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A Tribute to Leslie Howard

4 Extra Debut. Tribute to 'Gone with the Wind' film star Leslie Howard broadcast to mark his tragic wartime death in 1943. With JB Priestley. From June 1943.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Service tribute to 'Gone with the Wind' film star, Leslie Howard, broadcast to mark his tragic wartime death on 1st June 1943 - when his flight from Lisbon to London came under attack from enemy aircraft. The plane went missing and was assumed lost.

Born on 3rd April 1893, Howard started as a bank clerk, but went on to become a huge cinema box office draw in the 1930s.

Writer JB Priestley, who broadcast with Howard many times, pays tribute.

Narrator: Joseph MacLeod

Written by Basil Woon.

Producer: Laurence Gilliam

First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Service on 6th June 1943.

15 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Mar 2018 03:45

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Mar 2018 15:45
  • Mon 26 Mar 2018 03:45