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Textual Production Rose Tremain
About the time of publication this book was read on BBC radio as A Book at Bedtime.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.
Textual Production Emmuska, Baroness Orczy
Following a silent film of 1928 entitled The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (from the novel of the same title, 1922), Orczy and Julia Neilson gave permission for the filming of the work by London Film Productions
Textual Production Naomi Alderman
She also wrote Borrowed Time, 2011, a novel which is a spin-off from the BBC 's Doctor Who series, which she regards as fan fiction.
Armitstead, Claire. “Naomi Alderman. A life in . . ”. theguardian.com.
In it the doctor and his helpers go undercover...
Textual Production Wendy Cope
WC 's radio play Shall I Call Thee Bard? A Portrait of Jason Strugnell was broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
The opening words of the title pun on a question addressed by Wordsworth to the...
Textual Production Mary Wesley
It appeared exactly a year after she had finished the first draft (working title Period Piece) and put away the manuscript (written in ink on paper of A4 size, with lines but without margins)...
Textual Production Nina Bawden
It was made into a film for BBC television.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Textual Production Constance Garnett
Ephemeral writings by CG have not been collected. A letter she wrote to Leonard Woolf at the New Statesman and Nation in 1933, setting out her considered judgement on Soviet Communism, was apparently designed for...
Textual Production Hilary Mantel
Within not much more than a year of publication this novel had sold more than 65,000 copies, overturning its author's feeling of having always been a very modest seller.
Taylor, Debbie. “Hilary Mantel”. Mslexia, No. 30, pp. 46-8.
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Of a proposed BBC adaptation...
Textual Production Mary Agnes Hamilton
MAH presented for the BBC the first broadcast of A Week in Westminster, a radio programme designed by Hilda Matheson to educate the electorate (especially the newly-enfranchised female part of it) about politics.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Textual Production E. Arnot Robertson
EAR published stories in The Passing Show and Lilliput (from which one, Peace Comes to a Ministry, was selected by Kaye Webb for inclusion in the anthology Lilliput Goes to War, 1985). Over...
Textual Production Agatha Christie
The origin of the stage play was a radio play. Elizabeth Jenkins tells a story that this was based on the actual killing of a war evacuee by the farmer with whom he and his...
Textual Production Rose Macaulay
RM was a hard-working critic, reviewer, and journalist. From the 1920s into the second world war she wrote for Time and Tide, The Spectator, and the New Statesman among other publications.
Emery, Jane. Rose Macaulay: A Writer’s Life. John Murray.
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Textual Production Michelene Wandor
This publication was one of a group of four: the others are by Zoë Fairbairns , Valerie Miner , and Victoria Nelson . Three of Wandor's stories are revised from versions which appeared in Guests...
Textual Production Naomi Alderman
Another generically unusual work by NA is the script for a mini-drama filmed in Italy for the BBC , La Mappa Misteriosa, which is designed for anglophone listeners seeking to learn Italian. The players...
Textual Production Kathleen Jamie
KJ has written scripts for radio programmes, like The Whale Road, about the arches made of whale bones which stand here and there in Britain (BBC Radio 3 , 2008), and Norn But...

Timeline

16 January 1929: The Listener began publication; it has been...

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16 January 1929

The Listener began publication; it has been said that it did more for the new 'thirties poetry in Britain than any of the specialized poetry magazines.

July 1929: J. B. Priestley published his novel The Good...

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July 1929

J. B. Priestley published his novelThe Good Companions, which became a best-seller and made his name.

21 January 1930: King George V's speech from the House of...

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21 January 1930

King George V 's speech from the House of Lords opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast by the BBC to several countries around the world.

May 1930: Factory-produced television sets (the Baird...

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May 1930

Factory-produced television sets (the Bairdtelevisor) went on sale for 25 guineas in the UK.

14 July 1930: The first televised play was broadcast by...

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14 July 1930

The first televised play was broadcast by the BBC : Lance Sieveking and Sydney Moseley 's production of Pirandello 's experimental The Man with the Flower in his Mouth.

4 December 1931: The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda...

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4 December 1931

The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda Matheson , its director of talks, which she had actually submitted in October. This was the climax of a long-running struggle over a series of talks by Harold Nicolson

1932: The BBC adopted a policy restricting their...

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1932

The BBC adopted a policy restricting their employment of married women.

2 May 1932: Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London,...

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2 May 1932

Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London, opened as home of the British Broadcasting Corporation .

19 December 1932: The BBC launched the Empire Service; this...

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19 December 1932

The BBC launched the Empire Service; this developed into the World Service , broadcasting around the world.

28 July 1933: Sheila Borrett became the BBC's first female...

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28 July 1933

Sheila Borrett became the BBC 's first female radio announcer.

21 August 1933: The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer;...

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21 August 1933

The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer; the practice was soon discontinued.

29 November 1934: BBC radio presented its first broadcast of...

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29 November 1934

BBC radio presented its first broadcast of a royal wedding ceremony (the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina ) from Westminster Abbey.

20 January 1936: King George V died and Edward VIII assumed...

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20 January 1936

King George V died and Edward VIII assumed the throne; he broadcast a message to the Empire the same day from the BBC 's headquarters, Broadcasting House.

31 August 1936: Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC's first female...

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31 August 1936

Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC 's first female television announcer.

2 November 1936: The BBC began the world's first regular public...

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2 November 1936

The BBC began the world's first regular public television service from Alexandra Palace in London.

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