Reading from Dante's' Inferno '
(Canto 33, lines 1-75)
Read by Maria Fabbri and Pauline Letts

'What is the National Trust? How did it originate? What are Its present-day functions? What is its future ? '
This programme, which attempts to answer these and other questions, includes contributions from leading members of the Trust, Including Dorothy Hunter , daughter of Sir Robert Hunter , one of its founders; Bruce Thompson , well known for his work in the Lake District; and Vice-Admiral Bevir. Secretary of the National Trust
Written and produced by Leonard Cottrell

Robin Hull criticises some of the music broadcasts in the Third Programme

Edward Selwyn (oboe)
Richard Newton (bassoon)
Paul Beard (violin)
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Solomon (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Part 1

A weekly talk on international affairs by a BBC staff correspondent

Part 2
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

This week's programme includes a talk by Michael Sullivan on ' Learning to Paint in China,' and some information about current exhibitions

Piano Sonata No. 1, in C
Piano Sonata No. 2, in B flat played by Frank Merrick
(The sonatas are numbered according to the Breitkopf collected edition of Haydn's works)
Second of a series of weekly recitals, in which all Haydn's piano works will be played