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7.45* Thought for the Day
written and narrated by Sam Hanna Bell
In the spring of 1896, two ploughmen were working in a field near the village of Broighter in County Londonderry when they accidentally stumbled on some of the most important archaeological artefacts ever to be found in Ireland - the Broighter Hoard. But their extraordinary discovery soon became the centre of a raging controversy between the British Museum and the Royal Irish Academy.
Sam Hanna Bell tells the story of the struggle for possession of these priceless objects.
(First broadcast on Radio Ulster)
Contributors
Written and narrated by:
Sam Hanna
Bell
Reader:
Patrick
Brannigan
Reader:
John
Keyes
Reader:
Ian
McElhinney
Producer:
Judith
Elliott
Happy Birthday, Darling
A comedy by ALAN MELVILLE with Rachel Kempson as Elspeth and Richard Vernon as Andrew Elspeth and Andrew are twins, born 17 April 1911. Each year they meet to celebrate their birthday and the fact that they are still around to enjoy it.
Well - 'enjoy' isn't exactly the word that describes Elspeth's attitude to old age ...
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN. Stereo
Contributors
Comedy By:
Alan
Melville
Unknown:
Rachel
Kempson
Unknown:
Richard
Vernon
Unknown:
Andrew
Elspeth
Directed By:
Glyn
Dearman.
Crackers in hand, the team tackles a few nutty problems from the Wildlife postbag. Walnuts supplied by Derek Jones. Shells cleared up by JOHN HARRISON
BBC Bristol. Stereo
International Consumer Quiz
Teams of consumer broadcasters compete for the title of Champion of the Champions. Round 2: ENGLAND ϑ WALES Chairman Paul Heiney
A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden
In the Chair Michael O'Donnell Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
Producer PETE ATKIN
Stereo
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J.
Mason
Unknown:
Dilys
Powell
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Unknown:
Antonia
Fraser
Unknown:
Denis
Norden
Unknown:
Michael
O'Donnell
Unknown:
Peter
Moore
Producer:
Pete
Atkin
A Sense of Purpose by STEVE FITZPATRICK with John Rowe as Tom and Michael Deeks as Alan It's a big day for Alan, the teenage son of Tom Cartwright , and Dad is ready and eager to show his son the ropes. The day, however, develops unexpectedly and Alan soon learns that, although this may not be the 'time of his life', it's certainly the life of his times.
Directed by GERRY JONES. Stereo
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
John
Rowe
Unknown:
Michael
Deeks
Unknown:
Tom
Cartwright
Directed By:
Gerry
Jones.
Alice:
Gwen
Cherrell
Frank:
David
Sinclair
Karen:
Denica
Fairman
Pete:
Graham
Blockey
Park-keeper:
Brjan
Smith
A natural phenomenon, perhaps; something in the water, maybe.
Malcolm Stent sets out to discover the cause of this strange discolouration and becomes involved with the banjos and fiddles of the Edale Bluegrass Festival. Producer GEOFFREY HEWITT BBC Birmingham Stereo
Ski-ing across country is centuries old, but the idea of ski-ing downhill is very much a British invention. Michael Smee traces the struggles faced by the early downhill skiers and chronicles the evolution of a prosaic and strenuous means of crossing snow-covered mountains into a world-wide leisure pursuit and an Olympic sport. Readers ELLEN MCINTOSH and GRAHAM BLOCKEY
Producer FRANK WARWICK
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Smee
Readers:
Ellen
McIntosh
Readers:
Graham
Blockey
Producer:
Frank
Warwick
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care -from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer DEBORAH COHEN
(Repeated: Thursday 10.0 am) r
The first of four programmes. For some people, British education in the 80s is one big crisis. Others insist that there is none. In this series,
Professor Ted Wragg , of the University of Exeter, discusses some of the questions which concern him, with studio guests and reports from home and abroad. He predicts that sparks will fly.
This week: parent participation, school discipline and pupils' rights.
Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE
Contributors
Unknown:
Professor Ted
Wragg
Producer:
Christopher
Stone
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Book, £2.95, from [address removed]
Free quarterly bulletin from [address removed]A. Send four large saes for a year's supply
... in which a guest is invited to enthuse about a favourite work of literature.
G. K. Chesterton 's The Man Who was Thursday is the choice of novelist and poet Kingsley Amis, who particularly likes its sense of adventure, although its author once described this book as 'very dramatic moonshine'. Presenter Frank Delaney Reader HUGH BURDEN
Producer MIRIAM NEWMAN
(First broadcast on BBC World Service)
Contributors
Unknown:
G. K.
Chesterton
Reader:
Frank
Delaney
Reader:
Hugh
Burden
Producer:
Miriam
Newman
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