4th April 2020 by
BBC Arena 1983: George Orwell
In late 1983 BBC Television broadcast a biography of George Orwell in five parts, showing the places significant in Orwell’s life and with interviews of those who had known him at the time. The programmes were part of the Arena documentary series.
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George Orwell BBC Arena Part 1 – Such, Such Were the Joys
George Orwell BBC Arena Part 2 – The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell BBC Arena Part 3 – Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell BBC Arena Part 4 – The Lion and the Unicorn
George Orwell BBC Arena Part 5 – Nineteen Eighty-Four
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are there also transcripts of these programmes?
Transcripts have not been published to the best of our knowledge. They would be welcome.