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Administered in Hexham Abbey, Northumberland by the Rev. A. G. Hardie, Rector of Hexham.
Jesus lives: thy terrors now (A. and M. Rev. 140)
Psalm 23
Lesson: Romans 6, vv. 3-11
Te Deum
Gospel: St. Mark 10. vv. 13-16
The Promises
O Worship the King (A. and M. Rev. 167)
The Blessing of the Water
The Baptism
The Church's one foundation (A. and M. Rev. 255)
May the grace of Christ our Saviour (A. and M. Rev. 636)
Glorious things of thee are spoken (A. and M. Rev. 257)

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Contributors

Service conducted by:
The Rev. A.G. Hardie
Organist:
Reginald Cooper, Mus.d.

A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by John Cherrington.

Shorthorn World Conference: Harry Hoggan reports on the World Conference of Shorthorn breeders held in Perth, and visits the herds of two well-known breeders - R. H. Watherston, Crichton Mains, Ford, Midlothian, and Major R. Moubray, Todrig, Greenlaw, near Kelso.

Farm Visit: Hew Watt, Heath Place, Orsett Heath, Grays, Essex, describes his farm and discusses it with Frank H. Garner, Principal of the Royal Agricultural College.

From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Reporter (Shorthorn World Conference):
Harry Hoggan
Interviewee (Farm Visit):
Hew Warr
Interviewer (Farm Visit):
Frank H. Garner
Film sequences:
The BBC Agricultural Film Unit
Cameraman:
John Bird
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

Written by Dave Freeman and Charlie Drake
[Starring] Charlie Drake
with Peter Haigh, Harry Towb, Gerard Heinz, Geoffrey Sumner, Victor Platt, Colin Croft, Ewen MacDuff, Jack Cunningham, David Butler, Ian Parsons, Peter Sugden
The George Mitchell Singers

(A BBC recording of the broadcast on November 11, 1958)

Contributors

Writer:
Dave Freeman
Writer:
Charlie Drake
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Ernest Maxin
Himself:
Charlie Drake
[Actor]:
Peter Haigh
[Actor]:
Harry Towb
[Actor]:
Gerard Heinz
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Sumner
[Actor]:
Victor Platt
[Actor]:
Colin Croft
[Actor]:
Ewen MacDuff
[Actor]:
Jack Cunningham
[Actor]:
David Butler
[Actor]:
Ian Parsons
[Actor]:
Peter Sugden
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers

and introduces: Sir Adrian Boult, Elizabeth Simon (soprano), Wilfred Lehmann (violin) and Gilbert Vinter with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra (Leader, James Hutcheon) and Men of the BBC Midland Singers.
The programme includes:
Honour and Arms (Handel); Praeludium and Allegro (Kreisler) Andante from Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn); Elizabethan Serenade (Ronald Binge); Plantation Songs (arr. Stanford Robinson)
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Singer/Presenter:
Owen Brannigan
Guest:
Sir Adrian Boult
Soprano:
Elizabeth Simon
Violinist:
Wilfred Lehmann
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Musicians:
The BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
James Hutcheon
Singers:
Men of the BBC Midland Singers
Producer:
Peter Haysom Craddy
Producer:
Philip Lewis

The Brains Trust meets this afternoon to answer your questions.
The members this week are:
Barbara Wootton, A. J. Ayer, Alan Bullock, The Rt. Rev. B. C. Butler. O.S.B., Abbot of Downside
Question-Master, Michael Flanders
Questions should be addressed to; 'The Brains Trust', [address removed]

(A sound recording can be heard in the Home Service on Tuesday at 4.0)

Contributors

Panellist:
Barbara Wootton
Panellist:
A. J. Ayer
Panellist:
Alan Bullock
Panellist:
The Rt. Rev. B. C. Butler
Question-Master:
Michael Flanders
Producer:
John Furness

Explore the undersea world of Adventure with Hans Hass
In this film Hans Hass Invites you to join him for a short stay on his three-masted schooner Xarifa. The highlight of your visit is a conducted tour to the edge of a coral reef.
The series directed by Hans Hass and produced by Tony Soper
(Previously shown on the evening of August 20, 1958)

Contributors

Presenter/Film Cameraman/Director:
Hans Hass
Film Editor:
Paul Khan
Producer:
Tony Soper

Freely based on "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys" by Louisa M. Alcott
Adapted as a television serial in seven parts by Constance Cox

(Kate Cameron appears by permission of the Playhouse Theatre, Derby)
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Contributors

Author:
Louisa M. Alcott
Adapted by:
Constance Cox
Producer:
Joy Harington
Designer:
Susan Spence
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Laurie:
David Cole
Jo:
Annabelle Lee
Amy:
Susan Maryott
Meg:
Kate Cameron
Professor Bhaer:
George Pravda
Mr. March:
Edward Jewesbury
John Brooke:
Harvey Hall
Miss Brown:
Betty England
Dick Brown:
Jimmy Ray
Nursie Hummel:
Lilly Kann
Emil:
Richard Palmer
Franz:
William Simons
Mr. Ford:
Cameron Hall
Silas:
Christopher Hodge
Tommy Bangs:
Kenneth Collins
Ned Barker:
Michael Caridia
Jack Ford:
Donald Wilson
Nat Blake:
Cavan Kendall

[Illustration with lettering]
ROTAS
OPERA
TENET
AREPO
SATOR

In 1868 this curious inscription was discovered cut into the wall of a Roman villa which was being excavated near Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
What does it mean?; Why was it put there?
Alan Gibson helps you to solve the puzzle.

From the BBC's West of England television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Gibson
Presented by:
Kenneth Savidge

Television's most popular panel game.
With Isobel Barnett, Frances Day, Gilbert Harding, Cyril Fletcher
In the chair, Eamonn Andrews

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Frances Day
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Panellist:
Cyril Fletcher
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Producer:
John Warrington

A cycle of four plays.
Written for television by Lynn Foster.
The third play of The Exiles is concerned with Polly and Jack Selway's grandchildren, some of whom, of course, are also the grandchildren of Andy Cameron. The play is set in the 1930s, both at Billabilla homestead and in Sydney.
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Writer:
Lynn Foster
Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Designer:
John Cooper
Luke Selway:
John Scott
Swagman:
Bob Reardon
Polly Selway:
Peggy Marshall
Nessie:
Winifred Hindle
David Selway:
Barry Foster
Paddy Dooley:
P.G. Stephens
Jonathan Selway:
Russell Napier
Jack Selway:
Oliver Johnston
John Selway:
Barrie Cookson
Harry Brandon:
Trader Faulkner
First man:
Lisle Jones
First woman:
Laurelle Streeter
Second woman:
Vicky Climas
Third woman:
Darlene Johnson
Second man:
Loyd Officer
Nell Brandon:
Lyndall Barbour
Bill:
David Nettheim
Ken:
Len David
Sandy:
Graham Diamond
Betty:
Deirdre Nicholson
Janet Wright:
Betty McDowall
Nurse:
Gina Sheil
Mick Dooley:
Desmond Perry
Alison Selway:
Mona Bruce

A Musical Cruise with Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra.
Featuring June Bronhill, John Hauxvell, The Pedro Manzano Group, The Studio Dancers

(June Bronhill appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company)
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Contributors

Musicians:
Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
Devised and produced by:
Charles R. Rogers
Singer:
June Bronhill
Singer:
John Hauxvell
Performers:
The Pedro Manzano Group
Dancers:
The Studio Dancers
Choreography:
Denny Bettis

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