![]() ![]() ![]() It began in 1949 when Britain was still on the ration and ran through until the end of the 1960s. This was the case with 84, Charing Cross Road, Hugh Whitemore’s adaptation of Helene Hanff’s book in which the New Yorker recorded her 20-year love affair with Marks & Co, a second-hand bookshop in London. One answer to that question might well be: ‘Because drama and comedy rely on conflict to make them work.’ There’s rarely a great deal of mileage to be extracted from people liking one another and generally getting on, but when the trick is pulled off, the results can be delightful and surprising. When Arthur Dent receives an alien tongue-lashing on arrival at yet another inhospitable planet during The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, he observes in exasperation: ‘Why doesn’t anyone ever seem to pleased to see us?’ Douglas Adams, Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, BBC Radio 4, 1979. I said I’d go looking for the England of English Literature…’ ‘…people going to England find exactly what they go looking for. ![]() Play for Today Writer: Hugh Whitemore Adapted from: the book by Helene Hanff Director: Mark Cullingham Producer: Mark Shivas ![]()
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