Eldorado West One | 1: Sir Galahad Arrives

Based on The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

A series of seven half-hour plavs by the West Indian writer who has adapted them for radio from his book The Lonely Londoners. They tell of the progress, and lack of it, of a Trinidadian, Moses Aloetta, who after living in London for many years, decides he wants to go home again to the sun.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 28'53''
  • Broadcast date: 1969
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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