STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. Pierre Radisson (c. 1636-1710), a Frenchman, who later became British and died in London after a period of service with the Hudson Bay Company. Script by Rhoda Power
Pierre Radisson had many adventures as an explorer and fur trader in Canada. Today's story is about the earliest of these when he was captured by Indians as a boy and jived for some time as an adopted member of their tribe.
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Have you met—Sairey Gamp? ' Douglas Allan interviews a notorious character from Dickens' novel ' Martin Chuzzlewit '
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES
New London Orchestra
Conducted by Alec Sherman
Programme introduced by John Russell