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A series of scientific case-histories
3: The Hunting of the Diesel by DONALD WELBOURN
Fellow of Selwyn College. Cambridge
"... the problem to be solved did not arise from sheer curiosity -it arose because machinery was misbehaving, and its designers didn'understand why.' Solving the problem of the hunting diesel involved a lot of hard thought-and a costly mistake.

with narration written and spoken by JOHN FREEMAN
Described by Hugh Gaitskell as the greatest Socialist philosopher of his generation, Richard Henry Tawney was an economic historian and sociological writer of world-wide reputation. Speakers include:
The late HUGH GAITSKELL EARL ATTLEE
PROFESSOR T. S. ASHTON R. PAGE ARNOTT WILLIAM CLARK
R. H. S. GROSSMAN M.P. , DR. E. GREEN
FR. ST. J. B. GROSER SIR ARNOLD PLANT
PROFESSOR MICHAEL POSTAN SIR RICHARD REES
SIR STANLEY UNWIN
PROFESSOR R. M. Titmuss MICHAEL VYVYAN
Produced by ROBERT Pococi with the assistance of LENA JEGER First broadcast in May in th»
Home Service series 'In Our Time '

Contributors

Spoken By:
John Freeman
Unknown:
Hugh Gaitskell
Unknown:
Richard Henry
Unknown:
Hugh Gaitskell
Unknown:
Professor T. S. Ashton
Unknown:
R. Page Arnott
Unknown:
William Clark
Unknown:
R. H. S. Grossman M.P.
Unknown:
Dr. E. Green
Unknown:
J. B. Groser
Unknown:
Professor Michael Postan
Unknown:
Sir Richard Rees
Unknown:
Sir Stanley Unwin
Unknown:
Professor R. M. Titmuss
Unknown:
Michael Vyvyan
Produced By:
Robert Pococi
Unknown:
Lena Jeger

Quintet No. 1. In C minor played by ULRICH BENTHIEN (violin)
RUDOLF-MARIA MÜLLER (violin)
MARTIN LEDIG (viola)
WOLFRAM HENTSCHEL (cello)
ROBERT RIEFLING (piano) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Ulrich Benthien
Violin:
Rudolf-Maria Müller
Viola:
Martin Ledig
Cello:
Wolfram Hentschel
Piano:
Robert Riefling

1909-63
Selected poems
Introduced by TERENCE TILLER Reader, DENIS GOACHER
Bernard Spencer was one of the most accomplished and sensitive of those poets who tint emerged in the 1930s. Two of his friends collaborate in a memorial programme consisting largely of his verse and of his own written comments upon iL

Contributors

Introduced By:
Terence Tiller
Reader:
Denis Goacher
Reader:
Bernard Spencer

Third Programme

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