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Evelyn Waugh

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Bryony Lavery, Adam Mars-Jones, Philip Eade and Alexander Waugh join Matthew Sweet to celebrate Evelyn Waugh on the 50th anniversary of his death. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Mars-Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Bryony Lavery
Interviewed Guest:
Alexander Waugh
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Eade
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Book of the Week

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With new access to family archive, Philip Eade revisits the life of one of our greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh. Read by Nickolas Grace. Show more

Book of the Week

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In the final episode, Waugh's writing career is interrupted by the war, and his most famous novel Brideshead Revisited is published at the end of hostilities. Show more

Book of the Week

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With new access to family archive, Philip Eade revisits the life of one of our greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh. Read by Nickolas Grace. Show more

Book of the Week

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With new access to family archive, Philip Eade revisits the life of one of our greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh. Read by Nickolas Grace. Show more

Book of the Week

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Now a well-known novelist and journalist, Evelyn Waugh is devastated by the end of his marriage and seeks refuge in travel. Show more