6.30 Shorthand
Dictation Practice
60-90 words a minute
Compiled by MARY DE LA MAHOTIÈRE
Higher speeds: Thursdays, 6.30
See page 48.
6.45 French Readings
Ludovic Halivy :
La classe des petites Poetry
Introduced by PAULETTE PRENEY Produced by ELSIE FERGUSON
Broadcast on December 13. 1962
7.5 East African Studies
Six programmes on the nature and origins of the problems facing the new countries of East Africa
Introduced by IAN MCINTYRE 1: East Africa Now
LIONEL CLIFFE , MARGERY PERHAM
KEITH KYLE , COLIN LEGUM
Produced by ROGER OWEN

The Science of Materials
2: The Fascination of Imperfect Crystals by E. W. J. MITCHELL , Professor of Physics in the University of Reading Last week Professor Mitchell dealt with the ways in which atoms are built up into familiar materials. This time he describes the research that explained why sometimes a material is an insulator and at others a conductor. The power to make a material with just the right properties is of great technical importance-one example being the revolution brought about by the transistor. not only in social habits, but in industry as well.

A review of agriculture at home and abroad
Introduced by GEORGE SIGSWORTH
Produced by ARCHIE MACPHEE