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Rebel Writers of the East Midlands

BBC Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine revisits books by working-class rebels - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and Sons and Lovers.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine goes back to her roots for Books That Made Britain - Rebel Writers of The East Midlands. The programme features three books that caused a sensation when they were first published - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend and Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence.

30 minutes

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Tue 30 Jun 202002:10
BBC Four

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

  • Bastille

    Things We Lost In The Fire

  • Bastille

    Things We Lost In The Fire

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

Credits

PresenterAlice Levine
Executive ProducerSally Bowman
Production CompanyWhitehouse Media

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