Episode 2
As the Blitz begins in earnest, a group of East Enders storm the Savoy in demand of decent shelter for all. Read by Kenneth Cranham.
Kenneth Cranham reads Matthew Sweet's dark history of the scandalous life above and below stairs in London's grand hotels during the Second World War. While bombs rain down on London's East End, life in the capital's glittering hotels carries on regardless, with hotels like the Ritz, the Dorchester, the Savoy and Claridge's becoming mini Casablancas, where spies and con artists, traitors and royalty rub shoulders under the reinforced ceilings.
Today: as the Blitz begins in earnest, a group of East Enders storm the Savoy in demand of decent shelter for all.
Reader: Kenneth Cranham
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Viv Beeby.
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