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7. The First Fatality

Episode 7 of 10

The first fatality occurs at BBC Broadcasting House during the wartime bombing. Read by Penelope Wilton.

The first fatality occurs with a death of an expert on-air contributor

Life at the BBC's Broadcasting House during the dark days of 1940 when London was under nightly attack from the Luftwaffe.

Penelope Fitzgerald's bitter-sweet comedy about the battles of employees in newsgathering.

Abridged by David Dorward

Read by Penelope Wilton,

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1992.

15 minutes

On radio

Tuesday06:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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