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The Book Programme: Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)

on BBC Two England

Introduced by Robert Robinson

"Shocked by a bad bottle of wine, an impertinent stranger, or a fault in syntax, his mind like a cinema camera trucked furiously forward to confront the offending object close-up with glaring lens": Waugh on Waugh. This week, a look at one of the funniest and cleverest writers of the 20th century; with extracts from some of the rare interviews Waugh gave; and film of a lunch party for old friends of Waugh: among them Christopher Sykes who has just written the official biography, Sir John Betjeman, Peter Quennell, Frances Donaldson and Lord Kinross.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Subject:
Evelyn Waugh
Participant:
Christopher Sykes
Participant:
Sir John Betjeman
Participant:
Peter Quennell
Participant:
Frances Donaldson
Participant:
Lord Kinross
Producer:
Philip Speight
Executive Producer:
Will Wyatt

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