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The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the poor, as a dishwasher in Paris and among the tramps of London, when he was still in his twenties. Read by Joseph Millson. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Living in Paris with no money to his name, Orwell needs a job. He turns to Boris, a Russian refugee with experience of the restaurant trade, for help. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Orwell considers the hierarchy among the hard-pressed restaurant workers of Paris, where he discovers that no-one wears a moustache except the cooks. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orwell finds work as a plongeur - a slave's slave - washing dishes for 14 hours a day in a stifling inferno of a cellar, deafened by oaths and the clanging of pots and pans. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

After several months slaving as a dishwasher in Paris, Orwell returns to England. But when the job he was promised fails to materialise, he finds himself down and out once more. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Back home in England, but down and out once more, Orwell makes the acquaintance of an Irish tramp, who introduces him to life on the road and nights in various shelters. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orwell befriends a tramp called Paddy, and they seek shelter in a Salvation Army hostel, where Orwell is struck by the range of men who find themselves down and out. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Down and out in London, Orwell meets a couple of pavement artists and considers society's attitude to those who are forced to beg. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orwell discovers that it is not the lack of money or the hunger that dispirits him most, but the boredom that goes hand in hand with poverty. Show more