A weekly review of the arts
PETER DUVAL SMITH talks to PATRICK KAVANAGH about his lately published Collected Poems
ROBERT BLY reviews the work of the American poet James Dickey and comments on his new book Helmets
HERBERT MARSHALL gives a picture of current developments in Russian poetry

by Ivan Turgenev translated by RICHARD NEWNHAM adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Rachel Gurney and Norman Wooland .
Islayev's house on his estate in the country near Moscow. A summer month in the early forties of the last century.
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
Second broadcast
Martin Jarvis is appearing in ' Poor Bitos ' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue played by HELMUT WALCHA (harpsichord) on a gramophone record

A somewhat stately home, the family seat of Sir Plantagenet Pickle , is the scene of this comedy series
Written by DAVID NOBBS and PETER TINNISWOOD
6:Sir Plantagenet Pickle'sStory
Other parts: Bridget Turner , Rex Robinson , David Nettheim Music specially composed by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by DAVID THOMSON and RICHARD THOMAS