Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian Fort

4. A Blitz and a Blow

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 18^th Oct 2012, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 3^rd May 2024, 03:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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MP Nancy Astor helps to steer the city of Plymouth through the horrors of the Blitz during the Second World War.

Continuing the fascinating life of Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons.

Adrian Fort's biography abridged by Alison Joseph.

Read by Anna Maxwell Martin.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012. Show less