Modern Writers | Interviews with remarkable authors Tonight | John Wyndham John Wyndham discusses the nature of evil in his novels. CHANNEL | BBC Television Service FIRST BROADCAST | 06 September 1960 SYNOPSIS In this extract from a longer programme, Derek Hart speaks to novelist John Wyndham, whose science fiction novels include 'The Kraken Wakes' and 'The Day of the Triffids'. As his latest novel, 'Trouble with Lichen', reaches bookshops across the country, the author is quizzed about the limits of evil as represented in his books, and how the attitude of British readers towards science fiction differs from that of their US counterparts. DID YOU KNOW? John Wyndham was one of a number of British authors discussed in 1960 report into Science Fiction in BBC Drama. The document, which described Wyndham as 'the best practitioner' of British science fiction, led to the creation of the TV serial 'Doctor Who'. The producer of this programme, Donald Baverstock, was the son-in-law of writer Enid Blyton and the man who, in 1963, eventually gave the green light for 'Doctor Who' to move into production. CONTRIBUTORS Derek Hart - Presenter Cliff Michelmore - Contributor Alan Whicker - Contributor John Wyndham - Contributor Donald Baverstock - Producer ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLjK0HHlQEc

Philip Pullman on religious propaganda in children's literature. This clip is from Culture Fix Originally broadcast 6 July 2001 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjhWZOFurs0

Originally titled Détresse et Charité (Distress and Charity), this short from French film-maker Georges Méliès tells the tale of a little beggar girl who collapses in the snow. There were two versions made for French and American audiences, each with differing endings. In the American version (shown above) the little girl is saved by passing automobilists who shower her family in gifts, a distinctly more Hollywood-style happy ending than the version shown to the French in which the girl dies and is carried off to heaven by a “Christmas Angel”. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94DaoXlj204

"Loneliness and boredom may eventually be kept at bay when you can dial a computer for a game of chess with the electronic brain." Play a game of chess, or find the odds of winning the pools (one in 15 million), as the computer information revolution is made available for the price of a phone call. Originally broadcast 24 August 1967 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2sMCL8ay_E