1: Childhood
Patrick Howarth reads from his unpublished verse autobiography: a witty and engaging picture of the rituals of the Home Counties between the wars.
A solemn instructional session was prescribed on the mysteries of procreation.
From this it appeared that the challenge of the sexual organs,
Like those of last bowling and the parallel bars,
Could be met by the application of right moral standards.
(Part 2: Thursday 8.35 pm)