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From St Paul 's Church, Bedford. The Parish Eucharist is the culmination of a two-week festival sharing the life of the church with the wider community. The preacher is the Bishop of Bedford, the Rt Rev David Farmbrough. The celebrant is the Vicar, the Rev
Christopher Collingwood. Father, We Praise Thee (Christe
Sanctorum); Gloria,
Sanctus and Benedictus
(Darke in E Minor);
Gradual Psalm 116, vv 11-16; Beyond All Mortal
Praise (Marlborough Gate); Sacerdotes Domini
(William Byrd ); Broken for Me (Janet Lunt ); Through
All the Changing Scenes of Life (Wiltshire); Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Minor (Buxtehude).
Readings: Romans 12, vv 1-8; John 6, vv 1-13.
Organist: Keri Dexter. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Unknown:
David Farmbrough.
Unknown:
Christopher Collingwood.
Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
Janet Lunt
Organist:
Keri Dexter.

Members of the Torquay and District Horticultural Society, Devon, put their questions to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Jack Andrews.
Chairman Clay Jones.
Producer Diana Stenson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Jack Andrews.
Unknown:
Clay Jones.
Producer:
Diana Stenson.

The Man-Eater of Malgudi
A dramatisation of R K Narayan's humorous novel, set in a small Indian town. Nataraj and his friends find their lives ruined by the arrival of the monstrous Vasu. Vasu......................BHASKER
Dramatised by William Ash
Director Kay Patrick. Stereo

Contributors

Dramatised By:
William Ash
Director:
Kay Patrick.
Nataraj:
Sam Dastor
Sm:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Kavi:
Rashid Karapiet
Sastri:
Kaleem Janjua
Waste Paper Man:
Amjad Saleem
Muthujlnspector:
Paul Bazely
Kamala:
Charubala Chokshi
Mahout:
Amerjit Deu
Rangi:
Shobu McAuley
Superintendent:
Tariq Alibai
Ramaswami:
Ayub Khan Din

In the first of two programmes about the British experience in the Middle East, Derek Hopwood introduces personal accounts of daily life. Readers
Malcolm Raebum , Brian Trueman and Geoffrey Wheeler. 1: Egypt
Producer Gillian Hush

Contributors

Introduces:
Derek Hopwood
Readers:
Malcolm Raebum
Readers:
Brian Trueman
Readers:
Geoffrey Wheeler.
Producer:
Gillian Hush

Peter Mayle and Paul Hogarth talk to Nigel Forde about their collaboration.
Also: Malcolm Bradbury , Sir Roy Strong.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Mayle
Unknown:
Paul Hogarth
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Malcolm Bradbury
Unknown:
Sir Roy Strong.

The third week in the search for the two best young businesses of 1992. Competing for the £10,000 award - Jacqueline and Martin Gilleland who converted their 14th-century Herefordshire home into The Marsh
Country Hotel and Restaurant. Hugh Sykes turned into an undercover agent to record his findings. For the category two £5,000 award, he meets the people behind
Poletech Systems of Newark, whose shockproof sockets for traffic signs could save thousands of pounds in repairs.
Producer Chris Wines. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Gilleland
Unknown:
Hugh Sykes
Producer:
Chris Wines.

There are over 50 million speakers of lesser-used languages in Europe - from Breton to Basque, Gaelic to Galician. Billy Kay explores the reasons for the historic erosion of these languages, and today's rebirth of interest in the linguistic mosaic of Europe.
Producer Michael Shaw

Contributors

Producer:
Michael Shaw

There's an old Kentish saying: "The world is divided into five continents: Africa, Asia, America, Europe - and Romney Marsh. " The poet John Rice boards a train on the world's smallest public railway to take a journey through the heritage of Romney Marsh.
Producer Roy Apps. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Romney Marsh.
Unknown:
John Rice
Unknown:
Romney Marsh.
Producer:
Roy Apps.

This year the Carmelite Order are celebrating the 750th Anniversary of the Friars coming to England from the Holy Land. Fr Wilfrid McGreal reflects on a tradition and a spirituality that speaks to the present and future.
1: Carmel and the Hermit
Tradition
Producer Alastair Simmons. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Wilfrid McGreal
Producer:
Alastair Simmons.

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