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1. 1940s Broadcasting House
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Wartime in Broadcasting House, and myriad hopes and fears come and go in the course of newsgathering. Read by Penelope Wilton.
Life at the 麻豆社's Broadcasting House during the dark days of 1940 when London was under nightly attack from the Luftwaffe.
Wartime sees myriad hopes and fears of employees come and go in the course of newsgathering.
Penelope Fitzgerald's bitter-sweet comedy, first published in 1980.
Abridged in ten parts by David Dorward
Read by Penelope Wilton,
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 1992.
Last on
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