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All the Human Frame Requires

BBC Radio 3
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A not-too-serious compendium, in four parts, of stories and poems centred on food.
Compiled by H. COLIN DAVIS and ROBIN HOLMES , and introduced by H. Colin Davis At the end of Hilaire Belloc 's cautionary tale about Henry King. given to ' chewing little bits of string', the poet writes: Oh my friends, be warned by me
That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea
Are all the human frame requires.
With that the wretched child expires.
1: Breakfast
Readers ROBIN HOLMES ROWENA ROBERTS and DM'ID TIMSON
Producer BRUN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Lunch: tomorrow 10.5pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Colin Davis
Unknown:
Robin Holmes
Unknown:
H. Colin Davis
Unknown:
Hilaire Belloc
Unknown:
Henry King.
Readers:
Robin Holmes
Readers:
Rowena Roberts
Source: Radio Times

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