Daniel Snowman presents an evening about the emigres from central Europe who escaped the shadow of Nazism and went on to make a lasting mark on Britain's intellectual and artistic life.
7.30 Gifts from Hitler
A documentary about some of the most celebrated emigres, with contributions from Hilde Beal , Sir John Burgh ,
Milein Cosman , Martin Esslin , Stephen Hearst , Joseph Horovitz , Michael Hamburger , Martin Isepp , Lord Moser, Max Perutz , Albi Rosenthal , Fritz Spiegl and Lord
Weidenfeld, and the voices of Carl Ebert , Gerard Hoffnung and Nikolaus Pevsner.
8.10 Wiener Blut
Siegmund Nissel of the Amadeus Quartet returns to Vienna to visit locations of his youth (with the Amadeus playing excerpts from Schubert's Rosamunde quartet), with an afterword from Levon Chilingirian.
8.40 Ian Christie considers the films of Alexander Korda , Emeric Pressburgerand Bond designer Ken Adam.
9.10 Key Changes
Michael Haas discusses the work of emigre composers Berthold Goldschmidt (including scenes from his opera Beatrice Cenci ), Egon Wellesz (with excerpts from his Third Symphony) and Hans Gal (his Serenade and his Cello Concerto), followed by a snapshot of Hans Keller , who was the challenging voice of music policy at the BBC Third Programme.
10.00 New Stages
Martin Esslin , who died earlierthisyear and who championed Brecht and the Theatre of the Absurd.inconversation with Martin Jenkins.
10.10 Building the Future
Lubetkin, Moro, Mendelsohn, Gropius and Goldfinger: Alan Powers reveals the Modernists' legacy, and Nikolaus Pevsner is recalled by his son Dieter and biographer Susie Harris.
10.40 The Art of the Emigres
Frank Whitford looks at emigre artists from Kokoschkato Lucian Freud and art historians such as Ernst Gombrich.
11.00 Tales of Gerard Hoffnung
An appreciation, with Harry Enfield and Hoffnung's widow, Annetta.
11.15 Sleep Sweeter Boumvita
The evening ends with some lighter music by emigre composers Joseph Horovitz (Bournvitaand Euphonium Concerto),
Franz Reizenstein (Piano Variations on the Lambeth Walk), Walter Goehrwith Richard Tauber (Night and Day), Bernhard Grun ( Old Chelsea), Wilhelm Grosz (Harbour Lights) and Mischa Spoliansky (it's All a Swindle). Producer Merilyn Harris