Written and produced by W. R. Rodgers
On the western fringe of Europe are fast vanishing evidences of a civilisation that once covered the whole Atlantic area. Its literature was oral; and the storyteller with his sagas and wonder-tales was the book, the newspaper, and the film of his society. This programme presents the fading picture of storytelling today. The Gaelic recordings were made by a unit in the course of a recent Irish journey
To be repeated tomorrow at 7.40