The Third Programme: A Literary History

Part 1 The network: the founding of the Third Programme the working structure of the Third Programme the audience. Part 2 The writer: employer or patron - the relationship between the Third Programme and the author practicalities, pay and conditions. Part 3 The programmes: the radio feature the radio play poetry programmes the short story a literary magazine of the air. Part 4 The end: the cut-backs of 1957 the change to Radio Three.