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The last in a series of services for Advent. Jesus: Flesh of My Flesh. Today's service comes from the Royal Foundation of St Catherine in east London and is led by the Master, the Rev Malcolm Johnson , with the band and songsters of the Salvation Army, Cambridge Heath. Preacher: Rev June Osbome. Reading: Luke 1, w 26-38. Hymns: 0 come 0 come, Emmanuel; Come Thou long expected Jesus; When is He coming?; The Angel Gabriel ; Joy to the World. Director of Music: Bandmaster Stewart Gaudion. Organist: Elizabeth Rowe.

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Johnson
Unknown:
Angel Gabriel
Organist:
Stewart Gaudion.
Organist:
Elizabeth Rowe.

Fred Downham , Daphne Ledward and Walter Gilmour answer questions sens in by listeners. Chairman Dr Stefan Buczacki. Producer Amanda Mares
QUESTIONS: on a postcard to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Downham
Unknown:
Daphne Ledward
Unknown:
Walter Gilmour
Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki.
Producer:
Amanda Mares

Concluding the dramatisation of the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis , with , and Zorba returns to Crete to find that Nikos has told the widow Hortense that Zorba will marry her. Zorba avoids the problem by hurling himself into the construction of a novel means of transport.
Director Philip Martin

Contributors

Novel By:
Nikos Kazantzakis
Director:
Philip Martin
Zorba:
Robert Stephens
Nikos:
Michael Maloney
Hortense:
Mary Wimbush
Mavrondoni:
Terry Molloy
Zacharias:
Roger Hume
Mimiko:
Dominic Taylor
Andonis:
Peter Meakin
Widow:
Marian Kemmer
Mourner:
Hedli Niklaus
Woman/Girl:
Judy Bennett
Father Demetrios:
Paul Webster
Girl:
Hilary Martin

Audio diaries made by people who have decided to alter the course of their lives. / Was a Pirate Once. This is how
Martin Hawkesby explains his West Country accent to the two children of the woman he hopes to marry in America. When his chip shop business folded, Martin left Bristol for California where he istryingto start a new life.
Producer Jane Ray

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Hawkesby
Producer:
Jane Ray

Colin Semper meets people who, confronted by the same dilemma, arrive at very different decisions.
3: Charlotte and Sarah are lesbians. Both worried about telling their colleagues. To speak out might cost them their jobs; to keep quiet would be to live a lie. Producer Brian King

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Semper

Three further exploits of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective.
2: The Naval Treaty. Watson's old schoolfriend faces certain ruin if a secret government document cannot be found.
Violinist Leonard Friedman Dramatised by David Ashton Director Patrick Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Dramatised By:
David Ashton
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr Watson:
Michael Williams
Percy Phelps:
Patrick Malahide
Annie:
Joanna Myers
Joseph:
Stephen Tompkinson
Lord Holdhurst:
Brett Usher
Insp Forbes:
David Bannerman
Tangey:
Norman Jones
Miss Tangey:
Petra Markham

John Rackley concludes his exploration of the Advent story through the four gospel writers.
John - the Answer Is Bigger Than the Question.
Readers in the senes:Trevor Edmond and Clair Jaquiss Producer Julia Wills

Contributors

Unknown:
John Rackley
Unknown:
Trevor Edmond
Unknown:
Clair Jaquiss
Producer:
Julia Wills

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