A weekly review of the arts
This edition is devoted to
Cinema Vérité
A report by IAN CAMERON and MARK SHIVAS on a recent conference organised by Radio-diffusion-Télévision Franchise at Lyons, including excerpts from recorded conversations With WILLIAM KLEIN , RICHARD LEACOCK , and JEAN ROUCH
Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH
ELEANOR WARREN (Cello) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Members of the LONDON OCTET
Hugh Maguire (violin) Harry Danks (viola)
Alexander Kok (cello)
SCHOLA POLYPHONICA Director. HENRY WASHINGTON
Part 1
Given before an Invited audience In BBC Studio 1. Maida Vale. London. Requests for tickets should be sent to [address removed] enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
J. S. DUGDALE , who has made a special study of the Italian colonial record amongst the Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis, examines the contrast between the constructional achievements and the failure to prepare these African peoples for independence
Part 2
A short story written and read by TED HUGHES
' There's no reason why I should not last quite a long time yet. I seem to have an uncommon reserve of energy. To keep my mind firm, that is the essential thing, to fix it firmly in my reasonable hopes, and lull it there. Encourage it. Mesmerise it slightly with a sort of continuous prayer. Because when my mind is firm, my energy is firm. And that's the main thing here— energy ...' Second broadcast