Superlatively Good
HAVE often in the past enjoyed the series in Broadcasts to Schools entitled Here Lies Adventure, which consists mainly in dramatised excerpts from children’s books. The pleasure comes partly from the extremely skilful way in which the introduction is made without a hint of anything but the enjoyment to be got from reading; partly from the awakening of forgotten memories as an old favourite of the past takes its turn in the series; and partly from the excellent standard of the production of the episodes, Yet I felt that in the episode on Scott and Ivanhoe, the producers surpassed themselves. The scene chosen was that of the tournament, and it was narrated in the style of a modern racing or football commentator, after the children had been duly warned of the anachronism involved. To the child, the result was completely vivid; to the adult, vivid and charmingly ludicrous. This programme, we were told, was produced in the Auckland studios of the NZBS. I should like to know if the commentator was an experienced sports commentator, or an actor indulging in a gentle satire of his part. In any case. the result was super-
latively good.
Loquax
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 11
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198Superlatively Good New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 11
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