An anthology for November, highlighting some of the month's events in music, theatre, visual arts, books, and film.
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg
Among the main events:

The Merry-go-Round
From the Royal Court Theatre, scenes from Peter Gill's adaptation of an early play by D. H. Lawrence, with Derrick O'Connor as Harry Hemstock and Susan Tracy as Rachel Wilcox
In the studio, Melvyn Bragg talks to two contributors to a new collection of essays on Lawrence: Barbara Hardy, Head of the English Department at Birkbeck College; and author Alan Sillitoe

The Floating World
From the Victoria and Albert Museum, an exhibition of Japanese popular prints, which conjure up a dream-like world of beautiful but weird landscapes, warriors, exotically-dressed women, fantasy, and nightmare.
Edwin Mullins presents a selection of pictures with music specially written by Karl Jenkins of the 'Soft Machine.'

Clay
A film for Hallowe'en: an adaptation of one of the stories from James Joyce's Dubliners
Adapted by Simon Raven
with

Children's games for Hallowe'en: the water for a journey, the ring for a wedding, the book for the church and clay for a death...

Georges Brassens
From the new Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, a rare appearance in this country of the singing poet of Montparnasse.

Welsh Dylan
An exhibition celebrating aspects of Dylan Thomas's life in Wales opens in Cardiff next week, the 20th anniversary of his death.
For 2nd House, Anthony Hopkins reads 'Fernhill,' and 'Don't go gentle into that good night.'