29 JULY 1949, Page 14

RADIO

IN my last notes I recorded a certain disappointment in a documen- tary feature about Holland, Men Against the Sea ; and on its heels came another documentary, Journey to Malta, to prove the right way to do it. (By what contradictions, what contrasts does the B.B.C. work !) Whereas Holland had been all drama and declara- tion, Malta was allowed to speak with a quiet and intrusive voice ; and the programme was incalculably more persuasive.