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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.
Last on
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