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Archive: 09/03/1930 to 01/09/1939 Wavelength 261.3m in London or 1554.4m in Midlands

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The Sword in the Stone

John Cheatle

TH White

Benjamin Britten

Marianne Helweg

Robin Maule

Robert Farquharson

Margaret Yarde

The Sword in the Stone: Episode 3: Wart and the Hawks

Music: Classical

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Wart and the Hawks

Episode 3

Episode 3: Wart and the Hawks

BBC Radio 4 - The Sword in the Stone, Wart and the Hawks

The 1939 radio adaptation of T H White's novel, with music composed by Benjamin Britten.

Marianne Helweg's adaptation of T H White's novel. Featuring music composed by Benjamin Britten and performed by the BBC Orchestra/Leslie Woodgate. First transmitted in 1939.

First transmitted in 1939, T H White's novel is adapted for broadcasting in six parts by Marianne Helweg; with music especially composed by Benjamin Britten and played by the BBC Orchestra, under conductor Leslie Woodgate.

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The 1939 radio adaptation of T H White's novel, with music composed by Benjamin Britten

T H White's novel is adapted for radio in six parts by Marianne Helweg. Featuring music composed by Benjamin Britten and performed by the BBC Orchestra, under conductor Leslie Woodgate.

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