by Rosamund Tuve.
The qualities in Milton's poetry which nineteenth-century critics singled out for praise-the pictorial power of the images, the mysterious grandeur, the 'phrases of towering port'-have been precisely the qualities to which his twentieth-century detractors have most objected. But the way is now open, Miss Tuve believes, for a deeper appreciation of Milton's poetry than has been possible since the seventeenth century; yet the new critical approach carries its own special dangers.
(BBC recording)

A drama of the twelfth century.
Translated from the Anglo-Norman by Father John W. Doyle, S.J.
Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by Raymond Raikes.
Music of the responsories transcribed and edited by Jeremy Noble from a contemporary antiphonary in the library of Worcester Cathedral.
(BBC recording)
To be repeated on Thursday at 10.15

Petre Munteanu (tenor), Clifton Helliwell (piano)
(BBC recording)

A survey of Communist thinking on topics of the day.
This programme deals with the penetration of Communist ideas in the Middle East and Africa.
Complied by members of the BBC's foreign news department
(BBC recording)

Maurice Loban (viola), Joseph Weingarten (piano)
Sonata in A
Works for viola and piano by Brahms and Bloch: August 24