for farmers

The morning magazine
Introduced by Peter Bryant

followed by an interlude

Good for a Laugh
Talk by Father George Songhurst
2: The Merry Maid (Joan of Arc)

followed by an interlude

Prayer
King of glory, King of peace (BBC
Supplement 18; S.P. 553; D.S. 118; PH. 146: Tune, Gwalchmai —S.P. 553)
Interlude: Mildred Cable
Prayers: the Prayer for Purity; the Lord's Prayer
Blest are the pure in heart (BBC
Supplement 17; S.P. 455; C.H. 478; P.H. 136: Tune, Franconia —S.P. 455)
Blessing

by Fernando Valenti
Recorded broadcast of Dec. 19, 1960, in the Third Programme

Marcel Perrin (saxophone)
Radio Chamber Orchestra of Hilversum
Conducted by Maurits van den Berg
Recording made available by courtesy of Stichting Nederlandsche Radio-Unie

Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region

A spontaneous discussion by A. G. Street
Mary Stocks
William Connor (Cassandra)
Patrick McNair Wilson
Travelling Question-Master, Freddy Grisewood
Arranged by Michael Bowen From Long-well Green ,
Community Centre, Bristol
Recording of last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme followed by an interlude

STORIES AND RHYMES The Wonderful Carpet
A Chinese tale by Margaret Gore about the adventures of a poor young girl called Golden Cloud
2.20 POETS AND POETRY
Requiem for Michael by W. R. Rodgers
W. R. Rodgers , the Irish poet, now lives in Essex. This poem written specially for the Poets and Poetry series is based on an incident near his home when a boy of eighteen was killed in a road accident.
Introduced by Robert Gittings with comments and reading by W. R. Rodgers
2.40 INTERVAL MUSIC
2.45 NATURE STUDY
Stoats Tony sees what he thinks is a weasel, but Mr. Collins recognises the animal as a stoat
Script by Christine Dudley

by CHARLES DICKENS adapted for radio in twelve episodes by H. Oldfield Box
Episode 9
Sunday's recorded broadcast

ANDREW PHELAN talks about his voyage in a twenty-foot sloop across two hundred and forty miles of North Sea to the little island of Heligoland.

A message of comfort and cheer for all in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness or any other adversity' Stuart Hibberd introduces the second of two talks by Father Aloysius Roche
Listeners' letters are very welcome as they give real help in planning these talks. Send them to Stuart Hibberd, c/o Silver Lining, Broadcasting House, London, W.l. Listeners will realise that speakers cannot reply personally but will try to deal with their problems in the talks.

A programme for the fives to eights
Cuddy and the Toadstool
A story for radio by Ruth M. Dall told by Bryden Murdoch with Sheila Donald Arthur Boland
Leonard Maguire and Jean Campbell (clarsach)
Produced by Margaret Lyford Pike

Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region.

by PRIMO Levi with Anthony Quayle adapted for radio and produced by Alan. Burgess

Introduced by Robert Irwin
Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra Leader, Felix Kok
Conducted by Charles Groves
Recorded before an invited audience at the Town Hall, Bournemouth

On Being a Literary Critic
A. Alvarez considers changes in literary criticism over the past forty years
What have these changes meant, and what are the problems of being a freelance literary critic today?

The News
Background to the News
People in the News

Beethoven
Sonata in A, Op. 12 No. 2 Sonata in G, Op. 30 No. 3 played by Fritz Kreisder (violin,) and Franz Rupp (piano) on gramophone records