Radio Diary

Press, 27 November 1986, Page 11

Radio Diary

The first episode of a three-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” can be heard on National Radio at 9.5 this evening. The controversial novel, first printed privately in Florence in 1928, became the subject of a celebrated trial at the Old Bailey in 1960 after Penguin Books published the book in full for the first time in Britain.

Penguin, charged under the Obscene Publications Act, was found not guilty, and the verdict was a turning point in the history of literary censorship.

“When Language Breaks Down,” another 8.8. C. series starting this evening (National, 9.35), focuses on the problems that children and adults have with the speaking and understanding of language.

Language breakdowns can occur in infancy through deafness and other learning malfunctions; in childhood and youth through various physical and psychological causes; or at any time as the result of a stroke or head injury. David Crystal, professor of linguistics at Reading University and a leading authority on the use of language, explains the main points of breakdown and presents examples of real cases.

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Sense of Humour” is the title given to the Spectrum documentary on Sunday (National, 9.5 a.m., repeated on Tuesday at 9.5 p.m.) This is the second part of a twoparter in which Jack Perkins talks to Florence ("Johnny”) Johnson, of the Salvation Army, about her work with displaced persons in Europe after the Second World War. Florence Johnson worked in the Netherlands and Germany from the end of the war until the early 19505, and tells of the suffering endured by large sections of the civilian population during that time.

Industrial espionage costs industry millions of dollars each year, and the United States Government is not amused when Western designs and components turn up in Soviet military systems. “Your World” examines the problem of industrial espionage and what is being done about it (Concert, Saturday, 7.35 p.m.).

Two series worth hearing or rehearing are being repeated on National: Sue Townsend’s “The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole Aged 13%” m seven parts is currently occupying the book spot on week nights at 10.40; Douglas Adams’s futuristic comedy, “The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” in 12 weekly parts, begins on Sunday at 9.00 a.m.

— John Hijkey