Introduced by Jean Metcalfe
Guest of the Week:
Jessie Matthews
' Going Walkies ': Alan Melville talks about his dog
' From Bed to Blackboard,' by Gladys Bird
The speaker, who from 1940 to 1949 learned to resign herself to the knowledge that she was bedridden for life, tells of the last two years and the treatment that led to her return to her job as a school-teacher.
' Do Animals Play?': discussion between James Fisher , Maxwell Knight , and William Aspden
Most of us at some time have watched animals at play. The speakers, who are all naturalists, discuss whether this has any biological significance or whether they play, as humans do, just for the fun of it.
Serial: Poor Miss Finch ' by Wilkie Collins , abridged by Ursula Torday. Read by Helen Burns
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