"The Little Boy and the Big Fish" by Max Velthuijs.

with Richard Whitmore
Weather

Sir Michael Tippett in this series of highly personal films takes for his title Poets in a Barren Age.

What useful purpose is served by the creative artist in society? In a harsh world where millions starve, do poems or paintings or symphonies have any relation to events which actually affect men's lives?

In this film Sir Michael Tippett, one of Britain's most eminent composers, examines the changing relationship between the artist and society. Looking at contemporary life with its mixture of humanity and violence, he suggests that we are living at a time in which there is growing hunger for the satisfaction of the inner world to which the artist speaks.

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Cliff Michelmore covers the world of motoring with Barrie Gill, Dick Tracey, Gordon Wilkins
Do lorries damage our environment more than cars? From Scotland and Wales, the haulage industry answers back.
British Leyland update three of their family cars. But when will Longbridge produce something new? Does the international Grand Prix circus help motoring in the High Street? A report on motor racing as sport, entertainment, and technical trend-setter.

by Christopher Marlowe
Prospect Theatre Company in the 1969 Edinburgh Festival production recorded at the Piccadilly Theatre, London

"... a touching performance. A portrait of a poor mad creature racing to disaster - with no punches pulled." (Daily Mirror)

Richard Williams with the sounds of today's music. In the studio Kevin Ayers, Claire Hamill.
(This Week's Sounds: page 10)