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Parish Communion from
St Nicholas's Church,
Guisborough, Cleveland. Celebrant the Rector, the Rev Phillip Bishop.
Preacher Bryan Sandford. ASB Rite A Setting:
Martin How. Readings:
Deuteronomy 26, w 1-11; II Corinthians 8, w 1-9; Matthew 5, w 17-26.
Hymns: My Father, for
Another Night (St Timothy);
Here, 0 My Lord (Farley Castle); God Is Here
(Blaenwern); We Are Your People (Whitfield).
Anthem: Greater Love Hath No Man (Ireland). Choirmaster
Richard Bendelow.
Organist Ian Miller. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Phillip Bishop.
Unknown:
Bryan Sandford.
Unknown:
Martin How.
Organist:
Richard Bendelow.
Organist:
Ian Miller.

visits Crieff in Scotland where members of the Stratheam Horticultural
Society put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki ,
Fred Downham and Sid Robertson. Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Sid Robertson.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

Writing Fiction
Larry, the successful novelist, has an ex-wife dropping in on his seminar for amateur writers.
Written by Caryl Phillips.
Director Richard Wortley Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Caryl Phillips.
Director:
Richard Wortley
Larry:
Stephen Moore
Sarah:
Jenny Howe
Leo:
David Bannerman
Saul:
Terence Edmond
Sadie:
Auriol Smith
Doris:
Elizabeth Kelly
Lucy:
Jane Whittenshaw
Rudy:
Benon Wukwe
Pete:
John Bull
Enid:
Jo Manning Wilson
Stan:
Geoffrey Mathews
Roger:
John Baddeley
Girl:
Tara Dominick
Jeremy Fox:
Simon Treves
Helen:
Emma Louise Harrington
Paperboy:
David Cooper

NEW Slow-Slow-Quick-
Quick-Slow At the end of the year,
Europe is meant to move forward as member states agree new treaties on political, economic and monetary union. In the first of two programmes, David Walker asks how much convergence has there really been?

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

Fourth of five programmes in which poets Carol Ann
Duffy, Simon Rae and Fred D'Aguiar judge BBC Radio's Poetry Competition.
Readers Elizabeth Bell and Geoffrey Collins. Producer Alec Reid. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Ann
Unknown:
Simon Rae
Unknown:
Fred D'Aguiar
Unknown:
Geoffrey Collins.
Producer:
Alec Reid.

Mr Speaker , the Rt Hon Bernard Weatherill , MP, retires from Parliament at the next general election. In the second of two programmes he looks at the 'shop' he has lived over for the past eight years - the House of Commons.
Producer Jill Marshall

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Speaker
Unknown:
Bernard Weatherill
Producer:
Jill Marshall

Six true murder stories, narrated by Nick Ross.
4: The Body in the Trunk For Tony Mancini the prospects of acquittal looked slim in May 1934. But with Norman Birkett defending him, he still had a chance.
Written by John Scotney.
Tony Mancini....PETERHUGO-DALY Norman Birkett. ..... ANTHONY BATE Producer Tim Suter. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross.
Unknown:
Tony Mancini
Unknown:
Norman Birkett
Written By:
John Scotney.
Unknown:
Norman Birkett.
Producer:
Tim Suter.

NPW JGBallard talks
NEW about his new novel The Kindness of Women. Nigel Forde meets Isabel Colegate whose novel The Summer of the Royal Visit also explores the retelling of history and he discovers the contents of Brian Johnston 's bookshelf.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

Second of two readings from the Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh, with Robert Crawford , Deborah Randall and Norman MacCaig. Producer Stewart Conn

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Crawford
Unknown:
Deborah Randall
Unknown:
Norman MacCaig.
Producer:
Stewart Conn

This week sees the publication of Scarlett, the long-awaited sequel to Gone with the Wind.
Jill Neville travels to
Georgia to explore the life of Margaret Mitchell , the creator of the original Rhett and Scarlett.
Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Neville
Unknown:
Margaret Mitchell
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

Recorded at a recent concert at the Ardhowen
Theatre, Enniskillen, two of Ireland's most exciting young poets, John Kelly and Rita-Ann Higgins , read from their work.
Music by Four Men and a Dog.
Presenter Marie Jones. Producer Pam Bnghton

Contributors

Unknown:
John Kelly
Unknown:
Rita-Ann Higgins
Presenter:
Marie Jones.
Producer:
Pam Bnghton

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