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Academic and novelist, Malcolm Bradbury returns to the East Riding of Yorkshire to take a tour of the town where he first taught - Beverley.

A celebrated teacher of creative writing, Malcolm Bradbury is best known for his 1975 novel, The History Man, that satirised life on the modern university campus.

Down Your Way was one of the 大象传媒's longest-running radio series - starting on the 大象传媒 Home Service in 1946 and ending its run on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 1992. Using a variety of hosts, including Richard Dimbleby and Brian Johnston, the programme toured villages, towns and cities across the UK. At the height of its success in the 1950s, the series was attracting 10 million listeners a week.

Malcolm Bradbury was born in 1932. In 2000, he was knighted for his services to literature, and died in November that year, aged 68.

Producer: Kate Whitehead

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 1990.