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The Crown and the Lotus

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A celebration in words, music and sound of the bitter-sweet relationship between Britain and India, 1877-1947.
Written and compiled by Charles Allen with the voices Of B.K. Nehru, V.S. Naipaul, Liz Gould, Dilip Hiro, Mrs Ali Baig, Dail Singh Kalsi, Amarjit Danjal and many others from BBC Sound Archives, the Plain Tales from the Raj Archives, and the British in India Oral History Archives of the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.

Contributors

Writer/ compiler:
Charles Allen
Writer:
B. K. Nehru
Writer:
V. S. Naipaul
Writer:
Liz Gould
Writer:
Dilip Hiro
Writer:
Mrs Ali Baig
Writer:
Singh Kalsi
Reader:
Garard Green
Reader:
Alaric Cotter
Reader:
Kathleen Helms
Reader:
Peter Wickham
Presenter:
Evan Charlton
Producer:
Michael Mason
Source: Radio Times

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