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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 2

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Anton Lesser reads JB Priestley's atmospheric war-time thriller, set in a Midlands town during the blackout. Sensitive information is being leaked to the enemy and the department of counter espionage has sent in Humphrey Neyland to try and discover who is responsible. Posing as an engineer, he applies for a job at the local electrical works and afterwards he bumps into a motley assortment of acquaintances at the Hippodrome theatre. Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.