A dramatic monologue, being the audible meditation of a traveller by road from London to the Land's End
Written and spoken by FILSON YOUNG
Produced by PETER CRESWELL
TO travel hopefully with Mr. Filson Young
-L is better than to arrive with many a Baedeker-stuffed bore, and when the journey is down the road to the West-' from London to Land's End '—what more could the stationary hiker desire? All the fun of travel with an enchanting companion, without the trouble and expense of moving ! ' The Road to the West ' is described as an audible meditation. As Mr. Filson Young sits at the wheel of his car moving westward, you hear the things he hears ... birds singing, the organ of Exeter Cathedral.... And you hear as well the thoughts that flicker across his mind as he journeys past the pageant of Southern England. This is a new type of radio entertainment, uniting the best of the guide-book and the travel-talk with that exciting sense of ' being there ’ that a good radio play can give. Listeners who missed ' The Road to the West ' last September should hear it tonight.