Daisy Dunn

The joy of Radio 4 Extra

Plus: how Calcutta became the centre of the gramophone industry

Alec Guiness playing various members of the D'Ascoyne family in Kind Hearts and Coronets, which has been adapted superbly for the radio. Image: Shutterstock

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