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The Lighthouse Invites the Storm

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The writer Malcolm Lowry acknowledged two tyrannies - the pen and the bottle. His life was full of misfortune, some self-inflicted, yet he managed to produce one outstanding novel, Under the Volcano.
Gordon Bowker considers the man, his life and his masterpiece, with Arthur Calder-Marshall Anthony Burgess Malcolm Bradbury and friends of Lowry. With Hywel Bennett as Malcolm Lowry and Norman Rodway reading from Under the Volcano.
Producer MICHEL PETHERAM (R)

Contributors

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Malcolm Lowry
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Gordon Bowker
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Arthur Calder-Marshall
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Anthony Burgess
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Malcolm Bradbury
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Hywel Bennett
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Malcolm Lowry
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Norman Rodway
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Michel Petheram
Source: Radio Times

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