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by R. F. TUCKETT
Discussions about education, its problems and its shortcomings, continue unabated. So far as our inability to develop the work of our scientists is concerned, Dr. Tuckett, who is an industrial research manager, lays the blame on the Ph.D. system.

Contributors

Unknown:
R. F. Tuckett

A radio play by Wolfgang Hildesheimer translated and produced by CHRISTOPHER HOLME
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, an Israeli playwright who writes in German, is well known on the Continent as the author of plays for the theatre and for radio. To Third Programme listeners he is known for his light comedies and short stories. Under Ground, his latest radio play, uses the form of a conversation between husband and wife of which examples have been broadcast from Yugoslavia (Foot-steps in rhe Next Room) and Poland (The Other Room). In the context of a mysterious adventure, it explores the loves and hates of an imperfect marriage. To be repeated on April 6

Contributors

Play By:
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Produced By:
Christopher Holme
Husband:
Eric House
Wife:
Olive Gregg

Text from
Missa Pro Defunctis and poems of Wilfred Owen
HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
PETER PEARS (tenor)
VLADIMIR RUZDJAK (baritone)
MELOS Ensemble
Choir of boys drawn from CHORISTERS of WESTMINSTER ABBEY and LONDON BOY SINGERS
BBC CHORUS
SIR WILIAM McKIE (organ)
SIMON PRESTON (chamber organ BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by MEREDITH Davies tRecording of the performance presented by the Third Programme in Westminster Abbey on December 6, 1962 See page 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Unknown:
Sir Wiliam McKie
Unknown:
Simon Preston
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies

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