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Hope for All the Earth
During Advent, Christians from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds explore the theme of hope.
4: Hope for the World. From an international congregation in Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill.
Led by Canon Dr John Sentamu. Producer Kathryn Pritchard

Contributors

Unknown:
Tulse Hill.
Unknown:
Canon Dr John Sentamu.
Producer:
Kathryn Pritchard

Music Calls. In the last of the series, Andy Kershaw explores the identity of Places through unexpected musical Paths: the Guineans in Paris, the fiddle-playing Cree of the Quebec Arctic and the accordion in Lisbon. Producer Noah Richler

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Producer:
Noah Richler

Join Pippa Greenwood ,
Anne Swithinbank , Geoffrey Smith and Bob Flowerdew for a special Christmas edition, as guests of the Forestry
Commission's Alice Holt Research Station in Wrecclesham, Surrey.
Chairman Eric Robson.
A Taylor Made production. Rptd Wed 11.30am FACTSHEET: send sae marked 51/94 to [address removed]
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson

Final part of R.L. Stevenson's classic novel dramatised in four parts by Catherine Czerkawska.
David Balfour and Alan Breck have reached the outskirts of Edinburgh and David now seeks the help of the lawyer Rankeillor in claiming his rightful inheritance and arranging for Alan's safe passage to France. Rpt.
For cast see Friday 23 December 2.00pm

Contributors

Author:
R.L. Stevenson
Dramatised by:
Catherine Czerkawska
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
David Balfour:
David Rintoul
Alan Breck:
Paul Young

In the last of the series,
John Kampfner reports on how eastern
Europe's former Communist countries are adapting to the culture of the work ethic and what the capitalist world might learn from its new members. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Kampfner

The last episode of L Frank Baum 's classic tale. Dorothy and her friends must kill the Wicked Witch of the West for Oz to grant them their wishes.
Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Music by Dominique Legendre. Director Sally Avens

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Baum
Dramatised By:
Marcy Kahan.
Music By:
Dominique Legendre.
Director:
Sally Avens
Dorothy:
Barbara Barnes
Scarecrow:
Philip Franks
Tinman:
Patrick Barlow
lion:
Bradley Lavelle
Wizard of Oz:
Kerry Shale
Wicked Witch:
Maureen Lipman
Toto:
David Holt
Aunt Em:
Eva Stuart
Guardian of Gate:
Peter Yapp
Glinda:
Jilly Bond
Monkey King:
Michael Tudor Barnes

Some people never get around to telling their mum, much less dad. Others go to excruciating lengths to choose the right time to break the news. How would you cope if your son told you - however gently -that he was gay? Sons, mums and dads recall the crucial moment.
Producers Nigel Acheson and Kim Normanton

Contributors

Producers:
Nigel Acheson
Producers:
Kim Normanton

In the last of the series, Dr Mary Archer joins Barbara Myers to discuss her research in photochemistry, and her involvement with Lloyd's of London. Producer Constance St Louis

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mary Archer
Unknown:
Barbara Myers

Through These Eyes ... In the last of the series featuring people from different cultures as they prepare to celebrate Christmas, the Chinese community based at St Martin-in-the-Fields reflect on their faith. Producer Amanda Hancox

Contributors

Producer:
Amanda Hancox

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