The writer Malcolm Lowry acknowledged two tyrannies - the pen and the bottle. His life was full of misfortune, some self-inflicted, yet he managed to produce one outstanding novel, Under the Volcano.
Gordon Bowker considers the man, his life and his masterpiece with Arthur Calder-Marshall ,
Anthony Burgess ,
Malcolm Bradbury and friends of Lowry. with Hywel Bennett as Malcolm Lowry and Norman Rodway reading from Under the Volcano
Producer MICHEL PETHERAM
(Repeated: Wednesday 11.0 am)