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An exploration of the hugely popular Second World War radio broadcasts of JB Priestley

Martin Wainwright explores the Second World War broadcasts of the influential playwright JB Priestley. From 2010.

Martin Wainwright marks the life of a broadcasting phenomenon - the story of how Yorkshire man JB Priestley became the voice of the nation during the darkest days of the Second World War.

Using original broadcasts, information stored in BBC files and interviews with his son Tom Priestley and step son Nicolas Hawkes, Martin revisits these extraordinary broadcasts and asks why, in spite of their astonishing popularity, Priestley was taken off air? 

Producers: Catherine Plane and Phil Pegum.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.

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