Following a thread on the Performance board recollecting aspects of the Third programme, I thought people might be interested in looking at some of these items on film from the BBC Archive, with many interviews of C20 authors:
They are generally short pieces and I'm sure that like me you can think of writers who don't feature who you would have preferred to see rather than some who do feature, but there are some interesting interviews. With some of the older interviews I am impressed with the seriousness with which both interviewer and interviewee address the subject, even if the interviews can seem unnaturally formal.
Ages ago there was a project initiated to open up much of the BBC Archive, including the sound archive, but I sometimes think that this wonderful material will only be uncovered by archaeologists a century or so hence as they rummage through the ruins of London. Such a shame that so much of it is kept under lock and key.
They are generally short pieces and I'm sure that like me you can think of writers who don't feature who you would have preferred to see rather than some who do feature, but there are some interesting interviews. With some of the older interviews I am impressed with the seriousness with which both interviewer and interviewee address the subject, even if the interviews can seem unnaturally formal.
Ages ago there was a project initiated to open up much of the BBC Archive, including the sound archive, but I sometimes think that this wonderful material will only be uncovered by archaeologists a century or so hence as they rummage through the ruins of London. Such a shame that so much of it is kept under lock and key.
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