20:00

THE MAFIA

Wed 27^th Dec 1961, 20:00 on Third Programme

by D. Mack Smith
Fellow of Peterhouse. Cambridge
This well-entrenched crime organisation is a characteristic Sicilian product.
Mr. Mack Smith discusses the social and historic reasons for its existence and the part it plays in the politics of the island.

Contributors

Unknown:: D. MacK
Unknown:: Mr. MacK Smith

Source: Radio Times

20:20

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HILDA TABLET

Third Programme

Wed 27^th Dec 1961, 20:20 on Third Programme

by HENRY REED
The music composed by Donald Swann
Produced by DouGLAS CLEVERDON : sixth broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:: Henry Reed
Composed By:: Donald Swann
Produced By:: Douglas Cleverdon
Hilda Tablet, a composeress:: Mary O'Farrell
Herbert Reeve, a scholar:: Hugh Burden
Stephen Shewin:: Carleton Hobbs
Connie, his wife:: Gwen Cherrell
Elsa Strauss, a singer:: Marjorie Westbury
Sir Eric Tablet, Hilda's father:: Norman Shelley
Lady Tablet, Hilda's mother:: Susan Richmond
Evelyn Baxter, Hilda's secretary:: Colin Campbell
The Duke of Mulset:: Frank Duncan
The Duchess of Mulset:: Diana Maddox
The Rector of Mull Extrinseca:: Deryck Guyler
Nancy Shewin:: Dorothy Primrose
Owen, Brian, George and Humphrey Shewin a few of her sons: Denis Quilley, Wilfrid Downing:: M Westbury
Owen, Brian, George and Humphrey Shewin a few of her sons: Denis Quilley, Wilfrid Downing:: D Maddox
Miss Welbeck a headmistress:: Vivienne Chatterton
Harold Reith, a librettist:: Frank Duncan
R Egerton Bunningfield, A R A:: Norman Shelley
Roger Cloud, a male composer:: Deryck Guyler

Source: Radio Times

21:40

HISTORIC PERFORMANCES ON RECORD

Third Programme

Wed 27^th Dec 1961, 21:40 on Third Programme

Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)

Contributors

Violin:: Fritz Kreisler
Piano:: Sergei Rachmaninov

Source: Radio Times

22:00

A CRUEL SOIL FOR TALENT

Third Programme

Wed 27^th Dec 1961, 22:00 on Third Programme

This is NORMAN MAILER 'S description of America in his latest book Advertisements for Myself. In a wide-ranging conversation with Colin MacInnes , he gives his reasons for this judgment and talks equally frankly about the British literary scene, psycho-analysis, religion, politics, pornography, the war novel, and other topics.
: second broadcast