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Beethoven SYMPHONY No. 3, 'in E flat (Eroica)
Second of three illustrated talks by John Horton
Introduced by Robin Holmes
TRANSLATORS TALKING: Manya Harart (who translates from the Russian) and Gerard Hopkins (from the French) talk about various aspects of their work
SPECIAL NOTICE: Siriol Hugh-Jones reviews The Unspeakable Skipton by Pamela Hansford Johnson
LIBRARY LIST: Eric Gillett on some recent books
QUOTATION: Gladys Young reads an excerpt from Adam Bede by George Eliot
Introduced by John Lade
Stephen Dodgson considers the available recordings of Dvorak's Fourth Symphony
Mark Lubbock reviews the recent issue of Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West
A bidding contest for married partnerships
Round 1 (iii)
Mr. and Mrs. L. ALLWOOD (Norfolk) v.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. HEALEY (Worcs.)
The following hand is bid:
Love-all: dealer West
West East
♠ A K 9 8 7 ♠ J 6 2
♥Q ♥A K J 10 8 7 6 ♦ A Q 10 7 5 4 2♦ —
♣ — ♣ A Q 6
The partners, who are in different studios, speak their thoughts aloud. The programme is recorded and the players had no advance knowledge of the cards
Introduced by Terence Reese and Harold Franklin