Books That Made Britain | Rebel Writers of the East Midlands

Duration: 28'59''

Synopsis

BBC Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine revisits books by working-class rebels - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and Sons and Lovers.

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