Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Dramatisation of Armistead Maupin's classic sequence of comic novels about the denizens of a San Francisco apartment house in the late 70s and early 80s

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An interview with Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.
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Dede and D'Or arrive at the camp. Clip from Episode 3 of Significant Others
Listen to an extract: Further Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City - the 3rd in his novel sequence.
"I have never been hip but I have been ahead of the curve". Armistead Maupin explains how.
Why Tales of the City broke new ground.
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Dramatising Tales of the City
It all began with a chance encounter at the Perth Literary Festival. Producer Sue Roberts recounts how the Radio 4 dramatisation of Tales of the City came about...

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Armistead Maupin blogs on Tales of the City
From newspaper serial to literary sensation to Radio 4 drama series... Armistead Maupin charts the success of Tales of the City.

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