A selection made and introduced by Michel Butor
Part 1
Poems by Villon, Maurice Sceve , du Bellay, Ronsard, Agrippa d'Aubigne, and Jean de Sponde read by Jacqueline Morane and Yves Furet
Translations by Naomi Lewis, G. W. Ireland, and John Petrie read by Alan Wheatley
Presented by Rayner Heppenstall
Second broadcast
Three programmes are devoted to M. Butor 's selection. These are to be followed by further programmes devoted to the selections of Jacques Prevert and Jean Cocteau.
M. Butor 's selection, part 2: July 9