10 MAY 1957, Page 7

FOLLOWING the BBC's decision to fractionalise the Third Programme .

. . a departmental meet- ing at Broadcasting House amused itself by sug- gesting a change of name. Easily the most popular offering: the Two-Thirds Programme. Atticus in the Sunday Times, May 5_ One of the more sardonic jokes now circulating in Portland Place is that this service is to be renamed, and will be known after October 1 as the One-third programme.

London Correspondent, Manchester Guardian, May S.. Going . . . going . .

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