Emlyn Williams, who wrote, directed, and acted in 'The Last Days of Dolwyn ' describes the impact on a peaceful village in Wales of the arrival of a large film unit in the spring of 1948
Quartet in B minor played by Musica Antiqua
Arranged for broadcasting by Nevill Coghill
8-The Preamble to the Wife of Bath's Tale
Read by Betty Hardy
Production by Stephen Potter
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
Sir Osbert Sitwell reads a passage from -the latest volume of his autobiography in which he outlines the struggles and aspirations of a writer
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A talk by Lord Kinross
Is the colonial status of Cyprus to be indefinitely prolonged? Will she achieve self-government-or is union with Greece to be preferred? In this talk, recorded during a visit to the island. Lord Kinross examines these contemporary questions against the background of Cyprus's history and traditions
Piano Sonatas: in F, Op. 10 No. 2; in E flat. Op. 81a (Les Adieux); in C minor. Op. 111 played by Backhaus
A Traveller's Tole by Christopher Sykes
Produced by W. P. Rilla
Immediately after the war Christopher Sykes visited a remote French village to thank the inhabitants for their help to
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British officers during the German Occupation. But there was a mystery about the place. What was the reason for the suspicion of the villagers? What was the story behind the beautiful old chateau and its aged, dilapidated Count? Why, finally, had the French authorities vetoed the conferring of the King's medal for Courage on one of the inhabitants? In the attempt to find the answers to these questions this curious and remote corner of France springs to life with all its contradictions, its passions, loyalties, and superstitions; its age-old way of living and thinking.
The Tempest: The Spirit in Heaven: Where art .thou, little star; Ballade; Song of the Flea: The Grave; The Field Marshal sung by Boris Christoff (bass-baritone) Frederick Stone (accompanist)