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by John Mortimer with Michael Hordern and Max Adrian
Other parts played by Nicolette Bernard. Pat Hayes. Sulwen Morgan, Sean Barrett. Diarmid Cammell. Stephen Portch , Kit Williams Produced by NESTA PAIN
Max Adrian broadcasts by permission of the National Theatre
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Max Adrian
Played By:
Nicolette Bernard.
Played By:
Pat Hayes.
Unknown:
Sean Barrett.
Unknown:
Stephen Portch
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Max Adrian
The Englishman:
Hugh David
Iris:
Joyce Carpenter
Ringer Lean:
Harry Towb
Noah:
Max Adrian
Japhet:
Trader Faulkner
Ham:
Charles Hodgson
Gunter:
Ian Ricketts
Mother:
Isabel Rennie
Father:
Frederick Treves
Form-Master:
James Thomason

Quintet No. 1, in C minor played by ULRICH BENTHIEN (violin)
Rudolf-Maria Muller (violin)
MARTIN LEDIG (viola)
WOLFRAM HENTSCHEL (cello)
ROBERT RIEFLING (piano) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Ulrich Benthien
Violin:
Rudolf-Maria Muller
Cello:
Wolfram Hentschel

translated and introduced by KEVIN CROSSLEY HOLLAND
Read by HUGH Dickson and GARY WATSON
The long fragment known as The Battle of Maldon is a unique specimen of an epic poem contemporary with the events it describes. The battle took place on August 10 or 11. 991, at Maldon, on the River Blackwater in Essex, where an English army, badly outnumbered. was annihilated by the Vikings.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kevin Crossley Holland
Read By:
Hugh Dickson
Read By:
Gary Watson

given in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Arts HERBERT DOWNES (viola)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Michael Gielen
Part 1
Quincunx, Op. 44 (1960) (after
Sir Thomas Browne ).
Lulyens JOSEPHINE NENDICK (soprano) JOSEPH WARD (baritone)

Contributors

Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Michael Gielen
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Browne
Soprano:
Lulyens Josephine Nendick

Part 2
Symphony No. 4...Richard Hall first performance
Joseph Ward broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Ltd
Given before an invited audience in Studio 1, Malda Vale, London. Requests for tickets for future concerts, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, may be sent to [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hall

by FRANK HARRISON
In the first of two talks Frank Harrison discusses the changing conventions and attitudes which underlay musical activity in Europe between 1100 and 1300. His musical illustrations are drawn from medieval and contemporary folk sources.
Second talk: May 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Harrison
Unknown:
Frank Harrison

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