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Occupation Rumer Godden
In Autumn 1973 RG moved on from reading poetry for children on BBC radio to organising the same thing live, working with two young actors, first at libraries in London and then touring the country.
Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan.
299-301
Occupation George Orwell
GO organised and produced talks broadcast by the Far Eastern section of the BBC (largely to India), on topics ranging from the war to English poetry.
Davison, Peter. George Orwell: A Literary Life. St Martin’s Press.
xxi-xxii
Other Life Event Jean Rhys
An actress, Selma vas Diaz , had adapted Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight as a radio play and needed her permission to perform it for a BBC broadcast. A public performance had already been set for...
Other Life Event E. Arnot Robertson
On 27 September 1946 MGM complained to the BBC about an allegedly hostile review by EAR . This led her to a court battle. The High Court awarded her £1,500 in libel damages, but on...
Performance of text Michelene Wandor
Since the early 1990s, MW has turned her attention to music. Her libretti and radio plays include works based on poems by John Cornford , John Milton , and Ariosto : Spain, first performed...
Performance of text Harold Pinter
A recording of this sketch was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 the following day. It appeared in print in Harold Pinter Plays 4, 2012.
“Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)”. doollee.com: Playwrights.
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
A commission from Caroline Raphael , then head of Radio 5 , resulted in SD 's original radio play Purple Side Coasters, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 16 November 1995 and dealing with post-natal depression.
Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris. Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary (Women) Practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan.
86
Bull, John, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 245. Gale Research.
114-15
Performance of text Germaine Greer
The BBC 's Broadcasting Support Services published a transcription of a discussion about education by a group of women journalists and writers moderated by GG : The Last Word (IV)
Dated from the Bodleian Library acquisitions stamp.
Greer, Germaine, editor. The Last Word. BBC Broadcasting Support Services.
3
Performance of text Helen Dunmore
HD 's first radio play, The Mironov Legacy, a dramatisation of actual historical material, was broadcast as BBC Radio Four 's Afternoon Play.
Dunmore, Helen. Helen Dunmore. http://www.helendunmore.com/index.asp.
Performance of text Ruth Padel
RP has broadcast programmes of her own on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 about the work of composers, scientists, and writers. She chose the title Close Encounters for a series of interval talks about...
Performance of text Jean Rhys
Selma vas Diaz performed her dramatic monologue adapted from JR 's novel Good Morning, Midnight, with music by Roberto Gerhard , on the BBC 's Third Programme.
Mellown, Elgin W. Jean Rhys: A Descriptive and Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism. Garland.
151
Performance of text Catherine Byron
Some of these poems had already appeared in journals such as Poetry Ireland Review and Lines Review. Some had already been aired on Poetry Now, a BBC radio programme.
Byron, Catherine. Settlements; &, Samhain. Loxwood Stoneleigh.
prelims
In 1994 CB
Performance of text Helen Dunmore
Throughout the 1980s HD gave many readings of her works: at literary festivals, and at schools, colleges, libraries, clubs, and prisons. Her poetry was also featured on BBC radio (several different programmes) and television. As...
Performance of text Ruth Padel
The earliest stories that RP mentions on her website are two that appeared in journals in 2001: Tigersex in the Dublin Review in May and The Last Tiger in Prospect Magazine in September. We're So...
Performance of text Ruth Pitter
RP made her first appearance on a BBC radio programme in 1946, and quickly became a standby. From radio she proceeded to television, as a regular member from 1956 to 1960 of the team on...

Timeline

3 November 1956: Prime Minister Anthony Eden made one of a...

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3 November 1956

Prime Minister Anthony Eden made one of a series of ministerial broadcasts on the recent Suez crisis, which was covered by BBC television and ITV as well as the BBC radio service at home and...

24 September 1957: BBC television for schools began broadca...

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24 September 1957

BBC television for schools began broadcasting.

21 April 1958: Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity:...

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21 April 1958

Margery Fry died as almost a national celebrity: criminal justice reformer, prison reformer, campaigner for victims' compensation, educationalist (briefly Principal of Somerville College ), writer on children's care and development, and latterly broadcaster (a regular...

14 July 1958: The BBC transmitted its first live television...

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14 July 1958

The BBC transmitted its first live television broadcast from Africa via Eurovision : coverage of Bastille Day in Algiers.

4 November 1958: BBC television broadcast the coronation of...

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4 November 1958

BBC television broadcast the coronation of Pope John XXIII via Eurovision .

Up to 8 October 1959: The BBC for the first time gave coverage...

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Up to 8 October 1959

The BBC for the first time gave coverage in its news broadcasts to a General Election campaign.

20 June 1960: Nan Winton became the first woman reader...

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20 June 1960

Nan Winton became the first woman reader of television network news on the BBC .

25 December 1960: Queen Elizabeth II's first pre-recorded Christmas...

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25 December 1960

Queen Elizabeth II 's first pre-recorded Christmas message was broadcast on BBC television.

1962: Publisher John Calder and writer's widow...

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1962

Publisher John Calder and writer's widow Sonia Orwell together organised at Edinburgh the first, highly successful Writers' Conference.

15 January 1963: The BBC removed its ban preventing comedy...

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15 January 1963

The BBC removed its ban preventing comedy programmes from discussing politics, sex, religion, or royalty.

New Year's Day 1964: The popular and long-running BBC programme...

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New Year's Day 1964

The popular and long-running BBC programme Top of the Pops was launched The presenter was Jimmy Savile , who years later was posthumously disgraced as a paedophile.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “Light Entertainment”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 21, pp. 5-8.
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1965: Peter Watson's The War Game, a television...

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1965

Peter Watson 's The War Game, a television film which imagines conditions in Britain in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, was withdrawn by the BBC in response to government pressure.

16 December 1966: The BBC screened its famous Wednesday play...

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16 December 1966

The BBC screened its famous Wednesday playCathy Come Home, a drama about a homeless family written by Jeremy Sandford (husband of Nell Dunn ), produced by Tony Garnett , and directed by Ken Loach .

1967: The BBC began the first regular colour television...

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1967

The BBC began the first regular colour television service in Europe.

30 September 1967: The BBC's Third Programme was renamed Radio...

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30 September 1967

The BBC 's Third Programme was renamed Radio 3 , and revised to cut down the proportion of spoken word material broadcast in favour of classical music.

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