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6. Watching Rome Burn

Episode 6 of 8

An Oscar nomination for Nero and a West End play β€œthe wind was in my sails”. Peter Ustinov reads his autobiography.

By the early 1950s, the versatile Peter Ustinov turns 28 and is cast as Nero in the film Quo Vadis.

He swelters in Rome, before returning to London to pen a play for the Wyndhams Theatre where a romantic encounter awaits...

The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography

Abridged by Jack Singleton.

Producer Rosemary Hart

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 1978.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 May 2021 01:30

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 May 2021 06:30
  • Mon 3 May 2021 13:30
  • Mon 3 May 2021 20:30
  • Tue 4 May 2021 01:30