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Parish Mass from the Cathedral, Shrewsbury.

Celebrant and preacher: Very Rev Canon John Roper.

Readings: Isaiah 49, vv 3, 5-6; John 1, w 29-34.
Music: Gather Us In (Marty Haugen) Gloria (Christopher Walker) Psalm: The Lord is My Light and My Salvation (Marty Haugen); Celtic Alleluia (Fintan O'Carroll/Christopher Walker); Here I Am, Lord (Dan Schutte); Gathering Mass (Paul Inwood); Jesus, Lamb of God (Bernadette Farrell); Take Christ to the World (Paul Inwood).

Contributors

Celebrant and preacher:
Canon John Roper
Organist:
Keith Orrell
Director of Music:
Clare Orrell

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Wallace Arnold looks back on his four decades as the best-loved voice in British broadcasting.
3: The Seventies
Including Wallace's vintage appearances on shows he made his own, such as Start the Week and Desert
Island Discs, and his traumatic breakdown In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Performed by Harry Enfield Written by Craig Brown
Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Unknown:
Wallace Arnold
Written By:
Craig Brown
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

A programme featuring the work of prize-winning poets, including the Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott , who reads his own work and describes the cultural forces that inspired his poetry. Presented by Simon Rae.
Producer Julian Wilkinson. .Requests to Poetry Please! BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Walcott
Presented By:
Simon Rae.
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson.

Four programmes on religion and politics in the Middle East. 3: Promised Land
The founders of modem
Israel were secular socialists, but the rise of militant Islam in Arab lands is being mirrored by a spirit of religious nationalism among Jews. Gerald Butt meets Israelis who carry a Bible in one hand and a gun in the other.
Producer Denis Nowlan. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Butt
Producer:
Denis Nowlan.

Nigel Forde discusses H G Wells with Michael Coren , whose biography of the author of Kipps and The
History of Mr Polly reveals his paradoxical character. Also a look at song books.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Michael Coren
Unknown:
Mr Polly

In the last programme of the series, comedienne
Sandi Tksvig charts her passion for literature from childhood's long-forgotten Janet and John books to the more grown-up
Encyclopedia Britannica. Josie Lawrence and Alice Arnold perform the readings.
Julian Wilkinson. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Tksvig
Unknown:
Josie Lawrence
Unknown:
Alice Arnold
Unknown:
Julian Wilkinson.

In the last of a series encountering hope in situations of potential despair, Christine Liddell travels to Lockerbie to meet Patrick Keegans.
Producer Christine Liddell. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine Liddell
Unknown:
Patrick Keegans.
Producer:
Christine Liddell.

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