A series of talks to mark the tercentenary of the Royal Society
6-Problems of Growth and its Control
by Michael Abercrombie , F.R.S.
Professor of Embryology at University College, London
Fundamental to the problem of understanding living processes is the study of growth and the mechanisms that control and regulate it. Moreover, this knowledge is essential in the understanding of abnormalities of growth such as cancer, a field of research where significant advances are being made.

Written and produced by Terence Tiller
Narrator, Denis Goacher with Olive Gregg , Marjorie Westbury
Frank Duncan , Basil Jones
Godfrey Kenton. James McKechnie and Gabriel Woolf

Ann Dowdall (soprano) Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Hubert Dawkes (harpsichord)
Bernard Richards (cello continuo) Aria (Cantata: Tutto acceso a quei rai) Aria: Dimmi qual prova mai (Cantata: Dal bel volto d'lrene)
Arietta: Le violette
Recit and Aria (Cantata: Lontan da la sua Clori)
Cantata: Per un vago desire Cantata: Elitropio d'amor

by Ivan Morris
Despite-indeed because of—Japan's Post-war links with the U.S.A., many Japanese favour a neutralist foreign Policy and, in particular, closer relations with China. In analysing the origins of this point of view and its impact on Japanese policy Dr. Morris concludes that Japan's present close ties with the West should not be taken for granted.

Due Espressioni played by the Symphony Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Rome
Conducted by Bruno Maderna

Three talks on Paradise Lost by William Empson
Professor of English Literature in the University of Sheffield
I-Saian
Many critics recently have argued against the romantic view of Satan; but Milton always gives the characters who fall an interesting case, and the poem is much better if you examine what truth Satan thought that he was telling.