by Derek Senior
The Guardian correspondent in Local Government
Mr. Senior believes that the efficiency and even the future of local government in England and Wales is threatened by obsolete concepts of the nature of towns and of conurbations. He considers that L. P. Green in Provincial Metropolis, recently published, offers valuable insight into these problems.

Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 played by Vlado Perlemuter (piano)
(Recording made in collaboration with Radiodiffusion-Télévision Franchise)

A documentary programme presented by Dennis Austin
Institute of Commonwealth Studies,
London
Since Ghana became independent in March 1957 she has been watched by the world with close attention. What kind of State is emerging? Would the experiment in African democracy succeed? How vulnerable is an economy based so largely on cocoa
This programme presents the ideas and opinions of Ghanaians themselves, from the Prime Minister to a market seller, from government and opposition supporters, chiefs and commoners. Dennis Austin , who has recently returned after spending ten years in Ghana, assesses the evidence.
Programme produced by Prudence Smith
(Recordings by the BBC and Ghana Broadcasting System)
Ghanaian Music: December 5

Part 1. See panel below

Robert Simpson , speaking as a composer, develops his idea of creative sanity and realism

Part 2 followed by an interlude at 9.35

John Strachey talks about Trotsky in the light of the recent book by Isaac Deutscher
(: second broadcast)

A Baroque Eclogue by W. H. Auden
A reading of PART 3: The Seven Stages and PART 4: ' The Dirge'
Edited and produced by Frederick Bradnum with music by John Buckland conducted by Bernard Keeffe
(: second broadcast)