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VISITORS TO BRITAIN

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A series of seven readings from the Journals of distinguished visitors, recording their impressions of Britain and the British.
6: Washington Irving
' Old Christmas ' and ' Bracebridge Hall ' from The Sketch Book
' It is indeed the season for kindling not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall but the genial flame of charity in the heart.'
Reader, PETER MARINKER
Broadcast on December 27. 1966

Source: Radio Times

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