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Direct from St Michael 's School, Tawstock, Devon.
Led by the Headmaster, Mr James Batten. Christ Be
With Me; He Who Would Valiant Be; Make Me A Channel; 0 Jesus I Have Promised; Blest Are The
Pure; 0 For A Closer Walk; At The Name Of Jesus; Readings: Extract from
John Bunyan 's Pilgrim's Progress; Mark 12, w 41-44. Director of Music Bill Pratt. Choirmaster
Christopher Sanderson.

Contributors

Unknown:
St Michael
Unknown:
Mr James Batten.
Unknown:
John Bunyan
Choirmaster:
Bill Pratt.
Choirmaster:
Christopher Sanderson.

Chairman Clay Jones digs into the postbag and calls on Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Bridget Moody to solve gardening problems.
Producer Amanda Mares. •Questions on a postcard to
Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Clay Jones
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Fred Downham
Producer:
Amanda Mares.

by Gustave Flaubert.
With Nicola Pagett as Emma, Stephen Moore as Charles Bovary, Clive Swift as Monsieur Homais and Roger Allam as Rodolphe Boulanger.

Frustrated in her marriage to Charles, Emma turns to Leon for the romance she craves.
Translated by Alan Russell
Dramatised by Christopher Reason
(Stereo)
(Repeated Friday at 2.00pm)

Contributors

Author:
Gustave Flaubert
Translated by:
Alan Russell
Dramatised by:
Christopher Reason
Pianist:
Bernard Robertson
Singer:
Claude Close
Director:
Kay Patrick
Emma:
Nicola Pagett
Charles Bovary:
Stephen Moore
Monsieur Homais:
Clive Swift
Rodolphe Boulanger:
Roger Allam
Leon Dupuis:
Paul Downing
Lheureux:
Sam Dastor
Felicite:
Saskia Downes
Madame Rollet:
Jane Cox
Abbe/Maurice:
Rodney Litchfield

Cultivating the Nation There's a National
Heritage, a National
Curriculum and a National Arts and Media Strategy. But does it all add up to a vision of national identity? David Walker asks what government ought to do about the national culture.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

from the Brentwood Festival. Simon Rae introduces a series of listeners' requests, read by Elizabeth Bell and Stephen Thome.
Producer Susan Roberts. .Requests to Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Read By:
Elizabeth Bell
Read By:
Stephen Thome.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

What do people really feel about those they do not choose but are expected to love and live with? 1: Fathers
To walk in his shadow or follow in his footsteps? Has being present at the birth and pushing prams improved paternal bonding?
Reporter Anne Brown. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Reporter:
Anne Brown.
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

Four stories featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's immortal detective.
2: The Yellow Face
A hideous apparition is ruining the lives of a happily married couple.
Violinist Leonard Friedman
Dramatised by Gerry Jones
Director Enyd Williams.

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
Gerry Jones
Director:
Enyd Williams.
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
Grant Munro:
Mark Straker
Effie Munro:
Helena Breck
Mrs Hudson:
Joan Matheson
Maid:
Siriol Jenkins

Dr Mary Berry reflects on the influence of the controversial 12th-century theologian Peter Abelard on the Cistercian Order.
Gregorian chants associated with Peter Abelard are sung by the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, directed by Dr Berry, and recorded in Pontigny Abbey, France.
Producer James Whitbourn. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mary Berry
Unknown:
Peter Abelard
Unknown:
Peter Abelard
Producer:
James Whitbourn.

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