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Reminder: Episode 1/7 of BBC Radio 4’s Men at Arms was broadcast today

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

You have seven days left to listen to the episode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6.

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Evelyn Waugh’s 1960 Face to Face interview with John Freeman

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In June 1960 Evelyn Waugh was interviewed by John Freeman for the BBC television program Face to Face. Although during the interview Waugh isn’t exactly bursting with bonhomie and appears more than a little ill at ease (it was apparently … Continue reading →

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Broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s new Sword of Honour adaptation begins on Sept. 29th

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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 →

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Major seven-part adaptation of Sword of Honour trilogy coming to BBC Radio this year

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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 →

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BBC Radio 4 discussion of Decline and Fall

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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 →

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BBC television documentary on the Commandos in WWII

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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 →

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