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Wednesday's "Ten to Eight".
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Introduced by JACK pe Manio
Habits and Human Beings
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Readings by Gaby Watson from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Tune, Richmond — C.H. 32)
Story: Signs of Life. 3 — Light The Prayer for Understanding 0 worship the King (Tune,
Hanover— S. P. 61S) tTuesday's Service
Reproduction
2: Starting a family by Michael Smee
Stage 1 by RACHEL PERCIVAL
Music selected and arranged by Vera Gray
Tuesday's broadcast
New Every Morning, page 58
1 bind unto myself today (BBC
H.B. 170)
Psalm 93
St. Mark 9. vv. 30-50
Be thou my Vision, 0 Lord of my heart (BBC H.B. 316)
ART AND DESIGN
Colour
2: Thinking in Colour by Robebt Brazil
Mr. Wazdir takes the Time and Tune listeners on an underground expedition.
Introduced by JOHN Camburn
Written and produced by Jenyth Worsley
by Philip HOLLAND
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Follow-up
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Written and produced by William Murphy
From the BBC Sound Archives
' Mr. Middleton '
C. H. Middleton , gardener (1887-1945)
Introduced by Leslie Pebowne
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Introduced by William HARDCASTLE
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Today's story:
'The Boasting Whistling Kettle ' by I. W. Roberts
by William Mayne adapted by Silvia Goodall
The story of a choirboy at a cathedral school
2: The Bees
Living Language series
1628-S8
Written by Margaret Boys
Stories from British History sariM
Ideas in Education
19: Streaming and Unstreaming
A discussion between
PROFESSOR Brian Simon of the University of Leicester School of Education
M. G. Powell-Davies
Secretary to the Education Commiuee. National Union of Teachers
WALTER James
Editor of The Times
Educational Supplement
Produced by Robert Hutchison
Chairman. Philip HOPE-WALLACE
Sunday's broadcast
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Ireland on St.
Patrick's
Day with Moobe Wasson , Jimmy Hughes
. cam Hanna Bell andMichael Murphy
Kay Rice and her harp
Introduced by Maurice O'Callaghan
A story of the Island of Mull abridged from the book by Campbell K. Finlay
John Macinnes is happy in his life as an island shepherd until his Uncle Donald writes from New Zealand, inviting John to join him.
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BBC Northern Orchestra
Leader, Reginald Stead
Conductor, George Hurst
Given before an invited audience in the Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford
An epic for radio by Robert Graves from his translation of Homer's "Iliad"
This shortened version of the production originally broadcast in 1964 was the BBC entry for literary and dramatic works which won the Radio Italiana Prize for 1965.
(see facing page)
Radio Italiana Prize 1965
The Anger of Achilles
An epic for radio by Robert Graves from his translation of Homer's Iliad
Scene: A Greek courtyard. time: 650 B.C.
"Sing, Mountain Goddess, sing through me
The anger which most ruinously
Inflamed Achilles ..."
So begins the greatest of all epic poems - the "Iliad" - written down in about the ninth century B.C. How did we set about making this 'epic for radio' which won the Radio Italiana Prize in A.D. 1965? It was quite by chance we heard that Robert Graves would be interested in making a broadcasting adaptation of his own racy, vivid translation - he wanted to do this as a first step to making a dramatisation for the stage, for television and the films. And when the script arrived, there was a letter from Graves which read: 'It needs a good musician and a good director.'
I couldn't do much about the latter, but I was determined to ask Roberto Gerhard to write a score for symphony orchestra and radiophonics: both would be needed here. This was his reply: "Am enthusiastic This promises to be a great radio-show!" Then with the BBC Welsh Orchestra conducted by Rae Jenkins - my first choice for this assignment because of his split-second timing when it comes to fitting music to words - and with a cast of hundreds of singers, actors, and technicians rehearsals began.
And then another letter arrived from Robert Graves: "Homer should be grateful for our having let him have his story without any clever embellishments. I feel that this performance is going to bring us good luck!" His words were prophetically true: originally serialised on three hot Sunday afternoons in May 1964, I shortened and tautened it for revival as one programme in the Third (June 1965), and the version you will hear tonight was awarded the prize in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence last September.
(Raymond Raikes)
Part 1
The News
on behalf of the CONSERVATIVE AND
UNIONIST PARTY
' Action Not Words '
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This extended edition of T«« O'clock includes full coverage of world events as well as a special survey of significant developments in the General Election.
by Lady Henriqiies
4: The Thirties
Broadcast on January 20
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