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The Book Programme

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Introduced by Robert Robinson
J. G. Farrell 's novel Troubles, set in Ireland in 1920, won for him the Faber Memorial Prize when it was first published. Two years ago his novel The Siege of Krishnapur, set in the Indian Mutiny in 1857, was awarded the coveted Booker Prize for fiction. Both books now appear in paperback, and JULIAN SYMONS talks to j. G. FARRELL in a filmed interview.
Also, Ronnie Barker reads extracts from a new comic novel The Death of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs : 'When Reginald Iolanthe Perrin set out for work on Thursday morning, he had no intention of calling his mother-in-law a hippopotamus. Nothing could have been further from his thoughts ... '
Producerphilip SPEIGHT
Executive producer WILL WYATT

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Introduced By:
J. G. Farrell
Talks:
Julian Symons
Unknown:
J. G. Farrell
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Reginald Perrin
Unknown:
David Nobbs
Unknown:
Reginald Iolanthe Perrin
Producer:
Philip Speight
Producer:
Will Wyatt
Source: Radio Times

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