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BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells; programme news
7.50 Sunday Reading. Gospel Meditations
by LOUIS EVELY Read by PETER FETTES
7.55 Weather, programme news
Contributors
Read By:
Peter
Fettes
Presented by GERALD PRIESTLAND Reporter DOUGLAS BROWN Producer DAVID WINTER
8.50 Programme news
8.55 Weather
Contributors
Presented By:
Gerald
Priestland
Reporter:
Douglas
Brown
Producer:
David
Winter
BBC Birmingham
Contributors
Script Editor:
Charles
Lefeaux
Producer:
Tony ShryaneAgricultural adviser: Anthony
Parkin
Parish Communion (Series III) from St James the Great, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
Celebrant and Preacher, REV ADAM FORD
Readings (RSV): 2 Corinthians 11, vv 19-31; Luke 8, vv 4-15
Hymns (A and m Rev): AU creatures of our God (172); Jubilate (Psalm 100); Creator of the world (83); Let all mortal flesh (390); Lord of beauty (174)
Organist JAMES STANSFIELD BBC Manchester
Contributors
Unknown:
St
James
Organist:
James
Stansfield
TONY SOPER appeals on behalf of the Devon Trust for Nature Conservation
Donations to: [address removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Soper
Unknown:
Tony
Soper
Talkabout ...
A discussion of current motoring matters between members of the Southern Group of the IAM and JUDITH CHALMERS , radio and television personality; NORMAN FOWLER , MP, Conservative spokesman on Transport; COURTENAY EDWARDS , Motoring Correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph.
Chairman jim PESTRIDGE Producer ANTHONY SMITH
at 11.43* the latest traffic report
Contributors
Unknown:
Judith
Chalmers
Unknown:
Norman
Fowler
Unknown:
Courtenay
Edwards
Producer:
Anthony
Smith
Countrywide reactions to current political issues. Presented from Birmingham by George Scott. Producer DAVID SHUTE BBC Birmingham Ring [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Scott.
Producer:
David
Shute
Presented by Derek Cooper
12.55 Weather, programme news
Contributors
Presented By:
Derek
Cooper
Presented by Gordon Clough
Contributors
Presented By:
Gordon
Clough
The City of the Horizon by DAVID SPENSER with Gary Bond , Mary Morris and Kate Binchy
The first of two plays based on the life and times of the Pharaoh Akhnaten whose reign in Egypt (1371-1356 BC) preceded that of Tutankhamun. A poet, a heretic and a visionary, he established a new religion and hoped for a new world. 1: The Dream
Producer john TYDEMAN
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Spenser
Unknown:
Gary
Bond
Unknown:
Mary
Morris
Unknown:
Kate
Binchy
Unknown:
Pharaoh
Akhnaten
Producer:
John
Tydeman
Akhnaten (Amenhotep IV),Pharaoh of Egypt:
Gary
Bond
Nefertiti, his wife:
Kate
Binchy
Queen Tiy, his mother:
Mary
Morris
His half-brothers:Smenkhare .:
. David
Valla
His half-brothers:Smenkhare .:
Geoffrey
Beevers
Meritaten, his daughter:
Stephanie
Turner
Ay, the Chief Counsellor:
Lockwood
West
Horemheb, the Commander in Chief:
William
. Fox
Ptahmose (later Ramose), the High Priest:
.Rolf
.Lefebvre
Bek, the architect:
David
Spenser
Tutmose, the sculptor:
Robin
Browne
Rib-Addi, Ruler of Byblos:
Leslie
Heritage
Aziru, Prince of the Amorites:
Lewis
Stringer
ARTHUR NEGUS and BERNARD PRICE discuss listeners' questions with HUGH SCULLY. Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
Contributors
Unknown:
Hugh
Scully.
Producer:
Pamela
Howe.
Mice and Voles at Home
The garden blackbird defending his territory is a familiar sight, but we seldom notice the similar dramas in the lives of mice, voles and shrews.
Introduced by PETER FRANCE. Producer dilys BREESE. BBC Bristol (Repeated: Wednesday 9.5 am)
Contributors
Introduced By:
Peter
France.
Read All About It: MARGARET FORD reviews some publications that might be of interest to the families of blind people. Introduced by PETER WHITE Producer THENA HESHEL
Contributors
Introduced By:
Peter
White
Producer:
Thena
Heshel
BRIAN JOHNSTON recently visited Shildon. County Durham. Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol
5.55 Weather, programme news
Contributors
Unknown:
Brian
Johnston
Unknown:
Carole
Stone.
Mike and Mary discuss with their guests of the week the interaction of public and private lives in various types of successful relationships. Producer MICHAEL EMBER
(Repeated: Thursday 11.5 am)
Contributors
Producer:
Michael
Ember
The quiz game about what famous people said and what Peter Cook. John Wells
Richard Boston. Jo Kendall think they ought to have said instead. Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. Devised and presented by Nigel Rees Producer JOHN LLOYD
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Cook.
Unknown:
Jo
Kendall
Read By:
Ronald
Fletcher.
Presented By:
Nigel
Rees
Producer:
John
Lloyd
A look at new books, plays and poetry with a religious theme. Presented by Mary Craig Producer MONICA FURLONG
Contributors
Presented By:
Mary
Craig
Producer:
Monica
Furlong
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor BORIS BROTT
Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers
Holst St Paul's Suite Bizet Symphony in c BBC Wales
Contributors
Conductor:
Boris
Brott
by THOMAS HARDY dramatised for radio in six parts by DESMOND HAWKINS
2: Christmas at Bloom's End
' As he drove his reddle cart across Egdon Heath , Diggory Venn pondered his chance discovery of the meaning of Eustacia's bonfire - that it was a signal luring her former lover, Wildeve, back to 'her after the breaking of his promise to marry Tamsin Yeobright ... ? '
Mummers played by JOHN BARKER DONALD BISSET , VICTOR FAWKES JACK HARDING. KIT THACKER and HUBERT TUCKER
Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tuesday 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Hardy
Unknown:
Desmond
Hawkins
Unknown:
Egdon
Heath
Unknown:
Diggory
Venn
Unknown:
Tamsin
Yeobright
Played By:
John
Barker
Played By:
Donald
Bisset
Played By:
Victor
Fawkes
Played By:
Jack
Harding.
Played By:
Hubert
Tucker
Producer:
Brian
Miller
as Eustacia Vyewith:
Susan
Penhaligon
Diggory Venn:
Patrick
Mower
as Clym Yeobright:
Richard
Warwick
Wildeve:
Alan
Moore
Thomasin:
Susan
Bovell
Humphrey:
Kit
Thacker
Christian:
Douglas
Leach
Sam:
John
Barker
Charley:
John
Curry
Captain Vye:
Donald
Bisset
Mrs Yeobright:
Peggy Ann
Wood
Fairway:
Robert
Brown
Granfer Cantle:
Hedley
Goodall
Britain and America over two centuries: a series of eight programmes to mark the American Bicentennial.
Written and presented by Ian Mclntyre
5: Divided by a Common Tongue - British English and ' American English '
Speakers: ROBERT BURCHFIELD ALISTAIR COOKE , JOE DILLARD ELIZABETH HAHDWICK
MARYA MANNES , RAVEN MCDAVID JR JAMES RESTON
ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR and LARRY ZIFF
Readers: LOUISE PURSLOW
TOM FLEMING , ROBIN HOLMES
Historical consultant ALEC campBELL, Professor of American History, Birmingham University Producer MICHAEL MASON
(Next week-6: Books will Speak Plaint
Contributors
Presented By:
Ian
McLntyre
Unknown:
Robert
Burchfield
Unknown:
Alistair
Cooke
Unknown:
Joe
Dillard
Unknown:
Elizabeth
Hahdwick
Unknown:
Marya
Mannes
Unknown:
Arthur
Schlesinger
Readers:
Louise
Purslow
Readers:
Tom
Fleming
Readers:
Robin
Holmes
Producer:
Michael
Mason
Words and music on a Christian theme
Devised by MONICA FURLONG Narrator GARARD GREEN Music: BBC SINGERS