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Fitzrovia

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

1939-1945
Michell Raper examines the history of wartime Fitzrovia - the Bohemian world which took its name from the Fitzroy pub in Soho, one of its focal points.
Recalling his own ambition to become ' a significant literary figure,' he introduces extracts from conversations with a number of writers and personalities of the 1940s. They include JOHN LEHMANN , JILL BALCON. JOHN PUDNEY , HOWARD SERGEANT, JOHN HEATH-STUBBS and GEORGE BARKER.
Reader KENNETH FORTESCUE Producer GEORGE MACBETH

Contributors

Unknown:
Michell Raper
Unknown:
John Lehmann
Unknown:
Jill Balcon.
Unknown:
John Pudney
Unknown:
John Heath-Stubbs
Reader:
George Barker.
Reader:
Kenneth Fortescue
Producer:
George MacBeth
Source: Radio Times

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