Music Feature

Tinker, Tailor, Composer, Spy

Tuesday 9 May 2006 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Saturday 13 May 2006 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Kenneth Shenton presents the remarkable story of how composer Elizabeth Poston led a secret life, sending coded musical messages into occupied Europe during the Second World War - under the cover of a staff job in the World Service.

Known for her much loved carol Jesus Christ the Apple Tree and other popular works, Elizabeth took her secret to the grave, never divulging her wartime exploits.

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