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RAYMOND BRIGGS - WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (320kbs-m4a/170mb/1hr14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th August 2025
**** This programme was suggested by Sam Fitsimmons as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's All Request Weekend ****
If you survived the Blitz - an atomic bomb can't be all that different... can it?
In the event of the nuclear holocaust, Jim and Hilda Bloggs have taken all the advised precautions.
When the three-minute warning is given, Jim has the opportunity to test his inner-core refuge.
But what will they be confronted with when they emerge?
Raymond Briggs based his radio play on his 1982 graphic novel of the same name. A follow-up to ‘Gentleman Jim'.
Jim .... Peter Sallis
Hilda .... Brenda Bruce
Gordon Clough appears as himself
Announcer .... Brian Perkins
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1983.
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DESERT ISLAND DISCS: RAYMOND BRIGGS (128kbs-m4a/52mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th June 1983
Raymond Briggs began his career as an illustrator after studying art at the Slade School. He first achieved fame through his picture books for children, Father Christmas and Fungus the Bogeyman, but has since moved into the adult world with When the Wind Blows, in which an elderly couple struggle to survive a nuclear attack.
As he told Roy Plomley when they met to choose his eight records, he has now turned this most recent picture book into a stage play.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Boogie Rocks by Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings
Book: The complete works by Beachcomber
Luxury: Billiard table with snooker balls and cue
Charles Mingus - Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Big Fat Alice's Blues
Hoagy Carmichael - Hong Kong Blues
Joe Morello - Far More Drums
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings - The Boogie Rocks
John Handy Quintet - Dancy Dancy
Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - I Want A Little Girl
The Ornette Coleman Quartet - Blue Connotation
