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Glorious Return ... ... As Son of Man.
The last in the series of Advent services with Preacher Rev Dr Colin Morris. From Wesley
Chapel, London, led by Rev Paul Hulme. John 3, vv 14-21; Christ Whose Glory
Fills The Skies; Jesus My
'ruth, My Way; Jesus
Good Above All Other;
Away In A Manger; Come Thou Long Expected
Jesus. Organist
Ronald Thompson. Choir Director Richard Lee. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Dr Colin
Unknown:
Rev Paul Hulme.
Organist:
Ronald Thompson.
Director:
Richard Lee.

Members of the Garstang and District Gardening Club in Lancashire put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward. Chairman Clay Jones.
Producer Diana Stenson. Stereo

Contributors

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

Eight plays "to haunt thy days And chill thy dreaming nights" (Keats)
1: The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
Charles Dickens' last Christmas story, about a man tormented by his past.
Dramatised by Jill Brooke
Producer Glyn Dearman
Director Kay Patrick. Stereo ("A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Day at 2.00pm)
DRAMA: page 15

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised By:
Jill Brooke
Producer:
Glyn Dearman
Director:
Kay Patrick
Redlaw/Ghost:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Charles Dickens:
John Moffatt
Milly Swidger:
Dilys Laye
William Swidger:
Ronald Herdman
Philip Swidger:
Godfrey Kenton
George Swidger:
Timothy Carlton
Adolphus Tetterby:
Timothy Bateson
Sophia Tetterby:
Maxine Audley
Johnny Tetterby:
Stuart Heath
Adolphus Tetterby Jnr:
Winston Eade
Denham:
Andrew Wincott

by F Scott Fitzgerald. It's Christmas 1942 in Hollywood and a down-at-heel screenwriter is looking for a miracle....
With David Graham. Harry Towb , Frank Lazarus and Liza Ross Dramatised by David Graham Producer Dirk Maggs. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Fitzgerald.
Unknown:
David Graham.
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Unknown:
Frank Lazarus
Unknown:
Liza Ross
Dramatised By:
David Graham
Producer:
Dirk Maggs.

with Michael Rosen.
In the last programme of the series, the Treasure Islands Roadshow comes from Bury St Edmunds. Listeners discuss the treasures on their bookshelves with Brian Alderson and Dr Marguerita Reeve. Producer Jill Burridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen.
Unknown:
Brian Alderson
Unknown:
Dr Marguerita Reeve.
Producer:
Jill Burridge

The last in a series of four programmes in which members of the four estates pick a favourite poem. Today for the Lords Spiritual, the Archbishop of York, John Habgood , discusses his choice with Simon Rae.
Producer Julian Wilkinson. Stereo 0 Requests to Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
John Habgood
Unknown:
Simon Rae.
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson.

The final part of this look back at the first two series, introduced by Edward De Souza , the Man in Black. 7: The Snowman Killing by J C W Brook.
A young mother's fear is intensified by her children's fascination with an eyeless snowman.
Director Martin Jenkins. Stereo

Contributors

Introduced By:
Edward de Souza
Director:
Martin Jenkins.
Anne Makepeace:
Imelda Staunton
Colin:
Alistair White
Alex:
Alkis Constantouris
Henry Makepeace:
Brian Hewlett
Helen:
Emily Richard
Mrs Macpherson:
Eve Stuart

Thriller- writer Jonathan Aycliffe provides a ghostly element for
Christmas with his new novel Whispers in the Dark. Nigel Forde also discusses the importance of time in fiction with novelists A S Byatt and Michael Frayn.
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Aycliffe
Unknown:
Michael Frayn.

American Journals by Albert Camus.
In the late 1940s, Camus travelled first to the United States, then to South
America. His journal of these journeys provides a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the most original writers of the century. Read by Clive Merrison.
Abridged and produced by Cherry Cookson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Camus.
Read By:
Clive Merrison.
Produced By:
Cherry Cookson.

Hank Wangford , musician and gynaecologist, presents his choice of writing while on tour with the Lost
Cowboys. He introduces poems by John Hegley and Roger McGough and folk tales from the North
American Indians, and indulges his passion for the lyrics of country and western music.
Producer Julian Wilkinson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Hank Wangford
Unknown:
John Hegley
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson.

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