Stuart Smith , Ph.D., a Cheshire ornithologist, talks about the facts and theories of migration
In very general terms the migration of birds has been defined as a movement of the main bulk of the bird population from one area to another.
But the mystery of migration remains essentially a mystery still
Patricia Davies (soprano) Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin), Reginald Morley (violin), Jean Stewart (viola), Harvey Phillips (cello)
Frederick Stone (piano)
A short story by P. H. Newby. read by the author.
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Busch String Quartet:
Adolf Busch (violin), Ernst Drucker (violin). Hugo Gottesmann (viola), Hermann Busch (cello)
Part 1
Robert Henriques reviews recently published books by Field-Marshal Montgomery and his Chief-of-Staff, Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand
Part 2
The first part of Njal's Saga, most famous of Icelandic stories
Francis de Wolff, Catherine Lacey, and Stephen Murray in...
Written and produced by Louis MacNeice
Music composed by Arnold Cooke and conducted by Alan Rawsthorne
Songs to poems by Eichendorff Der Musikant ; Verschwiegene Liebe ; Das Standchen ; Der Soldat (i); Der Schreckenberger; Heimweh on gramophone record*