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by Francis Watson and Maurice Brown
Four programmes illustrating the life, work, and personality of the Mahatma.
Edited and narrated by Francis Watson

The recorded voices of those taking part include: Jawaharlal Nehru, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, H. S. Suhrawardy, C. Rajagopalachari, P.C. Ghosh, B.C. Roy, Acharya Kripalani, Chaman Lal, G.D. Birla, Raja Hutheesingh, Zakir Husain, Pyarelal Nayar, A.S. Ray, N.K. Bose, B. Chandiwala, K. Shridharani, Sudhir Ghosh, Devadas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Padmaja Naidu, Sushila Nayar, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Miraben (Miss Slade), Eric da Costa, Maurice Frydman, Louis Fischer, Horace Alexander, Ian Stephens, and Robert Stimson

(Living Heritage: The Balance of Nature
Next Saturday in the Third Programme: The first of a series of weekly talks on the application of ecological principles, 'Ecology - a New Outlook,' will be given by E.M. Nicholson, C.B., Director-General of the Nature Conservancy)

Contributors

Writer/Editor/Narrator:
Francis Watson
Writer/Production:
Maurice Brown
Interviewee:
Jawaharlal Nehru
Interviewee:
Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Interviewee:
H.S. Suhrawardy
Interviewee:
C. Rajagopalachari
Interviewee:
P.C. Ghosh.
Interviewee:
B.C. Roy
Interviewee:
Acharya Kripalani.
Interviewee:
Chaman Lal
Interviewee:
G.D. Birla
Interviewee:
Raja Hutheesingh.
Interviewee:
Zakir Husain
Interviewee:
Pyarelal Nayar
Interviewee:
A.S. Ray
Interviewee:
N.K. Bose
Interviewee:
B. Chandiwala.
Interviewee:
K. Shridharani
Interviewee:
Sudhir Ghosh.
Interviewee:
Devadas Gandhi
Interviewee:
Indira Gandhi
Interviewee:
Padmaja Naidu
Interviewee:
Sushila Nayar
Interviewee:
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Interviewee:
Miraben (Miss Slade)
Interviewee:
Eric Da Costa
Interviewee:
Maurice Frydman
Interviewee:
Louis Fischer
Interviewee:
Horace Alexander
Interviewee:
Ian Stephens
Interviewee:
Robert Stimson

('The Merry Wives of Windsor')
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by H.S. Mosenthal from Shakespeare's comedy
Music by Nicolai
(sung in German)

The action takes place in Windsor at the beginning of the seventeenth century

Act 1
Scene 1: A street in Windsor
Scene 2: A room in Ford's house

(Recording of a performance at the 1956 Bregenz Festival: made available by courtesy of Oesterrichischer Rundfunk, Vienna)
(Alan Frank writes on page 6)

Contributors

Libretto:
H.S. Mosenthal
Composer:
null Nicolai
Sir John Falstaff:
Otto Edelmann
Burgher of Windsor:
Herr Fluth (Ford): Karl Donch
Burgher of Windsor:
Herr Reich (Page): Hans Gunter Nocker
Fenton:
Karl Terkal
Junker Sparlich (Slender):
August Jaresch
Doctor Caius:
Robert Titze
Frau Fluth (Mistress Ford):
Wilma Lipp
Frau Reich (Mistress Page):
Hilde Rossl-Majdan
Anna Reich (Anne Page):
Hannelore Steffek
Burgher of Windsor:
Roland Neumann
Burgher of Windsor:
Karl Kralert
Burgher of Windsor:
Walther Muller
Burgher of Windsor:
Alfred Scherhaufer
Singers:
Bregenz Festival Chorus
Musicians:
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Fritz Faun

A story of literary censorship by Robert Baldick.

Flaubert's novel first appeared in serial form in the Revue de Paris between October and December 1856. On January 31, 1857, his trial began for offences against public and religious morality.

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Robert Baldick
Flaubert:
Anthony Jacobs
Maxime du Camp:
Denis McCarthy
Ernest Pinard, Imperial Advocate:
John Glyn-Jones
Jules Senard, Defence Counsel:
Russell Napier

Third Programme

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