' Jeremiah ' Symphony
(first broadcast) played by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by the composer with Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano) on gramophone records

Comment and Action
11—' BRITANNICUS ' by Racine
English translation and commentary by Harold Bowen
Production by Mary Hope Allen with Mary Hinton as Agrippina
Commentary spoken by Harold Bowen
French extract spoken by Pierre Dargout

Nottingham Oriana Choir
Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir
Katharine Thomson (harpsichord)
Philip Cranmer (organ)
BBC Midland Orchestra
Conducted by Roy Henderson

From King Edward's High School, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Part 1

A reading from a sermon preached by F. W. Robertson in 1852 on the following words from the Passion according to St. John:
' Pilate therefore said unto him. Art thou a king then? Jesus answered. Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end I was born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice'
Read by R. W. David

Part 2

The Rev. C. E. Raven , D.D., Master of Christ's College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, considers how the Victorians' view of man's place in nature was affected by the progress of science

Duo in D, Op. 39 No. 1 for two violins played by Maurice Clare and Jessie Hinchliffe
Nonet in F, Op. 31 played by members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra:
Lambert Flack (flute) Edward Selwyn (oboe) Ralph Clarke (clarinet)
Richard Newton (bassoon)
Aubrey Thonger (horn)
Paul Beard (violin) Harry Danks (viola) Peter Muscant (cello)
Eugene Cruft (double bass)