The Lonely Londoners

Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 LW

BBC Radio 4 FM

Don Warrington

Sara Davies

Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

Sam Selvon

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon: 4. The Dark Side of London

4. The Dark Side of London

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon, 4. The Dark Side of London

A darker side to London, and a hungrier one, prompts Galahad to take a high risk.

There's a darker side to London, and a hungrier one, that prompts Galahad into a high-risk exploit. Read by Don Warrington.

Galahad is getting on well in London.

In fact he sometimes feels like a king as he strolls through the park, three or four pounds in his pocket, sharp clothes on, off to meet a new girl under the clock in Piccadilly tube station. 

But there's a darker side to the city, and a hungrier one, that prompts Galahad into a high-risk exploit. 
 
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.

Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.

Read by Don Warrington.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

*** THE LONELY LONDONERS will be followed on 4 Extra by Colin MacInnes's vibrant novel about London, ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise.

Together, the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Audiobooks

Drama: Classic & Period

Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic of immigrant life in London.

Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950s classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London. Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

4. The Dark Side of London

Contributors

Genres

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra