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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700106] | With P. J. KAVANAGH FRANCIS WATSON reviews The Viceroy At Bay, John Glend evon's account of his father's struggle to save India from partition ROY FULLER talks about the working life of a poet and reads some of his poems in Penguin Poets 18 JULIAN SYMONS on Scotch on the Rocks, a thriller by Douglas Hurd and Andrew Osmond , published tomorrow Children's books chosen with book tokens in mind by EDWARD BLISHEN , MARGARET DRABBLE , NAOMI LEWIS Produced by PATRICIA BRENT and JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: J. KavanaghUnknown: Francis Watson Unknown: John Glend Unknown: Julian Symons Unknown: Douglas Hurd Unknown: Andrew Osmond Unknown: Edward Blishen Unknown: Margaret Drabble Unknown: Naomi Lewis Produced By: Patricia Brent Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700107] | With P. J. KAVANAGH ContributorsUnknown: J. Kavanagh |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700408] | A weekly programme about books and writers, including news, reviews, and interviews Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON GRAHAM GREENE , four Of whose novels are published this week in a new collected edition. talks to RONALD BRYDEN MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE reviews a biography of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was executed by the Nazis MARGARET LANE and BARRY CAR-MAN on other new books including The Flight of the Eagle, a novel based on fact about a Polar expedition by balloon; On the Track of Unknown Animals, one of the first twelve titles in a new paperback series; and Counting My Steps, an autobiography by Jakov Lind Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonIntroduced By: Graham Greene Unknown: Ronald Bryden Unknown: Malcolm Muggeridge Unknown: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Unknown: Nazis Margaret Lane Unknown: Jakov Lind Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700415] | A weekly programme about books and writers Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON EDNA O'BRIEN talks about her latest novel A Pagan Place ANGUS MAUDE , mp, reviews the first volume of a new political biography, Hankey: Man of Secrets by Stephen Roskill DILYS POWELL and FRANCIS KING on Horatia Nelson by Winifred Gerin ; a reissue of the comic novel All About H. Hatterr by G. V. Desani ; and The Biocrats by Gerald Leach and other new books Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonTalks: Edna O'Brien Unknown: Angus Maude Unknown: Stephen Roskill Unknown: Dilys Powell Unknown: Francis King Unknown: Winifred Gerin Unknown: H. Hatterr Unknown: G. V. Desani Unknown: Gerald Leach Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700422] | A weekly.programme about books and writers Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON COHRELLI BARNETT talking about his new historical study Britain and her Army THOMAS BARMAN and JACKIE GIL -LOT on Fire Over Ulster - a guide to Ulster's troubled past and present; a new novel Trespasses by Paul Bailey ; and the paperback reissue of John Buchan 's biography of Oliver Cromwell An interview with the 1970 winner of the 15,000 Booker Prize for fiction Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonIntroduced By: Cohrelli Barnett Introduced By: Jackie Gil Unknown: Paul Bailey Unknown: John Buchan Unknown: Oliver Cromwell Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700429] | Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON JOHN WAIN talks about his latest novel A Winter in the Hills, set in North Wales EDGAR LUSTGARTEN reviews Their Good Names, H. Montgomery Hyde's account of twelve famous cases of defamation HILARY SPURLING and JOHN WEIGHTMAN on A Death in the Sanchez Family by Oscar Lewis ; Andr6 Malraux 's novel of the Spanish Civil War, Days of Hope, now in paperback; He Slew the Dreamer, the story of Martin Luther King 's assassin Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK †ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonTalks: John Wain Unknown: Edgar Lustgarten Unknown: H. Montgomery Unknown: Hilary Spurling Unknown: John Weightman Unknown: Oscar Lewis Unknown: Andr6 Malraux Unknown: Martin Luther King Produced By: Alan Haydock |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700506] | A weekly programme about books and writers Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON HELEN VLACHOS , who escaped from Greece in 1967, talks about her new book House Arrest KINGSLEY AMIS reviews recent science fiction, including a selection of Soviet short stories PAT WILLIAMS and BARRY CARMAN on Wild Dog Running, a novel set in South Africa 150 years ago, and God is an English-man, an Australian's view of the British predicament and other new books Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonIntroduced By: Helen Vlachos Unknown: Pat Williams Unknown: Barry Carman Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700513] | A weekly programme about books and writers Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON ALAN- MELVILLE looks at Life in Brighton, an illustrated history of the famed seaside resort JANE LANE , HILDA LEWIS , NORAH LOFTS, and JEAN PLAIDY on the writing of historical novels NANCY BANKS SMITH and JONATHAN RABAN on Down All- the Days, Christy Brown 's novel about Dublin: a biography, Gauguin's Astonishing Grandmother; and a contemporary account of a 17th-century search for the North West Passage, North West to Hudson Bay and other new books Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Jane Lane Unknown: Hilda Lewis Unknown: Jean Plaidy Unknown: Jonathan Raban Unknown: Christy Brown Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700520] | Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON RICHARD HUGGETT on his new book The Truth About ' Pygmalion' which recreates the first night of Bernard Shaw 's most famous play JOHN MASTERS, author of Bhowani Junction and other adventure stories, talks about his latest book The Rock, a history of Gibraltar ALAN BRIEN and RENE CUTPORTH on other new books: Papillon, the true story of an escape from Devil's Island; Elleston Trevor 's new novel Bury Him Among Kings; and Sean Bourke 's own account of The Springing of George Blake Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonIntroduced By: Richard Huggett Unknown: Bernard Shaw Unknown: Rene Cutporth Unknown: Elleston Trevor Unknown: Sean Bourke Unknown: George Blake Produced By: Alan Haydock |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700527] | A weekly programme about books and writers Introduced by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON SIR JULIAN HUXLEY recalls some of the experiences he writes about in his autobiography Memories, which is published tomorrow JOHN SEYMOUR looks at recent travel books including The Companion Guide to London by David Piper , now in paperback JACKY GILLOTT and FRANCIS KING on a new first novel The Bird of Paradise by Lily Powell and the first reprint since 1909 of George Gissing 's novel Born in Exile and other new books Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK ContributorsIntroduced By: Magnus MagnussonIntroduced By: Sir Julian Huxley Unknown: John Seymour Unknown: David Piper Unknown: Jacky Gillott Unknown: Francis King Unknown: Lily Powell Unknown: George Gissing Produced By: Alan Haydock |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700617] | A weekly programme about books and writers introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP kellow CHESNEY talks about his new book The Victorian Underworld FREDERIC RAPHAEL On John O Ham who died earlier this year and whose last novel Lovey Childs is published this week irving WARDLE reviews Volume One (Ploys Pleasant and Plays Vnpleasantt in the new collected edition of Bernard Shaw and other new books including Allie Darling by Bill Naughton , a further instalment in the life of the Cockney Don Juan Produced by ALAN haydock (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopUnknown: Frederic Raphael Unknown: John O Ham Unknown: Lovey Childs Unknown: Bernard Shaw Unknown: Allie Darling Unknown: Bill Naughton Unknown: Don Juan A weekly programme about books and writers introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP kellow CHESNEY talks about his new book The Victorian Underworld FREDERIC RAPHAEL On John O Ham who died earlier this year and whose last novel Lovey Childs is published this week irving WARDLE reviews Volume One (Ploys Pleasant and Plays Vnpleasantt in the new collected edition of Bernard Shaw and other new books including Allie Darling by Bill Naughton , a further instalment in the life of the Cockney Don Juan Produced by ALAN haydock (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopUnknown: Frederic Raphael Unknown: John O Ham Unknown: Lovey Childs Unknown: Bernard Shaw Unknown: Allie Darling Unknown: Bill Naughton Unknown: Don Juan |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700618] | A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth Allsop |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700624] | Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP JOHN BRAINE , 13 years after Room at the Top, talks about his latest novel Stay With Me Till Morning PAT WILLIAMS reviews Travels with Alexine - the life of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne , the first woman to attempt to cross the Sahara EDWARD HYAMS on new books about flowers, including Flowers in History and The Plant Hunters which tells the story of 3,450 years of horticultural exploration THOMAS BARMAN reviews Mercenaries, a new historical account which takes in recent events in the Congo, Yemen, and Biafra and other new books (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopIntroduced By: John Braine Unknown: Alexine Tinne Unknown: Sahara Edward Hyams |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700625] | A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP with JOHN BRAINE , PAT WILLIAMS EDWARD HYAMS , THOMAS BARMAN ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopUnknown: John Braine Unknown: Pat Williams Unknown: Edward Hyams |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700701] | A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP EDWARD BLISHEN looks at recent thrillers including Jon Cleary 's latest, Helga's Web DOUGLAS STUART on his book A Very Sheltered Life, the recollections of a BBC foreign correspondent and other new books including Stardom, a look at the Hollywood phenomenon, and Ikhnaton, an investigation into one of the great puzzles of Egyptian archaeology Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopIntroduced By: Edward Blishen Unknown: Jon Cleary Unknown: Douglas Stuart A weekly programme about books and writers: introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP EDWARD BLISHEN looks at recent thrillers including Jon Cleary 's latest, Helga's Web DOUGLAS STUART on his book A Very Sheltered Life, the recollections of a BBC foreign correspondent and other new books including Stardom, a look at the Hollywood phenomenon, and Ikhnaton, an investigation into one of the great puzzles of Egyptian archaeology Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsIntroduced By: Kenneth AllsopIntroduced By: Edward Blishen Unknown: Jon Cleary Unknown: Douglas Stuart |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700708] | With ROBERT ROBINSON SAUL BELLOW talks about his new novel Mr Sammlers Planet PETER SCHAFFER reviews The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming Richard MAYNE on A Journey Through Britain by John Hil laby. now in paperback EDWARD GREENFIELD considers Joan Hammond 's autobiography A Voice, a Life CHRISTOPHER FRY talks to STUART BURGE about his summer comedy ' A Yard of Sun, the last in his quartet of seasonal plays and other new books Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Robert RobinsonTalks: Saul Bellow Unknown: Mr Sammlers Planet Unknown: Peter Schaffer Unknown: John Hemming Unknown: Richard Mayne Unknown: John Hil Unknown: Edward Greenfield Unknown: Joan Hammond Unknown: Stuart Burge Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700709] | with ROBERT ROBINSON (Wednesdays broadcast) ContributorsUnknown: Robert Robinson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700715] | with ROBERT ROBINSON who takes a new look at his hero Ezra Pound in the light of Noel Stock 's recent biography SHIRLEY WILLIAMS. mp. reviews A Curious Life for a Lady, the story of Isabella Bird. an intrepid Victorian traveller, by Pat Barr ANTHONY SPENCER on The Silence of Pius XII by Carlo Falconi RICHARD MAYNE on The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall Richard USBORNE on Hilaire Belloc in the light of an anthology celebrating the centenary of his birth Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Robert RobinsonUnknown: Noel Stock Unknown: Shirley Williams. Unknown: Isabella Bird. Unknown: Pat Barr Unknown: Anthony Spencer Unknown: Pius Xii Unknown: Carlo Falconi Unknown: Richard Mayne Unknown: Donald Crowhurst Unknown: Nicholas Tomalin Unknown: Ron Hall Unknown: Richard Usborne Unknown: Hilaire Belloc Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700722] | With ROBERT ROBINSON SIR ROBERT THOMPSON reviews One Morning in the War, a study of the tragedy at Pinkville. by Richard Hammer IDRIS SHAH reads from The Dermis Probe, his new collection of Sufi tales, and discusses their origins with PAT WILLIAMS GERALD LEACH reviews Astrology and Science, the result of 20 years' research by Michel Gauquelin IDRIS PARRY on Giinther Grass's latest novel Local Anaesthetic CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER and ERIC PORTER read from Conflict at Canterbury, a play for son et lumiere bv Robert Gittings Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Robert RobinsonUnknown: Sir Robert Thompson Unknown: Richard Hammer Unknown: Idris Shah Unknown: Pat Williams Unknown: Gerald Leach Unknown: Michel Gauquelin Unknown: Idris Parry Unknown: Anaesthetic Christopher Plummer Unknown: Eric Porter Unknown: Robert Gittings Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700723] | With ROBERT ROBINSON ContributorsUnknown: Robert Robinson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700729] | With ROBERT ROBINSON THE RT HON ANTHONY NUTTING reviews Humphrey Trevelyan 's personal account of The Middle East in Revolution DESMOND DUPRÉ on a study of the Elizabethan poet, composer, and physician Thomas Campion JULIAN MITCHELL on Cod's Englishman, Christopher Hill 's biography of Oliver Cromwell J. K. L. ANDERSON talks about The Ulysses Factor, his study of the exploring instinct in man and other new books Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Robert RobinsonUnknown: Anthony Nutting Unknown: Humphrey Trevelyan Unknown: Desmond Dupré Unknown: Thomas Campion Unknown: Julian Mitchell Unknown: Christopher Hill Unknown: Oliver Cromwell Talks: J. K. L. Anderson Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700730] | With ROBERT ROBINSON (Wednesday broadcast) ContributorsUnknown: Robert Robinson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700805] | With RONALD EYRE JOHN DONAT reviews Doreen Yarwood s biography of the great British architect Robert Adam P. J. KAVANAGH takes a new look at the Georgian poet Harold Monro , whose Collected Poems have been published for the first time since 1933 PETER SHAFFER on The Dream King, Wilfred Blunt 's biography of Wagner's ' mad ' patron. Ludwig II of Bavaria Michael BURN talks about his comparison of The Debatable Land of spies in Queen Elizabeth's day with the modern world of Philby, Burgess, and Maclean and other new books Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON ContributorsUnknown: Ronald EyreUnknown: John Donat Unknown: Doreen Yarwood Unknown: Robert Adam Unknown: P. J. Kavanagh Unknown: Harold Monro Unknown: Peter Shaffer Unknown: Wilfred Blunt Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700812] | with RONALD EYRE Among the books this week: Elizabeth Empress of Russia, a biography by Tamara Talbot Rice The Twelve and other poems, the first large collection by one of Russia's greatest poets, Alexander Blok The Seventh Day: young Israeli soldiers talk about the Six-Day War A State of Denmark, a new novel by Robin Cook , set in England under a dictator, uncomfortably near the present time Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Ronald EyreUnknown: Tamara Talbot Novel By: Robin Cook Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700819] | with JULIAN MITCHELL who explores the fantastic world of Richard Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America and In Watermelon Sugar ANTONY JAY on Max Beerbohm : Lord David Cecil 's anthology of his essays, stories, and parodies is published tomorrow JANET ADAM SMITH talks about Sir Walter Scott , the man. the patriot, and the novelist, in the light of two new books about him ROBERT ELPHICK reviews Dubcefc, a biography by William Shaw cross published tomorrow and other new books and paperbacks including Sugar Daddy, new poems by Hugo Williams Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Julian MitchellUnknown: Richard Brautigan Unknown: Max Beerbohm Unknown: Lord David Cecil Talks: Janet Adam Smith Unknown: Sir Walter Scott Unknown: Robert Elphick Unknown: William Shaw Unknown: Hugo Williams with JULIAN MITCHELL who explores the fantastic world of Richard Brautigan in Trout Fishing in America and In Watermelon Sugar ANTONY JAY on Max Beerbohm : Lord David Cecil 's anthology of his essays, stories, and parodies is published tomorrow JANET ADAM SMITH talks about Sir Walter Scott , the man. the patriot, and the novelist, in the light of two new books about him ROBERT ELPHICK reviews Dubcefc, a biography by William Shaw cross published tomorrow and other new books and paperbacks including Sugar Daddy, new poems by Hugo Williams Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Julian MitchellUnknown: Richard Brautigan Unknown: Max Beerbohm Unknown: Lord David Cecil Talks: Janet Adam Smith Unknown: Sir Walter Scott Unknown: Robert Elphick Unknown: William Shaw Unknown: Hugo Williams |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700826] | With JULIAN MITCHELL who talks about Queen of the Headhunters by Sylvia Brooke ANTHONY HOWARD considers Accomplices to the Crime, an account of the Arkansas piison scandal in 1968 GERALD LEACH reviews First on the Moon, a chronicle of Neil Armstrong and his companions' voyage, with an epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke BRIGADIER H. N. H. WILLIAMSON talks about Farewell to the Don, the journal he kept of his adventures in the Russian Revolution and other books including The Double Helix, now in paperback Produced byJOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Julian MitchellUnknown: Sylvia Brooke Unknown: Anthony Howard Unknown: Gerald Leach Unknown: Neil Armstrong Unknown: Arthur C. Clarke Talks: H. N. H. Williamson Produced Byjocelyn: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700827] | With JULIAN MITCHELL ContributorsUnknown: Julian Mitchell |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19700902] | With JULIAN MITCHELL This week: Alexander the Great In the light of Mary Renault's latest novel Fire from Heaven and an illustrated biography by Peter Green The Recovery of Europe (1945 to the year 2000) by Richard Mayne Geoffrey Grigson 's Notes from an Odd Country, a celebration of his second home in a French village (published tomorrow) Farewell to the King, a strange novel by Pierre Schoendoerffer , set in Borneo Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Julian MitchellUnknown: Peter Green Unknown: Richard Mayne Unknown: Geoffrey Grigson Novel By: Pierre Schoendoerffer Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700909] | with JULIAN MITCHELL JOHN JULIUS NORWICH reviews The Knight and Chivalry by Richard Barber ROBIN LANE FOX talks about Alexander the Great in the light of Mary Renault's latest novel Fire from Heaven and an illustrated biography by Peter Green ANTHONY GREY talks about his experience of two years as a Hostage in Peking and other new books including Deliverance, a novel of adventure, violence, and inner discovery by the American poet James Dickey Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON †(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Julian MitchellUnknown: Richard Barber Unknown: Robin Lane Unknown: Peter Green Unknown: James Dickey Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700916] | With JOHN JULIUS NORWICH SIR HUGH GREENE talks about The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes , his collection of early detective stories GERALD LEACH on The Seasons and how they affect our lives, an illustrated study by Anthony Smith JOHN DONAT on the changing character of cities in the light of Cities On the Move by Arnold Toynbee and The Un. Melting Pot by John Brown idris PARRY on new novels: Bird by Thomas Hinde and Two Sisters by Gore Vidal Produced by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: John Julius NorwichTalks: Sir Hugh Greene Unknown: Sherlock Holmes Unknown: Gerald Leach Unknown: Anthony Smith Unknown: John Donat Unknown: John Brown Unknown: Idris Parry Unknown: Thomas Hinde Unknown: Gore Vidal Produced By: Michael Heffernan |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700923] | With JOHN JULIUS NORWICH SIR ALAN HERBERT talks about his autobiography A.P.H. ANTHONY HOWARD reviews Hard Times, an oral history of the American depression by Studs Terkel MARGARET LANE on J. M. Barrie , a biography of the man behind Peter Pan , by Janet Dunbar JONATHAN RABAN on new novels: The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark and The Rape of Tamar by Dan Jacobson Produced by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) (A.P.H. at 80: Thurs, 8.0 pm) ContributorsUnknown: John Julius NorwichTalks: Sir Alan Herbert Unknown: A.P.H. Anthony Howard Unknown: Studs Terkel Unknown: Margaret Lane Unknown: J. M. Barrie Unknown: Peter Pan Unknown: Janet Dunbar Unknown: Jonathan Raban Unknown: Muriel Spark Unknown: Dan Jacobson Produced By: Michael Heffernan |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19700930] | With JOHN JULIUS NORWICH who takes a new look at Goethe's Italian Journey, now in paperback PETER JENKINS on Enoch Powell : Tory Tribune, a biography by Andrew Roth JOHN DONAT on Leonardo, the investigator and inventor, in the light of Lord Ritchie-Calder's illustrated study of ' the most relentlessly curious man in history' JOHN WARRACK reviews Full Score, a life of music and cricket, by Neville Cardus , and Joys and Sorrows, some reflections of Pablo Casals as told to Albert E. Kahn and other books including a look at some new novels Produced by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: John Julius NorwichUnknown: Peter Jenkins Unknown: Enoch Powell Unknown: Andrew Roth Unknown: John Donat Unknown: John Warrack Unknown: Neville Cardus Unknown: Pablo Casals Unknown: Albert E. Kahn Produced By: Michael Heffernan |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701007] | With JOHN JULIUS NORWICH JAMES CAMERON talks about Ved Mehta 's new Portrait of India, a record of his recent journey HUGH KAY on The Property Basket, the autobiography of Robert Speaight , the actor who played Christ in the original radio production of The Man Born to be King RALPH MILBAND discusses The New Left, a collection of essays edited by Maurice Cranston and new novels Produced by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: John Julius NorwichTalks: James Cameron Unknown: Ved Mehta Unknown: Hugh Kay Unknown: Robert Speaight Edited By: Maurice Cranston Produced By: Michael Heffernan |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701014] | With MAGNUS MAGNUSSON who talks to MARY STOCKS about her autobiography My Commonplace Book JONATHAN POWER on Seize the Time, the story of the Black Panther Party by its chairman, Bobby Seale PATRICK KAVANAGH on Ernest Hemingway 's posthumous novel Islands in the Stream GEORGE DEKKER on Exiles and Emigres, a new study of modern literature by Terry Eagleton Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON †(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Bobby Seale Unknown: Patrick Kavanagh Unknown: Ernest Hemingway Unknown: George Dekker Unknown: Terry Eagleton Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19701015] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON ContributorsUnknown: Magnus Magnusson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19701021] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON J. w. LAMBERT on Last Things, the final volume of C. P. Snow's saga Strangers and Brothers LORNA PEGRAM talks about her new novel A Game of Patience and reviews Zelda Fitzgerald , Nancy Milford's biography of Scott Fitzgerald 's wife RICHARD MAYNE considers J. B. Priestley in the light of his new book on The Edtcardians and Susan Cooper 's J. B. Priestley : portrait of an author and other new books, including Will Pickles of Wcnsleydale, John Pemberton 's sketch of a remarkable country doctor Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.40 pm) (C. P. Snow in The Arts This Week: tomorrow at 8.35 pm, Radio 3) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: J. W. Lambert Talks: Brothers Lorna Pegram Unknown: Zelda Fitzgerald Unknown: Scott Fitzgerald Unknown: J. B. Priestley Unknown: Susan Cooper Unknown: John Pemberton Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON J. w. LAMBERT on Last Things, the final volume of C. P. Snow's saga Strangers and Brothers LORNA PEGRAM talks about her new novel A Game of Patience and reviews Zelda Fitzgerald , Nancy Milford's biography of Scott Fitzgerald 's wife RICHARD MAYNE considers J. B. Priestley in the light of his new book on The Edtcardians and Susan Cooper 's J. B. Priestley : portrait of an author and other new books, including Will Pickles of Wcnsleydale, John Pemberton 's sketch of a remarkable country doctor Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.40 pm) (C. P. Snow in The Arts This Week: tomorrow at 8.35 pm, Radio 3) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: J. W. Lambert Talks: Brothers Lorna Pegram Unknown: Zelda Fitzgerald Unknown: Scott Fitzgerald Unknown: J. B. Priestley Unknown: Susan Cooper Unknown: John Pemberton Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701028] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON who looks at Wildlife Crisis by The Duke of Edinburgh and James Fisher ROBERT GRAVES reads poems from his new collection written since 1968 HUGH TREVOR-ROPER reviews Sir Walter Scott , the Great Unknown. Edgar Johnson 's important biography is published tomorrow MARGARET LANE on the Leavises' new study of Dickens the Novelist and other new books including Russell Remembered, a personal sketch of Bertrand Russell by Rupert Crawshay -Williams Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: James Fisher Unknown: Robert Graves Unknown: Hugh Trevor-Roper Unknown: Walter Scott Unknown: Edgar Johnson Unknown: Margaret Lane Unknown: Bertrand Russell Unknown: Rupert Crawshay Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701104] | With MAGNUS MAGNUSSON RICHARD MAYNE reviews Bernard Levin 's study of Britain and the Sixties The Pendulum Years, out tomorrow ANTONiA FRASER on Queen Anne, a new biography by David Green ANTHONY SMITH on An Eye for a Bird. Eric Hosking 's autobiography, illustrated by over 130 of his photographs MARTIN JARVIS reads from The Triple Echo, a wartime story by H. E. Bates and other new books, including Lords and Lamas by Michel Peissel , a traveller in Bhutan Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Bernard Levin Unknown: Antonia Fraser Unknown: David Green Unknown: Anthony Smith Unknown: Eric Hosking Unknown: Martin Jarvis Story By: H. E. Bates Unknown: Michel Peissel Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701111] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON C. DAY LEWIS , the Poet Laureate, and JILL BALCON introduce The Complete Poems of Elizabeth Bishop ROBERT ARDREY talks about The Social Contract, his study of what man can learn from animals about leadership, violence, and the revolt of the young DILYSPOWELL on Sarah Siddons , Roger Manvell 's portrait of the great English tragic actress JOHN JULIUS NORWICH on The Golden Antilles, Timothy Severin 's story of the travellers and soldiers of fortune who searched for El Dorado in the Caribbean and other new books, including Ngaio Marsh 's latest detective story When in Rome Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: C. Day Lewis Unknown: Jill Balcon Unknown: Elizabeth Bishop Talks: Robert Ardrey Unknown: Sarah Siddons Unknown: Roger Manvell Unknown: Timothy Severin Unknown: Ngaio Marsh Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701118] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON ANTHONY NUTTING talks about his history of the Great Trek to the Boer War, Scramble for Africa, and its effect on South Africa today MARGHANITA LASKI on Skittles, the last Victorian courtesan: a portrait of her life and times by Henry Blyth J. w. LAMBERTon Simenon, in the light of Maigret's Boyhood Friend, November, and two new omnibus collections in paperback ALLAN MCCLELLAND reads from Night Lines, short stories by the Irish writer John MeGahern p. j. KAVANAGH reviews Iris Origo 's autobiography Images and Shadows Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonTalks: Anthony Nutting Unknown: Marghanita Laski Unknown: Allan McClelland Unknown: John Megahern Unknown: P. J. Kavanagh Unknown: Iris Origo Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701125] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON C. V. WEDGWOOD and GARY WATSON introduce the new and complete version of The Diary of Samuel Pepys JULIAN MITCHELL talks about Where Beards Wag All, memories of craftsmen and farmers chronicled by George Ewart Evans A. s. BYATT takes a fresh look at The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane , and Thomas De Quincey 's Recollections of the Lafces and the Lake Poets, both published in paperback this week PATRICK NUTTGENS on John Summerson's Architecture in Bri-tain 1530-1830, reissued as a Pelican Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: C. V. Wedgwood Unknown: Gary Watson Unknown: Samuel Pepys Talks: Julian Mitchell Unknown: George Ewart Unknown: Margaret Lane Unknown: Thomas de Quincey Unknown: Patrick Nuttgens Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701202] | With MAGNUS MAGNUSSON SHIRLEY WILLIAMS , MP, On The Fiery. Chariot, Lucille Ifemonger's study of 'British Prime Ministers and the search for love ' JOHN JULIUS NORWICH on the Emperor Nero, an illustrated biography by Michael Grant A. s. BYATT on Iris Murdoch , with readings by ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY from her novels-including Bruno's Dream, a new paperback Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Shirley Williams Unknown: Michael Grant Unknown: A. S. Byatt Unknown: Iris Murdoch Unknown: Rosalie Crutchley Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701209] | Christmas Books for Children Adventure, novels and legends, animals and fairy tales, picture books and poetry - something for everyone from 2 to 12 chosen by EDWARD BLISHEN MARGARET DRABBLE , NAOMI LEWIS with readings spooky, thrilling, and funny by BERNARD CRIBBINS. DAVID DAVIS and, for nostalgic parents, the voices of HILAIRE BELLOC (singing) and E. H. SHEPARD (on Pooh and Mr Toad ) Introduced as usual by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Rptd: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Edward BlishenUnknown: Margaret Drabble Unknown: Naomi Lewis Unknown: Bernard Cribbins. Unknown: David Davis Unknown: Hilaire Belloc Unknown: E. H. Shepard Unknown: Mr Toad Unknown: Magnus Magnusson Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701216] | With MAGNUS MAGNUSSON News of books and writers - reviews readings, interviews. J. R. R. TOI.KIEN talks about the world of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, both in paperback MARGHANITA LASKI recommends some recent thrillers including The Great Affair by Victor Canning and Rat Race by Dick Francis PETER PORTER on the art of Patrick White , for two years said to be runner-up for the Nobel Prize in Literature, with readings from his novels - including his latest, The Vivi-3ector Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Victor Canning Unknown: Dick Francis Unknown: Peter Porter Unknown: Patrick White Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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Genome: [r4 Bd=19701223] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON T. S. ELIOT reading his Christmas poem Journey of the Magi LAURENS VAN DER POST on imprisonment in the light of The Real Enemy by Pierre d'Harcourt. now in paperback MARGARET LANE on Dickens's view of Christmas, with readings from his Christmas Books by GARY WATSON DYLAN THOMAS reading from A Child's Christmas in Wales JOHN CLEESE with a pick of the funnies Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: T. S. Eliot Unknown: Laurens van Der Unknown: Margaret Lane Unknown: Gary Watson Unknown: Dylan Thomas Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
Genome: [r4 Bd=19701230] | with MAGNUS MAGNUSSON Highlights of 1970 in reviews, readings, and interviews Including SIR JULIAN HUXLEY PETER SHAFFER MARY STOCKS TED HUGHES MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE SHIRLEY WILLIAMS , MP and a personal selection of the best books by j. W. LAMBERT and RICHARD MAYNE Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON †(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm) ContributorsUnknown: Magnus MagnussonUnknown: Sir Julian Huxley Unknown: Peter Shaffer Unknown: Mary Stocks Unknown: Ted Hughes Unknown: Malcolm Muggeridge Unknown: Shirley Williams Unknown: J. W. Lambert Produced By: Jocelyn Ferguson |
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