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Mr. Gaddum will try to dispel the illusion that all snakes are dangerous and should be killed at sight. He will describe the harmless grass snake and tell listeners how they can distinguish it from the adder, which is the only dangerous snake in the British Isles. Finally he will talk about the adder, and will endeavour to prove that it is not so bad as it is often painted. Teachers will find it helpful to have illustrations of a grass snake, and an adder or viper, to show their classes.

Leader, Daniel Mclsa
Conductor, Eric Fogg
When Schubert died, his Unfinished Symphony, which had never been performed during his lifetime, lay hidden somewhere in the town of Gratz, of whose Musical Society Schubert was a member. It was for this Society that he is supposed to have composed the B minor Symphony. Ultimately, after years of fruitless search, the manuscript of the Unfinished Symphony was found.
Why it remained ' unfinished ', or whether, indeed, the composer's ultimate intention was ever to finish it at all, can never be known. We do know, however, that it was the work of a new Schubert, a genius for the first time probing the remoter depths of a mature imagination.

Contributors

Leader:
Daniel McLsa
Conductor:
Eric Fogg
Unknown:
When Schubert

A series of talks about the countryside
'Snakes '
Eric Parker
What are the chief differences between a snake and a lizard? Is there any truth in the assertion that adders will swallow their young to protect them from danger? To what size will a grass snake grow, and why do these snakes occasionally congregate in large numbers ? These are some of the questions that Eric Parker will answer this evening.

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Parker
Unknown:
Eric Parker

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About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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