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Pigs and the printed word seem an unlikely combination.
Robert Forsterputsittothetest when he joins pig farmer and journalist Sam Walton for breakfast in Yorkshire.
Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Forsterputsittothetest
Unknown:
Sam Walton
Producer:
Carol Trewin

from St Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street, London, SW1, led by the Rev John Mdndoe. With the Rev Alexander Cairns and the Rev Suzanne Dunleavy. Hymns (CH3): Sing a New Song to Jehovah (348);
Angel Voices Ever Singing (455); Spirit of Mercy,
Truth and Love (338); Ye Holy Angels Bright (363). Anthem: We Do Worship and Praise Thee
(Rachmaninov). Readings: Isaiah 10, w 20-23; Romans 9, w 24-29;
Matthew 24, w 38-44.
Organist and choirmaster Gerald Barnes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mdndoe.
Unknown:
Alexander Cairns
Unknown:
Suzanne Dunleavy.
Choirmaster:
Gerald Barnes.

This week the team visits Wokingham in Berkshire where members of the Wokingham Horticultural Association put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Sue Phillips.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Sue Phillips.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

Volvulus
John Bond won a Radio Times Radio Drama
Award in 1988 for this penetrating study of a 10-year-old boy trying to understand the last few months of his father's life.
Director Claire Grove. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bond
Director:
Claire Grove.
Narrator:
Tom Georgeson
John:
Daniel Hawgood
Rene:
Jane Whittenshaw
Nana:
Elizabeth Kelly
Dad:
Rod Arthur
Malcolm:
Christopher Pringle

The second of two programmes recorded at the Galway Festival, where members of the public are invited to read their own poetry. Presented by Carol Ann Duffy.
Producers Alec Reid and Michael Adams. Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Carol Ann Duffy.
Producers:
Alec Reid
Producers:
Michael Adams.

The second of six journeys by traveller Barry Pilton in which he discovers the bizarre as well as the comic. Read by Anton Rodgers. 2: Bonny Prince Charlie and Others
"No one - except I - got off the train in Rannoch."
Producer Louise Purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Pilton
Read By:
Anton Rodgers.
Producer:
Louise Purslow

Nigel Forde ventures into Tolkien's mythical world, aided by his daughter
Priscilla, and biographer Humphrey Carpenter.
And at the annual Fantasy Convention, Nigel Forde has fought his way through a mass of manuscripts, with the help of authors
Terry Pratchett and Mary Gentle , to find the winners of the Bookshelf IGollancz First Fantasy Novel.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter.
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Terry Pratchett
Unknown:
Mary Gentle

The third of six great
English language essays. Ralph Waldo Emerson on Self-Reliance
"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation."
Reader William Hootkins.
Adapted by Stuart Griffiths Director John Theocharis

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reader:
William Hootkins.
Adapted By:
Stuart Griffiths
Director:
John Theocharis

I A Life in Letters and Music
The first of four parts written by Stanley Sadie.
"The miracle that God first allowed to see the light in Salzburg has been consigned to my care and it is my duty to Him, to show the boy
Wolfgang to the world - for the greater glory of God."
(Leopold Mozart)
1: After God -Papa
Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Stanley Sadie.

Faith in the Future
Martin Palmer introduces a series offive programmes examining the contributions
Christians can make to shaping the future. 1: Whose Society Is It Anyway?
Producer Noel Vincent. Stereo

Contributors

Introduces:
Martin Palmer
Producer:
Noel Vincent.

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