Brian Hayes programme

Title

Brian Hayes programme

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

TX Date

Mar 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:46:07

Description

Brian Hayes talks to best-selling novelist Arthur Hailey, whose latest novel, Overload, is published in the UK this week. Topics discussed include Hailey’s themes, settings, and the research done on his books; fuel shortages; environmental campaigners; government bureaucracy; big corporations; writing as a job; his influence on casting for the films made from his books; the pros and cons of the TV format; the Jewish faith; literary snobbery. Includes listener phone-in, news bulletins and commercial breaks.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Arthur Hailey

Keywords

Books; Authors; Business; Fuels; Electricity; Electricity supply; Arthur Hailey; Novelists; Fuel resources; Creative writing; Judaism; Literature; Environment; Overload

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