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Their Eyes Were Opened A service of Holy
Communion from St
Margaret's Parish Church, Bumage, Manchester, reflecting on the risen
Christ's appearance to his disciples on the road to Emmaus. Readings: I
Corinthians 15, vv 1-11;
Luke 24, w 13-35; Music:
Angel Voices Ever Singing;
He Is Lord; Open Our Eyes, Lord; I Believe in Jesus;
Peace to You; Broken for
Me; Crown Him with Many Crowns. Celebrant: Rev Alan Pugmire. Musical
Director Alan Wilkinson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Pugmire.
Director:
Alan Wilkinson.

Children of the Dead End by Patrick MacGill. 2: A Good Time Coming Dermod falls prey to gambling, and Norah to the advances of the local laird. A wedge is driven between them.
Gerard Murphy is Dermod Flynn the narrator
Dramatised by Maurice Leitch Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick MacGill.
Unknown:
Gerard Murphy
Dramatised By:
Maurice Leitch
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Dermod Flynn:
Robert Taylor
Norah Ryan:
Diane O'Kelly
Micky's Jim:
Niall Cusack
Sheila Carroll:
Stella McCusker
Mary:
Margaret Darcy
Donal:
Finlay Welsh
Gourock Ellen:
Frances Low
Judy:
Wendy Seager
Eamonn:
Kenneth Glenaan
Jean:
Grace Glover
Willie:
James Bryce
Morrison:
Simon Donald
Moleskin:
Crawford Logan

The last of four programmes by Roderick Graham. Robert Lang plays the man of whom a society hostess said that there was no more welcome sound than that of Sydney Smith coming upstairs.
Director Jane Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Graham.
Unknown:
Robert Lang
Director:
Jane Morgan
Saba:
Marian Diamond
Mrs Smith:
Ann Bell
Lady Holland:
Richenda Carey
Bobus Smith:
Terence Edmond
Dr Holland:
Andrew Wincott
Mrs Austin:
Jane Whittenshaw
Cockerell:
Eric Allan
Annie Kay:
Ann Windsor

Simon Rae hosts the first round of a poetry quiz to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Poetry Library in London.
Team members are
Peter Porter and Elaine Feinstein versus Anthony Thwaite and Anne Harvey.
Producers Julian Wilkinson and Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Rae
Unknown:
Peter Porter
Unknown:
Elaine Feinstein
Unknown:
Anthony Thwaite
Unknown:
Anne Harvey.
Producers:
Julian Wilkinson
Producers:
Susan Roberts

1: La Linea
Tony Wilkinson spends a week with Area, the local paper for La Linea on the border with Gibraltar.
With high unemployment, the locals have turned to smuggling....
An independent production by Tony Wilkinson

Contributors

Unknown:
La Linea
Unknown:
Tony Wilkinson
Production By:
Tony Wilkinson

Major James Bigglesworth, DSO, MC, teenage fighter pilot, flying policeman and boyhood hero, is back - or rather, still here. His creator, W E Johns, was a more enigmatic figure, whose life experience in some ways matched that of his hero. So who was Biggles? Martin Wainwright goes in search of the man. Producer Neil Trevithick

Contributors

Unknown:
Major James Bigglesworth
Unknown:
Martin Wainwright
Producer:
Neil Trevithick

Underfoot in Showbusiness
Read by Rosemary leach. Helene Hanff , the author of 84, Charing Cross Road, wrote this delightful account of her early days as a struggling writer on the edge of showbusiness in 1961. Producer Tracey Neale

Contributors

Read By:
Rosemary Leach.
Read By:
Helene Hanff
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Four documentaries by David Wheeler presenting the inside story of the newspaper industry.
3: Publish and Be Sued
How did, and do, newspapers balance the pursuit of truth against th danger of inaccuracy, and what was, and is, the role of political bias? With the present Lord Rothermere and Hugh Cudlipp ,
William Deedes , Geoffrey Goodman , Max Hastings , Alastair Hetherington , Sir John Junor and Andreas Whittam Smith.
Producer Louise Purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wheeler
Unknown:
Hugh Cudlipp
Unknown:
William Deedes
Unknown:
Geoffrey Goodman
Unknown:
Max Hastings
Unknown:
Alastair Hetherington
Unknown:
John Junor
Unknown:
Andreas Whittam Smith.
Producer:
Louise Purslow

Singing the Faith
2: The Evangelical Revival Ian Bradley continues his exploration of hymns through the works of Isaac Watts , Charles Wesley ,
John Newton and William Cowper.
Producer Clair Jaquiss

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Bradley
Unknown:
Isaac Watts
Unknown:
Charles Wesley
Unknown:
John Newton
Unknown:
William Cowper.
Producer:
Clair Jaquiss

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