BBC Chorus, BBC Singers, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. Mary Jarred (contralto). Story of a great national song-how it was written-the dramatic cancellation of its first performance-its association with the Coronations of King Edward VII and King George V. With extracts from hitherto unpublished letters of the composer, Sir Edward Elgar , and of A. C. Benson , who wrote the words. Concluding with the first world performance of a new version written during the last war. Original research and script by Leslie Baily. Narrator, John Snagge. Programme presented by C. F. Meehan