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With Great Pleasure: General Sir John Hackett

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In 1944 General Hackett was badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem. He is now Principal of King's College, London, and in tonight's programme he tells some of his students about the poetry and prose which gave him particular pleasure and comfort during the four months in which he was nursed back to health and hidden by the Resistance in Holland.
Illustrations read by Sheila Allen and Julian Glover.

Contributors

Presenter:
General Sir John Hackett
Reader:
Sheila Allen
Reader:
Julian Glover
Producer:
Patricia Brent
Source: Radio Times

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