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Hymns of your choosing sung by school choirs from all over the country
Introduced by RONALD ALLISON
Your request for a favourite hymn should be sent on a postcard to: Morning Song. BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.1.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ronald Allison

Regional Variations (2)

Church News and Views

BBC Home Service Scottish

Contributors

Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Written By:
David Turner
Written By:
John Keir Cross
Edited By:
Godfrey Baseley
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Carol Grenville:
Anne Cullen
Harvey Grenville:
Ronald Baddiley
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Doughy Hood:
Arnold Ridley
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Polly Mead:
Hilary Newcombe
Fred Barratt:
Tommy Duggan
John Tregerran:
Philip Morant

Regional Variations (5)

Service from Birmingham University: as Midland

BBC Home Service South and West

Second of four services based on The Creed and the Community

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Service from St. Francis Hall. University of Birmingham

BBC Home Service Midland

University Notebook

BBC Home Service Scottish

Personal Life Today
Four services for Lent
2: The Need for Discipline Service from Mossley Hill Parish Church, Liverpool
Conducted by the Vicar,
THE REV. F. R. PRYCE PARRY
Preacher,
CANON C. B NAYLOR
Psalm 119, w. 9-16
Lesson: Hebrews 4, v. 14. to
5, v. 10
Hymns (A. and M. Rev.):
Immortal, invisible (372); Father, hear the praver (182): The Head that once was crowned with thorns (218)
Organist, BRIAN HODGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. F. R. Pryce Parry
Organist:
Brian Hodge

Regional Variations (4)

Welsh Service from Bethania Methodist Chanel, Ffynnongroew. Flintshire

BBC Home Service Welsh

Talkabout: magazine

BBC Home Service North

Review of the Regional Weeklies

BBC Home Service Midland

Our Mount Everest by H. F. JACKSON
Read by ROBIN SMYTH
Three children get involved in a confidence trick, doubling their pocket money, but fall foul of Old Padden , the Hot Gospeller.

Contributors

Unknown:
H. F. Jackson
Read By:
Robin Smyth
Unknown:
Old Padden

A Sunday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Lord Russell: talking about his work and ideas to MICHAEL FREEDLAND
Myself and Animals: MARGARET LANE analyses her attitude to rnakes
Looking Into: Bronchitis, its causes, prevention, and treatment
My Children's Future: considered by IRENE ELLIS , who is married to a West Indian

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Margaret Lane
Unknown:
Irene Ellis

Chairman, DILYS POWELL
Art: J. M. RICHARDS
Film: A. ALVAREZ
Theatre: RICHARD FINDLATER
Broadcasting: STEPHEN POTTER Book: KARL MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
J. M. Richards
Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Karl Miller

A spontaneous discussion by RALPH WIGHTMAN
THE Bishop OF CREDITON
MARY TREVELYAN
DORIAN WILLIAMS
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the Village Hall, West Hill, Devon
Last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Mary Trevelyan
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

Regional Variations (2)

The Scottish Garden

BBC Home Service Scottish

visits Staffordshire
Members of the Walsall and District Gardeners Mutual Improvement Association put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Question-Master,
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Question-Master:
Franklin Engelmann

Regional Variations (2)

The Critics

BBC Home Service North

The Heretic
A play for radio by Jean Morris set in Sussex during the reign of Mary Tudor with Stephen Murray and Marjorie Westbury
Cast in order of speaking:
Music chosen by John Beckett and Michael Morrow played by the MUSICA RESERVATA
Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL
Broadcast on Dec. 3, 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Morris
Unknown:
Mary Tudor
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
John Beckett
Unknown:
Michael Morrow
Produced By:
Michael Bakewell
Thomas Elphick:
Rolf Lefebvre
Joyeuce Mascall:
Mary O'Farrell
Caspar Arnim:
Malcolm Hayes
Dick Woodman:
Peter Pratt
Margaret Alard:
Sheila Grant
Tom Alard:
Andrew Irvine
Robin Cressy:
John Baddeley
Anstis Aiard:
Peggy Butt
Miles Alard:
Stephen Murray
Mercy, his wife:
Marjorie Westbury
Gervase Cressy:
Austin Trevor
Edward Paulyn:
Frank Partington

Regional Variations (2)

Scottish Music Diary

BBC Home Service Scottish

From My Postbag: JOHN HAY , M.P.
True or not true?: ELIZABETH MITCHELL on some legal misconceptions
Helping the Small Exporter: How to begin, including raising the money and where to go for information: MADGE HART gets some expert advice
An Alphabet of Law: S for Scienter, Solicitor, and Subpoena
Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hay
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mitchell
Unknown:
Madge Hart
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

Regional Variations (2)

Fireside Sunday School

BBC Home Service Scottish

This month:
The Sex Bomb in Hollywood
This edition examines some recent trends in the treatment of sex in American films. It includes excerpts from the soundtrack of some recent Hollywood productions, and comments by the American producer- director Richard BROOKS ; FR. JOHN BURKE , chairman of the British Catholic Film Institute: and JOHN TREVELYAN , secretary of the British Board of Film Censors
Introduced by ALEXANDER WALKER

Contributors

Director:
Richard Brooks
Director:
Fr. John Burke
Director:
John Trevelyan
Introduced By:
Alexander Walker

Regional Variations (2)

' I am the Light ': meditation by the Rev. Charles Banks

BBC Home Service Scottish

An act of worship for radio, based on Old Testament scriptures which prepared the way before God's coming King
5: The Lamb of God
Readers, DAVID ENDERS MARY O'FARRELL
ALAN WHEATLEY

Contributors

Readers:
David Enders
Readers:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley

Regional Variations (2)

Appeal: A special project for Mentally Handicapped Children in North-East Scotland!

BBC Home Service Scottish

Appeal on behalf of Holyrood, House of St. Mary and St. John Ltd., Bursary Fund by DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE , D.B.E. Contributions, preferably by crossed cheque or postal order, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed].
Holyrood aims to heal people whose lives have become disrupted by nervous illness due to stress. Treatment is primarily by psychotherapy; patients may be resident or visiting and an are given individual, continuing care. Results have confirmed the value of the work, and funds are needed so that patients unable to pay the full cost of treatment may still be helped.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Unknown:
Dame Sybil Thorndike

A cycle of twelve plays by Dorothy L. Sayers
6: The Feast of Tabernacles
After these things, Jesus walked In Galilee, for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand....
Other parts played by: Denys Blakelock , Wilfred Babbage John Ruddock , Eva Stuart
Jonathan Scott , Philip Guard
Gladys Spencer , Norman Claridge Kevin Flood , Alan Barry
George Merritt. Timothy Harley Fraser Kerr
Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Played By:
Denys Blakelock
Played By:
Wilfred Babbage
Played By:
John Ruddock
Played By:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Jonathan Scott
Unknown:
Gladys Spencer
Unknown:
Norman Claridge
Unknown:
Kevin Flood
Unknown:
Alan Barry
Unknown:
George Merritt.
Unknown:
Timothy Harley
Unknown:
Fraser Kerr
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel
Evangelist:
Godfrey Kenton
Jesus:
Tom Fleming
Judas:
William Eedle
James:
Geoffrey Matthews
John:
Michael Acton-Bond
Matthew:
David Lawton
Philip:
Anthony Hall
Thomas Didymus:
Will Leighton
Simon Peter:
Wilfred Harrison
Joseph:
Harold Reese
Simeon:
Alan Haines
Caiaphas:
Heron Carvic
Annas:
Edgar Norfolk
Claudia Procula:
Diana Olsson
Captain Elihu:
Stephen Thorne
Eunice:
Eva Haddon

Regional Variations (2)

Theatre and Community: an enquiry

BBC Home Service Midland

A true story written and told by Stephen Grenfell as seen by Cathryn Grenfell
Produced by ALAN BURGESS
A new production of the programme first broadcast in 1955

Contributors

Told By:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Cathryn Grenfell
Produced By:
Alan Burgess
Cathryn Grenfell (in the present):
Cathryn Grenfell
Cathryn Grenfell as a child:
Jo Manning Wilson
Gordon Martin:
Preston Lockwood
Mavis:
Isla Cameron
Marion:
Sheila Grant
Miss Ellard:
Bettina Dickson
Miss Hiner:
Molly Rankin

The forgiveness of sins
A Hymne to God the Father by John Donne (v. 3)
Anthem: Hear my prayer
(from Psalm 55) (arr. Batten)
A reading from ' Revelations of Divine Love ' by Juliana of Norwich
Jesu, grant me this. I pray
(BBC H.B. 517)
Sentences from Revelations of Divine Love '

Contributors

Unknown:
John Donne

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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