This afternoon, at the Royal Society, Professor Fred Hoyle , F.R.S., and Dr. J. V. Narlikar presented a paper on A New Theory of Gravitation
In this programme
PROFESSOR HOYLE reviews the present situation with a comment by PROFESSOR HERMANN BONDI , F.R.S.
A year ago. astronomers announced the discovery of a new class of heavenly body-the ' quasi-stellar ' objects. This discovery came at a time when there were already certain trends in astrophysics towards a rethinking of fundamental physical laws; and it has led to claims that we need ' a new kind of physics ' to explain the observations.

An opera in two acts by Malcolm Williamson
Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell
First performance from the Aldeburgh Festival

April Cantelo (soprano)
Miss Tylney Long; Miss Beswick; Mrs Dards; Sarah Whitehead; The Duchess of Devonshire; Caraboo; First Nun

Anna Pollak (mezzo-soprano)
The Countess of Desmond; Lady Lewson; Miss FitzHenry; Mrs. Birch; Lady Jersey; Mrs. Worrall; Second Nun

Raymond Nillson (tenor)
Lord Petersham; John Ward; Young Whitehead; Beau Brummell; Dr. Wilkinson

John Fryatt (tenor)
The Rev. Mr. Jones; Romeo Coates; Clerk; Dr. Graham; The Vicar; Mr. Clanronald Macdonald

Owen Brannigan (bass)
Thomas Parr; Major Labelliere; The Prompter; A Governor of the Bank of England; Roberts; Dr. Dalmahoy; Captain Thicknesse; Parish Constable

Michael Maurel (baritone)
Dr. Katterfelto; Lord Rokeby; Alderman Birch ; Lord Rothschild; Mr. Worrall; Etienne

The Quartet: Barbara Elsy (soprano) Pauline Stevens (soprano) Ian Partridge tenor) Christopher Keyte (baritone)
A section of the English Chamber Orchestra Led by Sidney Mann
Conducted by Meredith Davies
Produced by William Chappell
See page 44

Scene 1: Goose-weather
Lord Petersham; Thomas Parr; The Rev. Mr. Jones; Mrs. Beswick; Lady Lewson: Mrs. Dards; Miss Tylney Long; The Countess of Desmond; Dr Katterfelto; Lord Rokeby; John Ward; Major Labelliere

Scene 2: An Amateur of Fashion
Robert (Romeo Coates); Miss FitzHenry; The Prompter

Scene 3: The God of this World
A Governor of the Bank of England; Young Whitehead; Sarah Whitehead (his sister); Alderman Birch; Mrs. Birch; Roberts (the forger); Clerk at the Bank; Lord Rothschild

A poem adapted from a Chinese legend by PETER REDGROVE read by HUGH BURDEN

Scene 1: Quacks and a Beau
Dr. Dalmahoy; Lady Jersey; Sarah Whitehead; Dr. Katterfelto; Dr. Graham; The Duchess of Devonshire; Beau Brummell

Scene 2: An Ornamental Hermit
Captain Thicknesse

Scene 3: A Traveller
Caraboo; Mrs. Worrall; Dr. Wilkinson; Mr. Worrall; The Vicar of Almondsbury; Mr. Clanronald Macdonald; The Parish Constable

Scene 4: The Beau again
Beau Brummell; Etienne; Two Nuns

(John Fryatt broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company)

by Nikolaus Pevsner
1: The Situation in Italy
Second broadcast
England: June 16 followed by an interlude at 10.53