BBC Radio 4 Extra - Out of the Blue - The Long Hot Summer of 1976

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4 Extra Debut. How did the long hot summer of 1976 affect writers? Peggy Reynolds talks to Ruth Rendell and Stephen Poliakoff. From 2005.

How have writers been inspired by incidents of strange weather?

Wondering how the long, hot summer of 1976 affected their writing, Peggy Reynolds talks to:

* Ruth Rendell
* Antonia Fraser
* Ian McEwan
* Stephen Poliakoff
* Laura Wilson
* Alex Wheatle

Producer: Phil Tinline

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

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03 March 2005

30 minutes

On radio

Next Thursday 10:30

BBC Radio 4 Extra