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The Archive Hour: Buchan to Bond

on BBC Radio 4 FM

When John Buchan completed his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1915, he set in motion the British 20th-century love affairwith secret agents, gentlemen heroes, cads and bounders. Nigel
Fountain looks back at a peculiarly British type of thrillerthat fared especially well on radio, television and in the cinema.
Producer Bob Dickinson (R)

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John Buchan
Producer:
Bob Dickinson

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