Category Archives: Radio

Dog Days Roundup

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–BBC has announced the rebroadcast of a three-hour adaptation of Waugh’s wartime novel Put Out More Flags. This will air on BBC Radio 4 Extra over three successive days at 15:00p British time starting on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Roundup: More Letters and a Radio Adaptation

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–Another batch of Waugh’s letters have been auctioned recently. These consisted of communications with his bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe regarding special bindings for his own library and presentation copies. These were recently sold by the auction house RR Auction in … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio Adaptation of Put Out More Flags

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will broadcast a 3 hour radio adaptation of Put Out More Flags in early December. This will be aired on three successive days starting Monday, 5 December at 0500 and repeated at 1000 and 1500, with … Continue reading →

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On Offer: Two Events, a Radio Series and Some Books

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

There have been two announcements of upcoming events in Southern England that may be of interest. The first is a joint presentation of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Vogue magazine: Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast A Handful of Dust

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Tne BBC will rebroadcast its two hour, two episode radio adaptation of  A Handful of Dust. This will be transmitted on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Thursday, 24 February at 1000a and will be available thereafter on BBC iPlayer. Here … Continue reading →

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Vile Bodies BBC Radio Adaptation Posted

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

A 90-minute BBC Radio adaptation of Vile Bodies has been posted on YouTube. The posting is by ChestertonRadio.com.  It is also available on other sites. The adaptation was written by Barry Campbell and was first broadcast on 31 October 1970 … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Good Read on BBC

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 has rebroadcast earlier today a 2010 episode of their series A Good Read where a moderator and two guests discuss a book each of them has chosen. In this episode the moderator Sue MacGregor chooses Waugh’s 1930s … Continue reading →

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Online Waugh Events: NYPL and Others

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New York Public Library has announced an online event next week. This will be part of their series Avant-Garde Reading Room. Here are the details from their website: Please join us online for our short story discussion on Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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BBC to Rebroadcast Brideshead Radio Series

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC has announced their rebroadcast of the radio version of Brideshead Revisited. This is in the adaptation by Jeremy Front and will appear over four episodes beginning next Monday, 25 May at 1000a on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Each episode … Continue reading →

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Radio Adaptation of Decline & Fall Rebroadcast

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast its two-episode adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall starting this Thursday. This adaptation by Jeremy Front was first transmitted in 2015, and this is apparently its first rebroadcast. Front has also adapted other … Continue reading →

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