Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,064 playable programmes from the BBC

The Man Who Recognised The Royal Family at Varennes

on Third Programme

View in Radio Times

An imaginary biography
Written by Hilaire Belloc
Read by Paul Dehn
On Midsummer's Night, 1791, Louis XVI and his wife and children; in flight from Paris, were intercepted at Varennes. This imaginary biography of the man responsible for the interception, one Drouet, was composed by Hilaire Belloc for a series first broadcast in 1936.

Contributors

Writer:
Hilaire Belloc
Reader:
Paul Dehn

Third Programme

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More