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2. A Boozy French General Visits

Episode 2 of 10

A boozy French General visits BBC Broadcasting House during wartime with misguided words of hope. Read by Penelope Wilton.

A boozy French General arrives for a visit with misguided words of hope.

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

Penelope Fitzgerald's bitter-sweet comedy about the battles of employees in newsgathering.
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Abridged 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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Tuesday06:45
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