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1. 1940s Broadcasting House

Episode 1 of 10

Wartime in Broadcasting House, and myriad hopes and fears come and go in the course of newsgathering. Read by Penelope Wilton.

Life at the BBC's Broadcasting House during the dark days of 1940 when London was under nightly attack from the Luftwaffe.

Wartime sees myriad hopes and fears of employees come and go in the course of newsgathering.

Penelope Fitzgerald's bitter-sweet comedy, first published in 1980.

Abridged in ten parts by David Dorward

Read by Penelope Wilton,

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1992.

15 minutes

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Monday06:45
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