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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: The writer of Mary Poppins
Description: In 1964, the Disney film 'Mary Poppins' was released. It was based on the character created by writer PL Travers.Travers disliked the Oscar-winning Disney production so much, that she never allowed any more Mary Poppins books to be adapted into films.In 2018, Vincent Dowd spoke to Brian Sibley and Kitty Travers about their memories of PL Travers.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there...