murray. Is there cachet in counting carats or more fun in frankly fake?
Nancy Durham puts on the glitz to find out how to sparkle this Christmas. Serial: Billy Bayswater by Nigel Watts. Billy is mentally backward and homeless - and Christmas is just around the corner. The first of seven episodes read by Trevor Nichols.
Abridged by Doreen Estall Producer Pat McLoughlin
(Music: Arnold's Flute Sonatina)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Murray.
Unknown:
Nancy Durham
Unknown:
Billy Bayswater
Unknown:
Nigel Watts.
Read By:
Trevor Nichols.
Abridged By:
Doreen Estall
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin

The sixth of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Neville St Clair is missing, presumed murdered. The trail leads Holmes to one of London's vilest opium dens.
Stereo

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Peter Mackie
Produced By:
Enyd Williams
Produced By:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson:
Michael Williams
Hugh Boone:
Robin Herford
Kate Witney:
Emma Gregory
Isa Witney:
George Winter
Mrs St Clair:
Danielle Allan
Mary Watson:
Elizabeth Mansfield
PC Horden:
Angus Wright
Lascar:
David Bannerman

Presented by Michael Rosen.
Is Enid Blyton the most hated children's author?
How many fathers sing nursery rhymes at bedtime? Has television really replaced reading? The results of the Treasure Islands/Red
House Book Club children's book survey reveal the answers. Producer Jill Burridge

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Enid Blyton
Producer:
Jill Burridge

The last of five programmes exploring special events in people's lives.
A Party for the Joy of It There is nothing at all unusual about the parties held by Marc - except that all his guests (as well as Marc himself) know that he has AIDS. Marc's parties are an affirmation of present life.
Producer Cathie Mahoney Stereo (R)

Contributors

Producer:
Cathie Mahoney

Brian Sibley reviews the new films; joins
Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra on tour; and sees two Redgrave sisters and a niece in Chekhov's
Three Sisters.
Producer John Goudie Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Producer:
John Goudie

Three programmes.
When students
Robert Weddle and Anthony Halford spent a summer walking 1,000 miles from Chartres to Assisi, they little suspected how the experience would change their lives. Thirty years on, the landscape, the people and legendary shrines yield up their simple secret to Robert Weddle.
2: Open Roads and Open Minds
Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Weddle
Unknown:
Anthony Halford
Unknown:
Robert Weddle.
Producer:
Simon Elmes.

The Persistence of Faith
Six talks on religion and ethics in a secular society by Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi-elect of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth.
5: Fundamentalism
'We lamented the loss of faith. Shall we fear its rediscovery still more?'

Contributors

Lecturer:
Dr Jonathan Sacks

Robert Booth takes a light-hearted view of history. With Victoria Glendinning , George MacDonald Fraser , Hugh Brogan and Michael Wood. Producer Harry Thompson Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
George MacDonald Fraser
Unknown:
Hugh Brogan
Unknown:
Michael Wood.
Producer:
Harry Thompson

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