by David Thomson
A fresh assessment of President de Gaulle's policies, the intelligence and clear strategy of which have, in Dr. Thomson's view, tended to be either underestimated or misrepresented.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader, Raymond Cohen Conducted by Alberto Bolet
Part 1
A report on English science-fiction by Lawrence Alloway
Mr. Alloway discusses the recent development of a trend towards a more * scientific' kind of English science-fiction reflected in the dropping of the word Astounding' from the tide of one of the leading SF magazines. He sees this distaste for pulp magazine serials as a symptom of sociological change.
Part 2
by IONA and PETER OPIE
A series of fourprogrammes showing how present-day children unwittingly keep alive the language, jokes, customs, and beliefs of previous centuries.
2: CHILDREN'S HUMOUR
Recordings from different parts of England and Wales collected by Stewart Wavell Iona Ople and Peter Opie Sasha Moorsom
Narrated by Peter Opie
Produced by Sasha Moorsom
Zeitmasse
Arthur Cleghorn (flute)
Donald Muggeridge (oboe) Donald Leake (cor anglais) William Ulvate (clarinet)
Donald Christlieb (bassooon) Conducted by Robert Craft on a gramophone record