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Jeremy Nicholas takes a final journey of discovery through the sound archives unearthing ancient recordings of famous figures of the last 100 years or so, and finding out whether the voices match the images we have of them today.
6: Writers. The distant voices include such great names as H G Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ;
Baroness Orczy reads from The Scarlet Pimpernel, and P G Wodehouse recalls how he named his two best-known characters.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More