Graham Greene - BBC Radio Interviews

Synopsis

Extracts from a BBC radio interview with Graham Greene, English novelist, short-story writer, travel writer, playwright and screenwriter, originally broadcast on Radio 4’s A WRITER AT WORK on 15/8/1969. Graham Greene talks to Christopher Burstall about: his experience of psycho-analysis (1 min 48); his sense of being hunted, the excitement of danger, playing Russian roulette, his manic depression (4 min 39); the importance of dreams and nightmares (2 min 12); his thoughts on death and the afterlife (1 min 8); Indo-China and his opium habit (2 min 45).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2003

Year of production

1969

Notes

Available free online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/greeneg1.shtml. Requires Realplayer.

Subjects

Literature

Keywords

Greene, Graham; literature - English; writers - English; radio interviews

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/greeneg1.shtml

Delivery

Streamed

Production Company

Name

BBC Radio 4

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

BBC Four Audio Interviews

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/ External site opens in new window