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Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle.
The first of seven parts, read by Griff Rhys Jones. Abridged by Wendy Cope Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Willans
Unknown:
Ronald Searle.
Read By:
Griff Rhys Jones.
Abridged By:
Wendy Cope
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Wealth Surrendered by Rabindranath Tagore. A miserly grandfather unwittingly leaves all his buried gold to his grandson. Or is it the other way around ... ? Read by Renu Setha. Producer Graham Hoyland

Contributors

Unknown:
Rabindranath Tagore.
Read By:
Renu Setha.
Producer:
Graham Hoyland

Jesus Shall Reign (Truro, BBC HB 460); John 4, w 46-53; We Cannot Measure How You Heal (Ye Banks and Braes); How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (St Peter , BBC HB 142). Director of Music James Whitbourn. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
St Peter
Unknown:
James Whitbourn.

As society becomes progressively non-religious,
Chris Dunkley examines the secular alternative to divine rites, in four programmes. 3: The Naming
'I've gone to the lengths of looking up the standard baptism service - how can a six-month-old child renounce the Devil?'
Producer Fiona Couper Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
Fiona Couper

The third of eight programmes in which Robert Booth dips into the past for a none-too-serious historical chat with Victoria Glendinning , Julian Mitchell , Rosalind Miles and Simon Raven.
Producer Paul Schlesinger Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Rosalind Miles
Unknown:
Simon Raven.
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

The Morning of the Wedding
You are trying to sleep in your own little bed for the last time. Tomorrow you will be the blushing bride. But then a mysterious stranger enters your room. Written by Perry Pontac.
Director Richard Wortley. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Perry Pontac.
Director:
Richard Wortley.
Phyllida:
Brenda Blethyn
Visitor:
Trevor Peacock

As our towns and cities struggle with ever increasing traffic congestion, Graham Hoyland looks back to an age when the motorcar was a rich man's custom-built extravagance. During a visit to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, he talks to
Michael Weare about the early days of motoring. And Barry Cunliffe discovers that there was a more sinister side to Dad's Army. Producer John Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Hoyland
Unknown:
Michael Weare
Unknown:
Barry Cunliffe
Producer:
John Knight

Gill Pyrah gets to grip with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2; talks to novelist Roddy Doyle about The Van; and discovers the life and legacy of Victorian explorer Augustus Pitt Rivers. Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Unknown:
Roddy Doyle
Unknown:
Augustus Pitt Rivers.
Producer:
Tim Dee

The award-winning drama starring Derek Jacobi as St John the Divine. A recreation of the final book in the Bible, in which
St John records his apocalyptic visions of the coming of the New Heaven and New Earth.
With the BBC Singers, conducted by Barry Rose.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Stereo

Contributors

Conducted By:
Barry Rose
Music:
Peter Howell
Director:
James Whitbourn
St John the Divine:
Derek Jacobi
Jesus Christ:
Philip Sully
Angels, beasts and elders:
Norman Bird
Angels, beasts and elders:
John Bull
Angels, beasts and elders:
Joe Dunlop
Angels, beasts and elders:
Nicholas Courtenay
Angels, beasts and elders:
John Warner
Angels, beasts and elders:
Geoffrey Whitehead

More stories from a fictional marriage written and read by Leonard Barras. 'Eva conceded that
Adamson could turn out a passable sago pudding. She didn't mind his invading the kitchen, taking the view that if he wanted the blasted stuff, he could make it himself.'
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Read By:
Leonard Barras.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

At the age of six,
Gohar Kordi was forced to beg in the streets of Teheran.
Fifteen years later she was Iran's first blind woman university student. She tells Peter White how she made the transition.
Producer Thena Heshel
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gohar Kordi
Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Thena Heshel

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