STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Haroun Al Raschid, Caliph of Baghdad.' (A.D. 765-809). Script by Christine Dudley
Al Raschid means The Just, but the many stories told about Haroun, whom most people know from the ' Arabian Nights * or Flecker's ' Hassan,' leave one uncertain how far he deserved this title. Listeners may judge for themselves this afternoon.
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Food and Festival': light verse chosen by Ormerod Greenwood
Programme includes the anonymous ' St. Bartholomew's Fair' and Thackeray's ' Mahogany Tree '
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' The Woodwind-I,' by Archie Camden
3.10 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN. Three pieces from Elgar's Suite, ' The Wand of Youth': Little Bells; Tame Bears; Wild. Bears