Fernande Kaeser (piano)
Sixth of seven programmes including keyboard music by Bach played on the piano, harpsichord, clavichord, and organ.

A pseudo-drama by EUGENE IONESCO translated by Donald Watson
' All plays are basically detective plays,' says M. Choubert to his wife Madeleine, ' they all end by furnishing a solution.' And, in fact a detective appears forthwith, but the problem he poses has no solution. with Eithne Dunne as Madeleine Kenneth Griffith as Choubert
Harold Pinter as The Detective
John Slater as Nicolas Second
Special effects by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop
Production by MARTIN ESSLIN
: second broadcast

An opera in two acts
Libretto by Scribe and Delestre-Poirson
Music by ROSSINI sung in French
Villagers, ladies-in-waiting, cavaliers
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF R.A.I.. TURIN
Chorus-Master, Ruggero Maghini Conducted by VITTORIO GUI
Recording of a performance broadcast in Italy: made available by courtesy of Radiotelevisione Italiana
The action takes place in Touraine at the time of the Crusades
Act 1: Outside the main gate of the castle of Formoutiert

by Herbert Butterfield
Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge
After considering various influences in the development of Western historiography, Professor Butterfield compares it with Chinese historical method.
A broadcast version of a lecture delivered in the School of Oriental and African Studies

ACT 2: Inside the castle at Formoutiere followed by an interlude at 9.45

Chosen and introduced by Elizabeth Jennings
Readers: Godfrey Kenton and Gary Watson
: second broadcast

String Quartet No. 2 played by the Griller String Quartet on a gramophone record