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talking to David Sylvester

The work of Francis Bacon, besides being the most controversial phenomenon in post-war British art, has also been the most subject to highly speculative interpretation. The artist himself has been notably unwilling to make public statements about it. In this interview he discusses his ideas and intentions more fully than at any previous time.

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Interviewer:
David Sylvester

by Gwyn Thomas
' Your whole school is getting from under ... This is it, Perce. The moment when they just don'want to hear. You're dangling in space, Perce, and that's a fine instructive place for a teacher to be.*
Other parts played by boys of Howardian High School, Cardiff
Produced by ELWYN EVANS Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwyn Thomas
Produced By:
Elwyn Evans
Percy Williams:
Kenneth Griffith
Doug:
Brinley Jenkins
Haydn:
Dewt Williams
Cliff:
Bruce Mayne
Mr Ingle JOHN:
Hugh Jones
George Wilton:
George David
Wigmore:
Eric Ellis
Mrs Wigmore:
Gwenyth Petty
Chairman of Governors:
Evan Morgan

by MARGERY PERHAM
Against the background of her latest visit to Africa Miss Perham speaks about the need for Britain to readjust her attitude to her former colonies there; about our relations with South Africa, and about the ever-changing moods of African leaders in their relations with us and with each other.

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Unknown:
Margery Perham

by UWE KlTZINGER
Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford
In a talk under this title at the beginning of last month, Mr. Kitzinger analysed the functional technique of the European Economic Community and suggested its application beyond economics and beyond the continent of Europe. In this talk he develops the implications of his long-range ideas for Britain's immediate tactical problem.
Parliamentary Democracy and the E.E.C., by Peter Kirk , m.p.: March 31

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Unknown:
Peter Kirk

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