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Modern Biography: The Cult Hero

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In the fifth of six programmes Anthony Curtis discovers the problems of writing the life of figures who have a 'following' of millions; he discusses J.R.R. Tolkien with his biographer Humphrey Carpenter; P. G. Wodehouse with Frances Donaldson and - a cult figure from the past - Hilaire Belloc with A.N. Wilson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Curtis
Interviewee:
Humphrey Carpenter
Interviewee:
Frances Donaldson
Interviewee:
A.N. Wilson.
Reader:
Ronald Baddiley
Producer:
Prudence Smith
Source: Radio Times

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