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from Kensington Temple, London, led by Rev Colin
Dye. Reading: Acts 2, vv 1-21; Hosanna!; Jesus We
Celebrate Your Victory; 0 For A Thousand Tongues; 0 Breath of Life (Spiritus Vitae); Let Your Living
Waters Flow. Director of Music Rev Christopher Cartwright with the Kensington Temple Gospel Choir.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Colin
Unknown:
Christopher Cartwright

Members of the Newcastle and District Gardening
Society, Northern Ireland, put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , John Cushnie and Fred Downham.
Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Amanda Mares

Contributors

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

My Son, My Son by Howard Spring.
Third of five parts, with Maeve is now a huge success in the theatre and Essex is tempted to write a play for her.
Song: Kay Patrick
Dramatised by Stan Barstow Director Kay Patrick

Contributors

Song:
Kay Patrick
Dramatised By:
Stan Barstow
Director:
Kay Patrick
William Essex:
Ronald Pickup
Demot:
Stuart Organ
Nette:
Allson Reid
Mam:
Melinda Walker
Maggie:
Kate Binchy
Livia:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ojiver:
Richard Willis
Rory:
Matthew Morgan
Headmaster:
Philip Anthony
Wertheim:
Steve Hodson
Annie:
Jill Graham

Five engineering feats from the 19th century. 3: The Railway
Civil engineer
Dr Mark Raiss tells the story of the construction of the railway linking London and Lancashire.
With John Baddeley as Thomas Roscoe.
All other parts played by Philip Anthony , Keith Drinkel. Geraldine Fitzgerald , John Fleming , Steve Hodson and Dominic Letts Compiled and written by Martin Worth producer Mark Savage

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mark Raiss
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Thomas Roscoe.
Played By:
Philip Anthony
Played By:
Keith Drinkel.
Played By:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Played By:
John Fleming
Played By:
Steve Hodson
Played By:
Dominic Letts
Written By:
Martin Worth
Producer:
Mark Savage

Cuba Two: The Island The Barring of Soap
In Santiago and Havana, Andy Kershaw discovers an island rich in culture, sophistication, and the most ardent contradictions. Can Cuba resist the collapse of the Soviet Union and the strangulation of the American embargo?

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Kershaw

Simon Rae introduces listeners' poetry requests with readers Adjoa Andoh and Michael Maloney , and guest Jackie Kay.
Producer Julian Wilkinson

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Adjoa Andoh
Readers:
Michael Maloney
Unknown:
Jackie Kay.
Producer:
Julian Wilkinson

On the west coast of Ireland you can spend days watching a thin gauzelike veil of fine drizzle fall on the land ... Constant rain: a boon to some, depressing for others - but what of its significance in different cultures? From the northern city of Tromso where it rains every day, to India where the monsoon comes with sudden violence, and Sarawak where the natives have 27 different word for rain - Simon Parkes peers into the drizzle.
Producer Sara Jane Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Parkes
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Salvatore Accardo , Italian violinist and conductor, talks to June Knox Mawer and introduces his recordings of Rossini's String Sonata and Paganini's Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor (La Campanella).
Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Unknown:
Salvatore Accardo
Unknown:
Knox Mawer
Producer:
Derek Drescher

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