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A Portrait drawn from the recorded memories and opinions of those who knew him by W.R. Rodgers

Those taking part:
Brinsley Macnamara, Dudley Walsh, Kevin O'Shiel, Lord Glenavy, Lady Glenavy, Robert O'Doherty, Padraic Colum, The late Mgr. Patrick Browne, Pearse Beasley, Denis Johnston, Austin Clarke, Martha McCulloch, John Chichester, Monk Gibbon, John Colbert, Mrs. James Montgomery, Oliver D. Gogarty, Cathal O'Shannon, The late Dr. Thomas Bodkin, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Major Dermot Freyer,
Richard Aherne, Lady Hanson, William Cosgrave, Sheelah O'Mahoney, Michael Nove, Brenda Williams, Brendan Considine, Marjorie Ellis, David Flaherty, Liam O'Briain

Narrator, W.R. Rodgers

Edited and produced by Maurice Brown
(BBC recording: second broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. R. Rodgers
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Brinsley MacNamara
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Dudley Walsh
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Kevin O'Shiel
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Lord Glenavy
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Lady Glenavy
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Robert O'Doherty
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Padraic Colum
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Mgr. Patrick Browne
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Pearse Beasley
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Denis Johnston
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Austin Clarke
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Martha McCulloch
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John Chichester
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Monk Gibbon
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John Colbert
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Mrs. James Montgomery
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Oliver D. Gogarty
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Cathal O'Shannon
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Dr. Thomas Bodkin
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Sir Compton MacKenzie
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Major Dermot Freyer
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Richard Aherne
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Lady Hanson
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William Cosgrave
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Sheelah O'Mahoney
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Michael Nove
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Brenda Williams
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Brendan Considine
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Marjorie Ellis
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David Flaherty
Narrator:
Liam O'Briain
Narrator:
W. R. Rodgers
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

Six talks by E. H. CARR Fellow of Trinity College. Cambridge
5: History as Progress
These talks are a broadcast version of Professor Carr's Trevelyan Lectures given earlier this year. In the fifth talk he examines the conception of progress in history and how far it is essential for our conception of history today.

Patricia Clark (soprano) Geoffrey Mitchell and Grayston Burgess (counter-tenors)
The Renaissance Singera
A section of the English Chamber Orchestra Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conductor, Michael Howard
Nicholas Danby (organicontinuo)
From St. George the Martyr Queen Square, London

Contributors

Soprano:
Patricia Clark
Soprano:
Geoffrey Mitchell
Soprano:
Grayston Burgess
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conductor:
Michael Howard
Conductor:
Nicholas Danby

The Intelligence Game by Michael Chance , D.SC. Ethology Laboratory
University of Birmingham
Kohler, in his classic study of problem-solving by chimpanzees, The Mentality of Apes, claimed to have proved that apes possess a measure of intelligence and insight. But did he, in fact, prove anything?
: second broadcast

Contributors

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Michael Chance

Third Programme

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