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06/09/1960

Topical programme bringing you the latest in arts, sciences and current affairs. Featuring science fiction novelist John Wyndham, author of The Day of the Triffids. (1960)

Topical programme bringing you the latest in arts, sciences and current affairs. Derek Hart speaks to novelist John Wyndham, whose science fiction novels include The Kraken Wakes and The Day of the Triffids. As his latest novel, Trouble with Lichen, reaches bookshops across the country, the author is quizzed about the limits of evil as represented in his books, and how the attitude of British readers towards science fiction differs from that of their US counterparts. (1960)

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Tue 6 Sep 1960 18:50
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service

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John Wyndham was one of a number of British authors discussed in 1960 report into Science Fiction in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Drama. The document, which described Wyndham as 'the best practitioner' of British science fiction, led to the creation of the TV serial Doctor Who. The producer of this programme, Donald Baverstock, was the son-in-law of writer Enid Blyton and the man who, in 1963, eventually gave the green light for Doctor Who to move into production.

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  • Tue 6 Sep 1960 18:50
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service

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