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George Orwell: 4: The Lion and the Unicorn

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A series of five programmes. For a brief period after the Spanish Civil War Orwell was violently opposed to the coming war with Germany. This Arena film shows his sudden emergence as a patriot in 1940, and closes with the end of the war and the writing of Animal Farm.

Contributors

Interviewee:
Douglas Cleverdon
Interviewee:
Lettice Cooper
Interviewee:
Tosco Fyvel
Interviewee:
Anthony Powell
Interviewee:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Nigel Williams
Source: Radio Times

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