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The International Communities of the College of the Ascension and Crowther Hall in Selly Oak, Birmingham, join together in a service of Holy Communion. Celebrant Rev Derek Hanscombe.
Preacher Rev Colin Chapman. Directors of Music Harcourt Blackett and Geoff Weaver.

Contributors

Unknown:
Crowther Hall
Unknown:
Derek Hanscombe.
Unknown:
Colin Chapman.
Unknown:
Geoff Weaver.

Sir Walter Scott's great novel of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion in four episodes with Richard Greenwood as Edward Waverley.

Waverley, on leave from his regiment, has been injured at the great stag hunt.

Music by Iain Johnstone, with Mhairi Campbell (violin, viola), Ron Shaw (cello) and Mike Travis (drums)
(Repeated Friday at 2.00pm)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Walter Scott
Dramatised by:
Roger Danes
Music:
Iain Johnstone
Violinist/Violaist:
Mhairi Campbell
Cellist:
Ron Shaw
Drummer:
Mike Travis
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Edward Waverley:
Richard Greenwood
Flora:
Wendy Seager
Rose:
Maria Miller
Fergus:
James Bryce
Donald Bean Lean:
Paul Young
Davey:
Tom Smith
Houghton:
Stuarty McQuarrie
Tims:
Finlay Welsh
Col Gardiner:
David McKail
Callum Beg:
Steven McNicoll
Aunt Rachel:
Mary Riggans
Sir Everard:
Robin Thomson
Sir Richard:
Sandy Neilson
MacWheeble:
John Shedden
Jeannie:
Ceit Kearney

Martyn Wiley invites six guests to talk about their ideologies and faiths. Stan Shaw is one of the last men making spring-handled knives by the traditional method. He talks about his life's work and dedication to this specialised craft. Producer Dave Sheasby

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Wiley
Unknown:
Stan Shaw
Producer:
Dave Sheasby

Professor Margaret Boden of Sussex University tells Barbara Myers about her life, and how she became interested in artificial intelligence.
Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Margaret Boden
Unknown:
Barbara Myers
Producer:
Deborah Cohen

Six-part dramatisation of the life of Lord Byron by Michael and Melissa Bakewell, with Jonathan Hyde as Lord Byron and Paul Daneman as the voice of the poet. "There is something very softening in the presence of a woman... which I cannot account for, having no very high opinion of that sex."

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Bakewell
Writer:
Melissa Bakewell
Director:
Rosemary Hart
Lord Byron:
Jonathan Hyde
Voice of the poet:
Paul Daneman
Lady Melbourne:
Janet Suzman
Caroline Lamb:
Samantha Bond
Annabel Milbanke:
Victoria Carling
Samuel Rogers:
David March
Lady Bessborough:
Elizabeth Kelly
Hobhouse:
Neville Jason
Housekeeper:
Rachel Atkins
William Lamb:
Dominic Letts
Duchess of Devonshire:
Frances Jeater

Mike Wooldridge meets believers from the major religious traditions in Britain. 2: Spirit and Truth. What's true in religion? Scriptures, history, meditation, experience, reason and progress, all stake their claim. Producer Norman Winter

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Wooldridge
Producer:
Norman Winter

How celibate are the celibates?
Clare Jenkins talks to four women who have relationships with Roman Catholic priests. All of them keeptheirrelationships secret; they are not even using their real names, yet all would like the issues debated. Producer Julia Shaw

Contributors

Talks:
Clare Jenkins
Producer:
Julia Shaw

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