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Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday
: Including:
6.45 Business News
I 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Jonathan Fryer

Contributors

Presented By:
John Humphrys
Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Jonathan Fryer

from the Colchester
Institute, with the singers and instrumentalists of the School of Music.
0 Come Let Us Worship (Rachmaninov); Man Who Loved Sinners (Tamblyn); Luke 7, w 36-50; Jesus Lord , Have Mercy on Us (Tamblyn); Christ, Friend of Sinners (Taylor) Director of Music
William Tamblyn. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jesus Lord
Unknown:
William Tamblyn.

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests, with readers
Rosalind Shanks and Ben Onwukwe and guest James Berry.
Producer Susan Roberts. Stereo 0 REQUESTS to: Poetry Please!, BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Readers:
Ben Onwukwe
Unknown:
James Berry.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

MCW The comic worlds
NEW of US satirist and comedian Stan Freberg , presented in three programmes by Robert Cushman.
1: Stan Freberg on record: from St George and the Dragonet to the Old Payola Roll Blues.
Producer Jonathan James-Moore Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stan Freberg
Unknown:
Robert Cushman.
Unknown:
Stan Freberg
Unknown:
St George
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore

A love story in three plays by Victor Pemberton.
1: The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
Letty is a determined young girl. When she marries Oliver against the wishes of her family, she is convinced that her love can help him overcome the disabilities of his war-wounds and restore his faith in himself and the world about him.
Time: 1916-1930.
Pianist Mary Nash
Director John Tydeman. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Pemberton.
Pianist:
Mary Nash
Director:
John Tydeman.
Letty Edginton:
Nerys Hughes
Beatrice, her mother:
Sheila Grant
William, her father:
Malcolm Hayes
Nicky, her younger brother:
Adam Godley
Tom, her elder brother:
Derek Seaton
Oliver Hobbs:
Nigel Anthony
Violet, his sister:
Wendy Richard
Bill Brooks:
Kenneth Shanley
Mr Cotton:
Eric Allan
Frank O'Malley:
Bill Monks
Amy Lyall:
Eve Karpf
Mr Pearson:
Robert Trotter

Paul Vaughan visits the Opera 80 company on tour with new productions; Jim Sheridan , the director of My Left
Foot, reveals his new film; and a new record label is launched - to sing the blues.
Producer Nicki Paxman
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Jim Sheridan
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Flower of Blood
In the desert of Western
Australia where the British slew many
Aborigines, there grows a scarlet flower. The
Spanish monks who also settled there in the 1850s cherished both the flower and the Aborigines.
Written by Bruce Stewart.
Pianist John Bishop
Music director Richard Connolly Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Bruce Stewart.
Pianist:
John Bishop
Director:
Richard Connolly
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Fr Saleado:
Michael Williams
Fr Serra:
Christian Rodska
Bilagoro:
William Eedle
Sister Ursula:
Kate Binchy
Bishop Brady:
Peter Caffrey
Teresa:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Weld:
Brian Miller
Burgess:
Bruce Stewart
Landor:
John Bull

Starring Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Home.
With Sam Costa , Maurice Denham , Dora Bryan and the BBC Men's Chorus.
Plus the BBC Revue
Orchestra, conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer Leslie Bndgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Dora Bryan
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer:
Leslie Bndgmont

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