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DR. HENRY K. BEECHER , of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, states a personal view
What is the price of progress in medicine? If the subject ' consents ' to a medical experiment his consent may be valid, meaningless, or engineered. Experimentation is inescapable; the results may not always be happy. The situation calls for an informed public. Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Henry K. Beecher

Opera by Handel
Libretto by Paolo RoIU sung in Italian
Deidamia's companions, courtiers, people
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Led by Kenneth Sillito
Continuo:
Basil Lam (harpsichord)
Leo Wurmser (harpsichord) Bernard Richards (cello) Conducted by ARNOLD GOLDSBROUGH
Scene: The island of Skyros at the beginning of the Trojan War.
Act 1
Scene 1: In front of the royal castle on the sea shore at Skyros
Scene 2: A garden room overlooking the surrounding countryside
Scene 3: A room

Contributors

Unknown:
Paolo Roiu
Unknown:
Kenneth Sillito
Harpsichord:
Leo Wurmser
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Conducted By:
Arnold Goldsbrough
Deidamia. daughter of King Lycomedes:
Heather Harper
Nerea, a princess and friend of Deidamia:
Doreen Murray
Achilles, disguised as a girl under the name Pirra:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Ulysses, King of Ithaca, under the name Antiloches:
Gerald English
Phoenix King of Argos:
Joseph Ward
Lycomedes, King of Skyros:
Trevor Anthony

† by REYNER BANHAM
Jane Jacobs 's book The Death antt Life of Great American has caused sharp professional controversy among town-planners. In contrast, Reyner Banham considers it as a symptom of the way New York has established itself in our consciousness as a 'place' as timeless as Paris.

Contributors

Unknown:
Reyner Banham
Unknown:
Jane Jacobs
Unknown:
Reyner Banham

by Clifford Dyment author of The Railway Game
'In 1923 I had a holiday. Of course, all holidays are special. but for me this one was especially special because I was returning to the place where I had spent the first four years of mjf life-from 1914 to 1918.... '
Narrated by the author with Patricia Hayes , Margaret John Caroline Leigh , Sulwen Morgan Gwenllian Robinson Marjorie Westbury
Richard Bebb , William Eedla Basil Jones , David Kinsey Desmond Llewelyn Talfryn Thomas and Viola Tunnard (piano)
John Ashby (trombone) Produced by TERENCE TILLER
To be repeated on January 30

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Dyment
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Margaret John
Unknown:
Caroline Leigh
Unknown:
Sulwen Morgan
Unknown:
Gwenllian Robinson
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Richard Bebb
Unknown:
William Eedla
Unknown:
Basil Jones
Unknown:
David Kinsey
Unknown:
Desmond Llewelyn
Unknown:
Talfryn Thomas
Piano:
Viola Tunnard
Piano:
John Ashby
Produced By:
Terence Tiller

Third Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More