Category: Film, TV & Radio

SAS: Rogue Heroes

  I’ve made a bit of a bloomer. Fortunately only two know (Bertie was asleep), Robert and Annnabel.

The King’s Speech

“This is the first broadcast made by a British monarch on radio. King George V opened the British Empire Exhibition on 23 April 1924. In his speech, broadcast by the BBC, he thanks all those who worked to deliver such a ‘magnificent result’, despite challenges such as the ‘unfavourable weather’.” (British Library website.)

The Hireling

“Trop de perversité règne au siècle où nous sommes, Et je veux me tirer du commerce des hommes.” (Molière)