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3. American Reporters Arrive

Episode 3 of 10

US reporters arrive from France. Odd living arrangements are made. Wartime at BBC Broadcasting House. Read by Penelope Wilton.

Some reporters from the USA arrive from France.

Odd living arrangements are made.

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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