programmes still remained unabated, with 'Lucky Dip' receiving hundreds of letters each week, and the younger set still proving itself determined to hear its music played by hook or by crook. An attempt to start a record request programme for the general adult listener was regrettably unsuccessful.
102. In the field of variety a number of local artists made their contribution, among them the talented Negro singer, Fredye MARSHALL, and several big bands from various visiting naval ships were also broadcast. The Australian visiting artist Linda PARKER sang folk songs to a guitar, as did Tony SALETAN and Alec PEILL. The Hong Kong Jazz Club was featured in several outside broadcasts while the tastes in light music of the rather older listener were met by a number of pro- grammes under the headings As Time Goes By' and 'Strange How Potent'. Programmes such as 'Quiet Please' and 'Going Places' tried to present familiar music in a new form.
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103. 'Stateside Special' and ‘Air Freight' gave the latest in popular music flown in specially from America and India, while Spanish music was featured in 'Fire and Feet'.
104. An interview programme with a difference was 'Castaway's Choice' in which people from many walks of life were interviewed, talked about their lives and played some of the music they enjoyed.
105. An innovation which proved popular on one of the request programmes 'Just for You' was an arrangement whereby listeners could telephone the studio and make their requests over the air.
Talks
106. One of the most important series was that given by Professor A. C. B. LOVELL in the BBC Reith Lectures. There was also a series 'Religion and the Idea of Mental Health', and a series on the English Tongue; 'Bookshop' continued to review the latest publications from Britain and America; and 'Face to Face' made possible close acquaint- ance with such visitors as the American painter Ben SHAHN, and film director Alfred HITCHCOCK.
107. Some of the most amusing talks ever heard were in the BBC 'My Word' series, and 'Talking about Music' was another popular BBC programme.
108. The visiting Old Vic actor John Morris had some words of warning to young actors; and amongst poetry and spoken word pro- grammes produced locally were 'A Word in Your Ear', 'Music When
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