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Textual Production Ivy Compton-Burnett
The BBC did a pre-publication adaptation by Christopher Sykes : before the book appeared ICB 's friend Elizabeth Taylor called it the new short BBC novel.
Liddell, Robert, and Francis King. Elizabeth and Ivy. Peter Owen.
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Spurling, Hilary. Secrets of a Woman’s Heart. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Textual Production Virginia Woolf
VW broadcast in a BBC series called Words Fail Me a talk with the title Craftsmanship; however, she used her talk to attack the title as wholly inappropriate to the use of words.
Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth. Hogarth Press.
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Textual Production Beryl Bainbridge
When she was pregnant for the first time, BB set about trying to earn some money by writing and recording a story for BBC children's radio. Ceedy Man and the Bellringers developed into a series...
Textual Production Sarah Daniels
The Sound Barrier by SD , broadcast on Radio 4 in 2004 and repeated in 2007, was directed by Sally Avens . Daniels had at first planned to call it The Long Silence. Her...
Textual Production Jackie Kay
JK wrote Twice Through the Heart, a poetry documentary for BBC 2 based on the life of Amelia Rossiter , a woman jailed for killing her abusive husband.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.
Kay, Jackie. Other Lovers. Bloodaxe Books.
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Textual Production Una Marson
Marson initially approached T. S. Eliot to write the preface, but he refused, so she turned to L. A. G. Strong , a British writer and a colleague at the BBC . She dedicated the...
Textual Production Iris Murdoch
She had finished it in January that year, and dedicated it to John Simopoulos , a Greek friend who was gay. It was adapted for television (BBC2 ) by Reg Gadney in 1982.
Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins.
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Textual Production Catherine Byron
In 1997 the BBC and the Arts Council commissioned CB to produce Writing on Skins, in which she explores writing on vellum, in collaboration with artist Denis Brown , for the Write Out Loud...
Textual Production Claire Luckham
CL 's musical adaptation of Defoe 's novel Moll Flanders was staged in 1986. More recently she has performed a valuable service by providing the catalyst for the delivery to radio audiences of much women's...
Textual Production Stevie Smith
SS recorded a series of three programmes entitled Poems and Drawings, which was broadcast by the BBC .
Spalding, Frances. Stevie Smith: A Critical Biography. Faber and Faber.
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Textual Production Joan Aiken
As the title indicates, JA recast this in book from pieces given on the popular BBC children's television programme Jackanory. The book was the first of a successful series.
Eccleshare, Julia. “Joan Aiken”. The Guardian Unlimited, p. 25.
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Textual Production Eleanor Farjeon
One spur to this late work was Farjeon's indignation at a BBC radio programme in 1953 about Thomas, which was repeated despite her protest after the first broadcast. The programme maintained that she had been...
Textual Production Olivia Manning
After her return to England she sometimes wrote for the BBC (with which her husband was now a producer), providing scripts for the long-running serial Mrs. Dale's Diary, one number in the series A...
Textual Production Jane Gardam
The title story was adapted for BBC television in 1982.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(23 April 1982): 460
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Textual Production Jane Gardam
This book was adapted as a serial on the BBC radio programme Woman's Hour.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.

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8 May 1945: This day, the one following the formal, unconditional...

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8 May 1945

This day, the one following the formal, unconditional German surrender to the Allies at Rheims in France, was called V. E. Day or VE Day.

Late 1945: André Deutsch established the publishing...

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Late 1945

André Deutsch established the publishing firm Allan Wingate in Great Cumberland Street, London.

3 September 1945: The Forces Educational Broadcasts began on...

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3 September 1945

The Forces Educational Broadcasts began on BBC radio.

4 March 1946: The BBC broadcast the first Housewives' Choice...

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4 March 1946

The BBC broadcast the first Housewives' Choice programme.

24 March 1946: Alistair Cooke made his first Letter from...

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24 March 1946

Alistair Cooke made his first Letter from America broadcast for the BBC . This series was meant to run for thirteen weeks, but when its last new instalment aired on 20 February 2004 it was...

7 June 1946: The BBC television service resumed after...

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7 June 1946

The BBC television service resumed after the war.

8 June 1946: Britain's Victory Parade marking the end...

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8 June 1946

Britain's Victory Parade marking the end of the Second World War was televised by the BBC .

7 July 1946: BBC television broadcast to children for...

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7 July 1946

BBC television broadcast to children for the first time, in For the Children.

29 September 1946: The BBC's Third Programme began radio br...

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29 September 1946

The BBC 's Third Programme began radio broadcasting.

7 October 1946: The BBC first broadcast a new programme:...

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7 October 1946

The BBC first broadcast a new programme: Woman's Hour. (It succeeded to a short-lived Women's Hour, first broadcast on 2 May 1923.)

6 February 1947: The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain,...

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6 February 1947

The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain, by which no bill coming before parliament within the next two weeks was to be discussed on the BBC .

6 November 1947: Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first...

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6 November 1947

Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first aired on BBC television.

20 November 1947: Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh;...

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20 November 1947

Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh ; BBC radio broadcast the wedding service, and BBC television covered the procession as well.

1948: Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine...

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1948

Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine Barnes gave great offence with a series of talks on BBC radio about women's health. Subjects like bleeding, ovaries, and hormonal changes were deemed unfit for airing in public.

1948: Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine...

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1948

Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine Barnes gave great offence with a series of talks on BBC radio about women's health. Subjects like bleeding, ovaries, and hormonal changes were deemed unfit for airing in public.

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