A two-part celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of Laurie Lee 's modern classic Cider with Rosie 1: Poet's Prose
While struggling to establish himself as a poet, Laurie Lee sometimes had to settle for payment in kind. Yet, when he turned his hand to prose, it won him a literary award worth a thousand pounds and put him into the best-seller lists. Marjorie Lofthouse traces the book's origins, talks to the author's sister Marjorie and recalls the critics' first reactions. The story is illustrated with excerpts from a stage-version presented by the cotswold PLAYERS of Stroud. Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham