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Wellsprings of the Spirit
A series of devotional services for Lent which explore themes of personal and practical spirituality. Today's service, the first in the series, comes from the Christian Community at RAF St Mawgan and follows the theme of Discipline.
Led by Station Chaplain, the Rev Brian Stevens.
Exodus 14, vv 10-18; Luke 4, w 1-14.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Stevens.

This week the team visits Manchester, where members of the South
Manchester Federation of Townswomen's Guilds put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Diana Stenson
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Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

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

The Last Castrato by Antony George.
Premonitory dreams and obsessions draw an ordinary desk sergeant into an extraordinary crime.
Director Nigel Bryant Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony George.
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Jack:
John Duttine
Grace:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
John:
Richard Pearce
Donald:
Andy Hockley
Mr Jones:
Gerry Hinks
Mr Mirth:
Steve Hodson
Mr Mirth 's brother:
Garard Green
Richard Dowel:
Andrew Curry
Newsreader:
Brian Conway

Four talks in which Martin Wainwright reflects on historical characters united by enthusiasm verging on obsession. Today: John 'Pudding' Wroe, the 18th-Century Yorkshire prophet who tried unsuccessfully to part the waters of Bradford's River Aire. Producer Wendy Pilmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Wainwright
Unknown:
River Aire.
Producer:
Wendy Pilmer

Deadline for the Dark Continent
Africa is sliding backwards in every aspect of human development. Corruption and inefficiency have squandered benefits from the West. In the third of four programmes, Michael Buerk looks at the demands donor countries are now making on African governments - demands that imply prosperity can be achieved via the ballot box. Producer Sue Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
Sue Davies

Described by Edmund Burke as "the woman of fashion of all ages", Mary Delaney was one of the most engaging personalities of the 18th century. Nigel Forde explores her life, and the continuing influence of her artistic talent.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edmund Burke
Unknown:
Mary Delaney
Unknown:
Nigel Forde

The State of Tennessee v
John Thomas Scopes adapted from the original transcripts by Peter Goodchild , and recorded in Hollywood. With Tyne Daly ,
Edward Asner and Charles Durning.
In 1925, in the small town of Dayton, a young schoolmaster was indicted for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution, because "it denied the story of the Divine
Creation as taught in the Bible". Fundamentalists and Evolutionists soon locked antlers.
Narrator Tyne Daly.
Producer Susan Loewenberg and Martin Jenkins
Stereo
(In association with L A Theatre Works) 0 DRAMA: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
John Thomas Scopes
Unknown:
Peter Goodchild
Unknown:
Tyne Daly
Unknown:
Edward Asner
Unknown:
Charles Durning.
Narrator:
Tyne Daly.
Producer:
Susan Loewenberg
Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Judge Raulstan:
John Randolph
William Jennings Bryan:
Edward Asner
Tom Stewart:
Harris Yulin
Ben McKenzie:
Logan Ramsey
Clarence Darrow:
Charles Durning
DF Malone:
Harold Gould
A G Hays:
Gerrit Graham

Pondering
These Things
A series of seven talks for
Lent and Easter in which women reflect on themes from the Apostles' Creed. 1: 1 Believe
Presented by Professor Ursula King.
Producer Guli Francis-Deh qani Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ursula King.
Producer:
Guli Francis-Deh

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