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Poetry from the BBC Archives (1994)

aka: John Betjeman: Poetry from the BBC Archives

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £19.98

A compilation of Sir John Betjeman’s poetry chosen from over thirty years of radio and television programmes. Includes the very best of Sir John Betjeman’s performances and is a fitting tribute to the...

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Summoned by Bells (1960 Audio)

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 120 min., 2004 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Sir John Betjeman reads his verse autobiography, describing the pains and pleasures of growing up. Covers his earliest boyhood memories of Highgate and of Archibald, his old stuffed bear, through to his...

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Century Speaks, The (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 220 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (+p&p)

In July 1998, producers at 40 local and regional BBC radio stations began interviewing 6,000 people from all backgrounds, ranging in age from 4 to 107. The aim was to capture the experience of the last...

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Aeneid, The (1999 Audio)

Producer

Viv Beeby; Jeremy Howe

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 120 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A dramatisation of Virgil’s epic poem ‘The Aeneid’, translated by Cecil Day-Lewis and adapted by Tom Holland. Tells the story of the legendary origin of the Roman Empire through the experiences of the...

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Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 2 (1995 Audio)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A selection of 12 ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts since 1969 chosen by Cooke himself. Topics include the eight-year-old girl who started the American civil rights movement, reflections on 1960s’...

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Mark Tully’s India (1997 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. ? min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Mark Tully looks back on more than two decades as the BBC’s correspondent in India. With additional observations recorded separately, this compilation represents a record of his broadcasts that provides...

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Samuel Beckett: Works for Radio (2006)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 235 minutes), £39.95

Released to mark the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett [1906-1989], this set of four CDs collects the five works that Beckett created expressly for the radio: All That Fall, Embers, Words and Music,...

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Stranger’s Eye, A (2000 Audio)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 150 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

BBC correspondent Fergal Keane travels around Britain listening to the stories of ordinary people who find themselves on the fringes of society and surviving on limited means. He begins in Glasgow, among the...

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H.G.wells Radio Broadcasts (2006)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 73 minutes), £9.95

This CD makes available for the first time all the surviving BBC radio broadcasts of H.G. Wells. The earliest dates from 1931, by which time Wells was already in his sixties and a renowned public figure,...

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Time and the Conways (1994)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 118 minutes), £12.99

'Time and the Conways’ by JB Priestley follows the fortunes of one family over a period of years, and offers a moving perspective on the abstract nature of the past, present and future. It is 1919, the War...

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