FACTUAL
An Audience with Norman Corwin
Saturday 4 March 2006 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Hailed as American radio's 'poet laureate', Corwin, now 95, is still making radio programmes, as well as teaching journalism at the University of Southern California. He remembers some of his most significant productions from the golden age of radio including:
They Fly Through the Air - his response to Mussolini's bombing of Ethiopia.
We Hold These Truths - a drama commissioned by Roosevelt to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, which was listened to by 63 million people - the largest audience in recorded history for a dramatic performance.
An American in England - a series made to give Americans a better understanding of the British, and the programme which is still considered his masterpiece - On a Note of Triumph.
