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speaks for the Week's Good Cause on behalf of a charity which promotes the personal development of young people through courses involving challenging environments and physical endeavour. DONATIONS TO: Outward Bound Trust Ltd, [address removed] Credit cards: [number removed]

Rosemary Hartill and her guests explore aspects of human experience, using listeners' contributions as a starting point. 4: Disappointment
WRITE TO: Were You There?. BBC Religious Broadcasting, New Broadcasting House. PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ. PHONE: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Hartill

Peter Kelly stars as Father Chisholm in the first of a four-part dramatisation of A J Cronin's epic story about a Catholic missionary. 1: A Strange Vocation. Even from his unfortunate childhood, Francis Chisholm is haunted by indefinable fears and plagued by problems of faith.
Music by Max Early
Dramatised and directed by David Spenser
A Saffron production

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kelly
Unknown:
Francis Chisholm
Music By:
Max Early
Directed By:
David Spenser
Francisa boy:
James Beatty
Monsignor Sketh:
Philip Sully
Mother/Rosa Oyazabal:
Elizabeth Proud
Father/Scanty Magoon:
Tom Cotcher
Aunt Polly:
Jennifer Piercey
WMe TuUoch:
Miles Anderson
Nora:
Debra McCallan
Anselm:
Jeremy Sinden
JODIE MCMILLAN:
Anselma Boy
Thaddeas Gilfoyle:
Spencer Banks
Mrs Oennk:
Hilda Schroder
Daniel Gknnie:
Malcolm Jamieson
Father MacNabb:
David King
Father Fitzgerald:
John Rye
Father Tarrant/Ned Bannon:
Jo Dunlop
DrTulloch:
Bill McCabe
Andrew:
Andrew Cotcher

Simon Rae introduces some listeners' requests on the theme of war. With readers Saskia Reeves and Stephen Thome. Producer Paul Dodgson
REQUESTS TO: Poetry Please!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR.

Contributors

Introduces:
Simon Rae
Readers:
Saskia Reeves
Readers:
Stephen Thome.
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

Matthew Parris talks to people who have a passion for rescue. This week, he visits Blackpool beach to track down some lifeguards. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Talks:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

The harpist Marisa Robles talks to June Knox-Mawer about her musical education in Spain and her career in England. She introduces music including her own record of Boieldieu's Harp Concerto in C. Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Harpist:
Marisa Robles
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Home and Away
1: Pom, Tiddky Om Pom , Pom .. ?
In the first of three programmes investigating the way music portrays beliefs, Nigel Swinford , director of the New English Orchestra, explores the concept of tension and resolution in musical language and its relationship to our view of the world and its maker.
Producer Clair Jaquiss

Contributors

Unknown:
Tiddky Om Pom
Unknown:
Nigel Swinford
Producer:
Clair Jaquiss

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