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In the Second World War in the dark hours of the blackout, families stayed in and listened to the ‘wireless’. ‘Features’ met the challenge. Some programmes were patriotic and war related, some informative, some satirical.
This book traces the development of Features and tells how they were made (sometimes against the backdrop of falling bombs), with the participation of figures such as Graham Greene, J. B. Priestley, Louis MacNeice, Benjamin Britten, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson and Joyce Grenfell.
Stephen Potter was famous in the 1950s and 1960s for his Gamesmanship and One-Upmanship books. In the 1940s, he was widely known as a key writer/producer of Feature programmes. He made 230 of these, showing astounding versatility. Literary and Natural History programmes jostle with his biography of Winston Churchill on VE day and his ‘How’ series.
The Diaries. Stephen Potter kept detailed diaries of his day-to-day life. These provide a unique insight into the workings of the BBC immediately before, during and after the war. They also give an account of what it felt like on the Home Front, and of his experiences during the blitz, in both London and Manchester.
‘A finely researched and lavishly informative handbook about the days when radio was king.’ Humphrey Carpenter
‘Long may we remember the brilliance of pioneers and craftsmen like Stephen Potter. His son, in this book, does him proud.’ Libby Purves
‘Just homage to an artist whose innovative brilliance has not until now been given its due.’ Elizabeth Jane Howard
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