Fowles in Dorset

Best-selling author John Fowles was one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the 20th century.

But he had another job, as curator of the Lyme Regis Museum.

Chris Ledgard explores the relationship the writer had with the Dorset town, the setting for his most famous work 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'.

Chris reveals how John carried out a series of taped interviews piecing together Lyme's oral history.

Contributors:

Ken Gollop
John Fowles
Louise Curtis
Jo Draper
Ivy Caddy
Liz-Anne Bawden
Barbara Austin
Jean Wellings
Sarah Fowles
Cecil Langford
Fred Britton
Elsie Clark
Charles Drazin

Producer: Chris Ledgard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.