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Book of the Week

Matthew Sweet - The West End Front

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Mussolini's involvement in the conflict breeds hostility against Italians, and the Savoy's waiting staff must prove their allegiance to Britain. Read by Kenneth Cranham. Show more

Book of the Week

Matthew Sweet - The West End Front

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. As rationing hits, London's well-heeled diners chomp their way through acorns, turnips and eels in a nod to the war effort. Read by Kenneth Cranham. Show more

Book of the Week

Matthew Sweet - The West End Front

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cabinet ministers and spies, anti-Semites and Zionists, dowagers and showgirls - the weird and wonderful clientele of the Dorchester carries on regardless. Read by Kenneth Cranham. Show more

Book of the Week

Matthew Sweet - The West End Front

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Two clandestine networks - the homosexual subculture and London's spy community - form an unlikely alliance at the bar below the Ritz. Read by Kenneth Cranham. Show more