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John Banville - Bowen and Betjeman

4 Extra Debut. An imagined wartime encounter between Elizabeth Bowen and John Betjeman in Dublin. Starring Miranda Richardson and Toby Jones. From February 2014.

4 Extra Debut. Award-winning novelist, John Banville, imagines an encounter between Elizabeth Bowen and John Betjeman as they meet for luncheon in a Dublin hotel during the Second World War. As their conversation ranges over their lives, their loves, their politics, we are given a portrait of wartime Dublin and London and of the place of the artist in a world at war.

Writer ..... John Banville
Director ..... Gemma McMullan
Producer ..... Gemma McMullan.

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Mar 2018 11:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Elizabeth Bowen Miranda Richardson
John Betjeman Toby Jones
Isaiah Berlin Nick Dunning
Goronwy Rees Nicholas Murchie
Maurice Bowra Gerard McDermott
Dermot Miche Doherty
Noreen Colley Sophie Harkness
Rosamond Lehmann Maggie Cronin
Writer John Banville
Director Gemma McMullan
Producer Gemma McMullan

Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Feb 2014 14:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 21 Mar 2016 14:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Mar 2018 11:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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