6.30 Europe and the Indies
The Era of the Companies, 1600-1824
9: The Spice Islands
How the Europeans increased their power: the English in Malaya by founding Singapore, and the Dutch in Indonesia by taking over their bankrupt Company.
Presented by JOHN HARRISON of the School of Oriental and African Studies, with the help of diaries and journals of the time.
Producer Hugh PURCELL
(For publication see page 14)
7.0 Help Yourself to English
Eleven programmes of conversational English for foreigners, written by JOHN PARRY and presented by BARBARA MITCHELL 9: Casualty
With NIGEL ANTHONY PATRICIA GALLIMORE and MARTIN FRIEND
Producer ANN CALDWELL (Rptd: Sat, 11.0 am, R4)
(For publication see page 14)
7.0-7.30 VHF Open University: see Radio 3 VHF on this page