RADIO
ONE of the early autumn successes on the lighter side has been We Beg To Differ. It is based on the verifiable assumption that all men and all women like to gossip about men and women, or what used to be called the Battle of the &vs. Four ladies, two gentlemen and one Mr. Interlocutor (Mr. Roy Plomley) discuss the matters on which the sexes may disagree. Are woman, when ill, better patients than men? Should it be left to the fathers to chastise the children? What about women making-up in public?
None of this discussion is as deep as a well ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. I dare say that you would get profounder views from profess sional feminists, psycho-analysts and educationalists ; but We Beg to Differ aims only at entertaining, in a sensible kind of way, and it most clearly does that. Mlles. Gladys Young, Joyce Grenfell, Kai Hammond and Charmian Innes speak up on behalf of the oarsuss( et mutabile ; Mr. John Clements and the Radio Doctor defend thd masculine fort. The Radio Dootor, in particular, has evolved a most calculated style of uncut wisdom, ;kind of homespun humour, rathee reminiscent of the late Will Rogers ; he will start twirling a lariat at, any moment. The programme is deftly put on the air, aid Mr. Roy, Plomley presides over it with a brilliant lack of self-assertion. Gootil fun.
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