21/12/1958
Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme.Featuring an interview with writer EM Forster, who talks about his life and writing. (1958)
Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme.Featuring an interview with writer EM Forster. Five years after his return to live at King's College, Cambridge, where he had been a student, Forster is shown in his rooms and other locations around the town as he talks about his life and writing. Forster describes how Cambridge played a significant role in his origins as a novelist and emphasises the importance to his writing of leaving the area and seeking out new people and experiences. (1958)
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EM Forster
Duration: 06:33
Did You Know?
Forster was a life-long champion of humanist, liberal values. He was a conscientious objector during World War I and, instead of fighting, worked with the Red Cross to trace missing soldiers. In the 1930s, he was part of the intellectual movement, which opposed the rise of fascism and sought to safeguard liberal values.
Once World War II had broken out, Forster broadcast radio talks for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. These attracted huge audiences, who listened to his arguments for freedom and tolerance and his pleas that the post-war world would be free of bitterness and revenge.
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- Sun 21 Dec 1958 10:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service
Modern Writers Collection
Clips from this programme are available online as part of the Modern Writers Collection
