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August 30, 2008

Yerse is Proud to Present…

The World At War?
adapted for radio by Raymond Allen

It was 1978 when BBC Radio 4 commissioned the then-hot comedy writer, Raymond Allen (of “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” fame) to adapt the hugely successful Thames TV series “The World At War” for the airwaves.  Their reasoning for this decision has, sadly, been lost, along with most of the tapes, making any audio of the short-lived adaptation into aural gold dust.

And therefore last year, when an aspiring and youthful trainee BBC archivist somehow managed to dig up some excerpts from deep in the Radio 4 vaults, their seniors and programme commissioners alike leaped at the chance to broadcast what is regarded by many as the holy grail of 1970s radio.  Unfortunately, following a lot of red tape and fucking about on behalf of various executives (who will not be named here, for obvious reasons) the excerpts were never aired.

Until now.  That’s right kids.  For your listening pleasure, hot out of the left trouser pocket of one of our BBC moles, Yerse is proud to present…. THE WORLD AT WAR?

Credits:

Scriptwriter - Raymond Allen
Junior Scriptwriter - Stephen Tansey
Narrator and all other voices - Benjamin Wissett
Producer - Alan Smithee

“THE WORLD AT WAR?” was a BBC Radio 4 production on behalf of Thames Audio Productions

(Disclaimer - this is a hopefully original audio production which has nothing to do with Raymond Allen, the BBC, Thames Television or anything else.  It is a work of fiction and isn’t supposed to offend anybody or infringe on any copyright bollocks like that.  It is parody and is probably protected as such under various laws, so leave it aaht, RIGHT?)