Some Books Worth Reading
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyBBC
started19th Jan
1927
ended6th Apr
1927
1 school year
duration25 mins
subject
📚EnglishLiterature
languageenIn English
Some Books Worth Reading is a BBC schools radio series from the 1920s, covering Literature.
- given by J.C Stobart and Mary Somerville
- this style of programme was continued in English Literature units such as Delight in Books and Some Books I Like
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