' The Difficulty'
First of two talks by Brian Farrell
Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy in the University of Oxford
Can belief in God be reconciled with psycho-analytic theory, which purports to show that this belief results from an individual's need for a substitute father? (The recorded broadcast of August 30)
Second talk: December 19

Franz Reizenstein (piano)

A jig-saw portrait made up of recollections and reflections
Taken from the recorded conversations of playwrights, players, playgoers. and directors, including:
Ernest Blythe , St. John Ervine
St. John Gogarty. Lennox Robinson
Robert Farren , Frank O'Connor
Brinsley MacNamara , Denis Johnston
Cyril Cusack , Seumas O'Sullivan
Brian Nolan , Michael MacLiammoir Peter Kavanagh , Donagh MacDonagh
George Roberts. Sean O'Faolain
Austin Clarke , Val Iremonger Roger McHugh , Mervyn Wall
Sean O'Conchubhair. Dr. John Larchet
Shelah Richards , Cathal O'Shannon
Pearse Beasley , Gabriel Fallon
Tommy Lennon , Seumas Kavanagh
Tony Quinn , Harry Hutchinson
Sean MacReamoinn. Thomas Studeley.
Harry Brogan. William O'Gorman
Put together by W. R. Rodgers
Produced by Maurice Brown
Narrator. W. R. Rodgers
(William O'Gorman and Harry Brogan broadcast by permission of the Abbey Theatre Directors; Thomas Studeley , by courtesy of Radio Eireann)

A sacred trilogy
English translation by Paul England
BBC Women's Chorus
BBC Choral Society
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor. Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1: The Dream of Herod
Part 2: The Flight into Egypt
See pages 7 and 30

Talk by Bruce Miller
The London Economic Conference underlines the urgency of considering the future of the sterling area and of the Commonwealth as economic units. In this talk Bruce Miller , Australian economist and political scientist, considers what convertibility of the pound would really mean.
To be repeated on December 16

Part 3: The Arrival at Saia

by Philip Hope-Wallace and Scott Goddard
Philip Hope-Wallace reviews the new recordings of ' Le Nozze di Figaro' by Mozart and ' Rigoletto' by Verdi Scott Goddard reviews string quartets by Havdn (F, Op. 3 No. 31 Mozart (No. 6 in B flat. K.159), and Rubbra (No. 2 in E flat. Op. 73)
To be repeated on December 15

Sonata No. 2, in D, Op. 94 for violin and piano played by Alan Loveday (violin)
Leonard Cassini (piano)

by Jean Seznec
A shortened version of the Marshal Foch Memorial Lecture given in Oxford in May