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Tag Archives: BBC
Broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s new Sword of Honour adaptation begins on Sept. 29th
The first episode of the new BBC Radio 4 seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy will be broadcast on Sept. 29th at 3:00 p.m. UK time. Archived episodes should be available for up to seven days after broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Fiction, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
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Major seven-part adaptation of Sword of Honour trilogy coming to BBC Radio this year
From The Stage: A BBC awards scheme that launched the careers of actors such as Stephen Tompkinson and Richard Griffiths has named this year’s winners, with all the recipients being cast in a major seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged BBC, Carleton Hobbs, Jeremy Front, Norman Beaton
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BBC Radio 4 discussion of Decline and Fall
On Feb. 21, on the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time, David Bradshaw (Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford), John Bowen (Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of York) and Ann Pasternak Slater (Senior Research Fellow at … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Fiction, Radio Programs
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, BBC, David Bradshaw, In Our Time, John Bowen, Melvyn Bragg, Radio 4
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BBC television documentary on the Commandos in WWII
EWS member Jeffrey Manley brings to our attention Castle Commando, a fascinating new BBC documentary about British Commandos in World War II and their specialized training. Mr. Manley writes: [The program] features prominently both Waugh and his nemesis Lord Lovat. … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Television Programs, World War II
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