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Choral Eucharist from
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Celebrant: the Very Rev John Patterson.
Preacher: the Rev
Professor John Bartlett. Readings (NIV):
Ephesians 5, vv 1-10;
Matthew 19, w 16-26. Communion Setting:
Darke in F. Hymns: Thou Art the Way; Come, Risen Lord; Thou Whose
Almighty Word. Anthem: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Bairstowe).
Organist: Trevor Crowe.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Patterson.
Unknown:
Professor John Bartlett.
Organist:
Trevor Crowe.

This week the team visits Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria, where members of the Queen Elizabeth School and the Kirkby Lonsdale Gardening Association put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward. Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Amanda Mares
49 WRITE on postcards only to: Gardeners' Question Time. BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ 0 CEEFAX: page 637

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirkby Lonsdale
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Amanda Mares

Captain Cook and the Kraken
A chance encounter on the A442 launches David Jones on an epic voyage of discovery. But there's something waiting to surface from deep beneath the sea ... Alan Hancock 's play sails from Birmingham to the South Pacific in an extraordinary adventure.
With pupils of Four Dwellings School, Birmingham.
Director Nigel Bryant. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jones
Unknown:
Alan Hancock
Director:
Nigel Bryant.
David Jones:
Peter Meakin
Capt Cook:
Christopher Scott
The Kraken:
Gerry Hinks
Doctor:
Andy Hockley
Nurse:
Susan Jeffrey
Donna:
Jacqui Quinn
Debbie:
Lee Humphries
Head:
Graham Colclough

In the fourth of five programmes,
Helen Lederer hosts a dinner party. With Malcolm Raeburn ,
Barbara Dryhurst , Sandra Maitland and Nigel Carrington. Producer Paul Z Jackson Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Malcolm Raeburn
Unknown:
Barbara Dryhurst
Unknown:
Sandra Maitland
Unknown:
Nigel Carrington.
Producer:
Paul Z Jackson

The Back of the Envelope
Both Conservative and Labour politicians voice public confidence about winning overall majorities at the approaching
General Election. But
Peter Hennessy asks what will happen if the voters dash their hopes?

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hennessy

Eight programmes following the everyday stories of the folk of Bentley in Hampshire.
5: Fundraising begins in earnest for the church bell-tower and the community hears sad news from Glade Farm.
With Nigel Farrell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Farrell.

John Wells discusses the literary importance of Cyrano de Bergerac and Quentin Blake describes his illustrations for Voyage of the Moon and the Sun. With Nigel Forde.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Quentin Blake
Unknown:
Nigel Forde.

The Maldive islands are paradise, but they may soon be lost. The sea is washing them away, coral mining is destroying their defences and oil-drilling could soon threaten their ecology. If global warming raises the sea level, they may disappear altogether. Carol Jefferson-Davies reports from a nation for which it may already be too late.

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Jefferson-Davies

The 1968 Writers'Guild award-winning anthology of writing from the North. With Pam Craig , Juliet Cooke , Henry Livings , Alex Glasgow and Marion Dawson.
Songs Alex Glasgow. Producer Alfred Bradley

Contributors

Unknown:
Pam Craig
Unknown:
Juliet Cooke
Unknown:
Henry Livings
Unknown:
Alex Glasgow
Unknown:
Marion Dawson.
Songs:
Alex Glasgow.
Producer:
Alfred Bradley

John Rackley considers how four 20th-century authors have depicted the life of Jesus and their impact on his faith. In the last of the series he looks at The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen. Producer Juli Wills. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Rackley
Unknown:
Gerd Theissen.
Producer:
Juli Wills.

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