6.30 English In Action
Ten programmes on language and the ways we use it. 2: What is an 'accent '
STANLEY ELLIS, Lecturer in English Language at the University of Leeds, looks at the varieties of regional and social accents to be heard throughout the British Isles.
Producer ALAN WILDING
7.0 New series The True Style: 1: Antiquity and Revolution
In the first of six programmes on the Age of Neo-Classicism FRANCIS HASKELL and HUGH HONOUR talk about the dramatic change in ideas and style that took place among European writers and artists in the mid-18th century.
Series producer ELIZABETH ST JOHNSTON