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01/03/2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra - 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan

Author Lynne Truss celebrates the life of Dora Bryan with some archive treasures.

Author Lynne Truss on the remarkable career of Dora Bryan with highlights from the actress's BBC radio archive.

A celebration of the life of Dora Bryan, hailed as one of Britain's great all-round performers.
 
Journalist and writer Lynne Truss looks back on Dora's remarkable career.   

With Dora's friend and co-star Bernard Cribbins, BBC radio drama producer Martin Jenkins, theatre critic Benedict Nightingale and film writer Matthew Sweet.
 
Handpicked highlights from the BBC radio archive include: 
 
*    Desert Islands Discs from 1987, when Dora was Michael Parkinson's castaway
 
*    Perfect Timing - Jimmy Chinn's drama about a struggling music hall duo all at sea on a cruise ship booking starring Dora, Bernard Cribbins and Roy Barraclough
 
*    That Reminds Me from 2000, in which Dora recalls her stage, film and TV career
 
*    With Great Pleasure from 2003, featuring readings from Dora's favourite books
 
*    The Child Within, Wally K Daly's moving monologue written especially for and performed by Dora Bryan.

Dora Bryan died in 2014 aged 91.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in March 2014.

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