Fowles in Dorset

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Best-selling author John Fowles was one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the 20th century. But he had another job, as curator of the Lyme Regis Museum. Chris Ledgard explores the relationship the writer had with the Dorset town, the setting for his most famous work 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'. Chris reveals how John carried out a series of taped interviews piecing together Lyme's oral history. Contributors: Ken Gollop John Fowles Louise Curtis Jo Draper Ivy Caddy Liz-Anne Bawden Barbara Austin Jean Wellings Sarah Fowles Cecil Langford Fred Britton Elsie Clark Charles Drazin Producer: Chris Ledgard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.