A translation by Margaret Darnley Naylor of a short story by the Italian writer Nicola Moscardelli
Reader, Carleton Hobbs

John Francis (flute)
Joy Boughton (oboe)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Edward Wilson (bassoon)
Margaret Schofield (piano)
Philharmonic String Trio

Talk by Geoffrey Hudson , Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and author of ' The Far East in World
Politics '
He estimates the political effect of the recent Communist victories in Manchuria, and of the American aid to China

Continuo, Philip Cranmer
Ceramic City Choir
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Part 1: The first four days

Talk by Mark Chapman-Walker, who recently visited Transjordan at the invitation of King Abdullah, and Israel at the invitation of Mr. Shertok, Israeli Foreign Minister

Part 2: The fifth and sixth days

Frank O'Connor considers the short stories of A. E. Coppard from the point of view of one who has himself written many short stories.

Part 3: Adam and Eve

illustrating last Monday's talk by J. Isaacs on the background of modern poetry
Readers:
John Laurie and Peter Parker Production by James McFarlan

Bruce Boyce (baritone)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Barylli String Quartet
Otto Ruehm (double-bass)
Peter Stadlen (piano)
String Quartet in E flat
Der Jtingling am Bache; Der Blumenbrief; Der Jtingling und der Tod; An die Leyer; Am See; Der Wanderer ; Aufenthalt
Quintet in A, Op. 114 (The Trout), for violin, viola, cello, double-bass, piano

A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent