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Based on a True Story

4 Extra Debut. Peter Curran talks to Howard Brenton about his play 'Never So Good', which explores the life of Harold Macmillan. From January 2009.

The first production of Howard Brenton's play Never So Good brought to life on stage the experiences of Harold Macmillan. In this programme, which reflects on real life events set against their fictional portrayal, Peter Curran discusses the production with Brenton, Jeremy Irons, who played Macmillan, and Lord Alexander Stockton, the grandson of Macmillan and his close companion in later life.Producer Kevin DawsonA Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

30 minutes

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Sat 25 Jun 201601:30
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