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Last broadcast on Sun, 7 Nov 2010, 05:45 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
For millions of alcoholics around the world, Alcoholics Anonymous's basic text - informally known as the Big Book - is the Bible. After being hidden away for nearly 70 years the original manuscript by AA co-founder Bill Wilson is about to become public for the first time complete with evidence of re-writes that reveal a profound debate in 1939 about how overtly to talk about God.
Literary critic John Sutherland, himself a member of AA and a distinguished textual analyst, turns his textual critic's eye to the Wilson manuscript.
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Wed 3 Nov 201020:45
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Sun 7 Nov 201005:45
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