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Living in the Kingdom The first of four services for Advent celebrating the close co-operation of the churches of Merseyside. Today: Living in the Kingdom with Faith, from Princes Park Methodist
Church and Community Centre in Toxteth,
Liverpool, led by the Rev Robin Hutt. Preacher the Rev Dr John Newton. Hymns (Hymns and Psalms): Hark the Glad
Sound (82); Tell Out, My Soul (86); Sing We the King (244); Jesus Comes with All His Grace(168); and Freedom Is Coming. Readings: Isaiah 51, w8-ll;Matthew25, w 31-46.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Hutt.
Unknown:
Dr John Newton.

The team visits Epworth in South Humberside where members of the Epworth and District Flower Club put their queries to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson
●WRITE on postcards only to:
Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson

Flowers for Algernon Tom Courtenay plays the backward Charlie, who is offered a miraculous cure for his low IQ, in Daniel Keyes 's classic science-fiction story.
Dramatised by Bert Coules Director Matthew Walters Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Algernon Tom Courtenay
Unknown:
Daniel Keyes
Dramatised By:
Bert Coules
Director:
Matthew Walters
Charlie:
Tom Courtenay
MissKinnian:
Joanna Myers
Dr Strauss:
Barrie Cookson
Dr Nemur:
Ronald Herdman
Bert:
Clarence Smith
Joe:
Nigel Carrington
Donnegan:
Nigel Carrington
Frank:
Alan Barker
Sherrinford:
Alan Barker
Mrs Flynn:
Auriol Smith
Ellen:
Auriol Smith

Rosita Boland and Philip Casey read poems at the launch of their new collections during the Galway Festival.
With Carol Ann Duffy. Producers Alec Reid and Michael Adams. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosita Boland
Unknown:
Philip Casey
Unknown:
Carol Ann Duffy.
Producers:
Alec Reid
Producers:
Michael Adams.

Nigel Forde explores the writer's stimulus; Anthony Burgess reminisces about his first book; John Julius Norwich escapes to
Byzantium; and unpublished writers discuss the pain of rejection.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Anthony Burgess
Unknown:
John Julius

Crying "A bas les feministes!" Marc Lepine machine-gunned 14 women engineering students at the University of Montreal in Quebec on 6 December 1989. In this anatomy of a mass murder, Noah Richler investigates the records of the case to see whether the form that madness took was influenced by the surrounding society.
Director Louise Purslow. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Marc Lepine
Unknown:
Noah Richler
Director:
Louise Purslow.
Doctor:
Ronald Herdman
Detective:
Peter Penry-Jones
Gun salesman:
Eric Allan
Lepine:
Matthew Sim
Nathalie Provost:
Joanna Myers
Diane Gamoche:
Siriol Jenkins
Woman:
Richler Emma

A Life in Letters and Music
The second of four parts written by Stanley Sadie. I Will No Longer Be a Fiddler!
"Here in Salzburg, I live in a city where music leads a struggling existence. As for the theatre, we are in a bad way for lack of singers. They insist on being handsomely paid - and generosity is not one of our faults!"
(Leopold Mozart)
Stereo (Broadcast/ast Tuesday)

Contributors

Written By:
Stanley Sadie.

Words and music for Sunday night.
Faith in the Future
Martin Palmer introduces five programmes asking questions about Christian involvement in shaping the future. This week he is concerned with economics.
2: Who Pays for Wealth? Producer Noel Vincent. Stereo

Contributors

Introduces:
Martin Palmer
Producer:
Noel Vincent.

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