Summary
On the next evening, you could have found yourself in India, circa 1930, in an atmospheric Book at Bedtime (Radio Four, Monday to Friday), abridged by Sally Marmion. A bungalow, the lily pond, a woman pouring tea, her husband in the hammock, 'the edges of their white clothes', as seen by their youngest daughter, Esme, 'shimmer in the heat'.
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Armchair Travels
It was a clever ruse by John Dryden, the director of Sunday's Classic Serial (Radio Four), to record The Cairo Trilogy on location in Egypt with an Egyptian cast.
And a brilliant bit of casting to tempt Omar Sharif, the chari...See the full content of this document
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