The Night Mail

An excerpt from the famous 1936 documentary, with WH Auden’s verse recited to the clatter of rail and music by Benjamin Britten. The Postal Special Train rain on the mainline from Euston to Glasgow, then on to Aberdeen. Should it whet your whistle, the whole thing is available too.

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