Sir Grimwood Mears describes, in a riverside commentary, Frank Sawyer's battle with a cannibal trout, which he hooked in the stretch above the Millhouse at Bulford on a quiet, cloudy evening in May

Piano Trio in A minor played by the Trio di Trieste on gramophone records

Glubb Pasha's recently published Story of the Arab Legion is reviewed by Wilfrid Thesiger , who during the war and in post-war journeys of exploration has acquired a wide knowledge of the Arab countries. Mr. Thesiger was one of the contributors to last year's series of talks, The Spell of Arabia

Play by Naomi Mitchison and L. E. Gielgud. Adapted for radio and produced by Hugh Stewart

Symphony Orchestra of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Overture: Colas Breugnon. Kabalevsky Symphony No. 5, in D minor
, Shostakovich
(Recording made available to the BBC

' Theatrical Occasions '
William Armstrong , who was for twenty years director of the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, gives the second of three reminiscent talks
Third talk: August 22

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Frederick Stone (piano)

Thursday's recorded broadcast repeated

String Quintet in G, Op. 77
Aeolian String Quartet
J. Edward Merrett (double-bass)