Radio review – “Ceiling Unlimited” (1944) **

Odd radio show sponsored by Lockheed which glorified air production. It was made by Orson Welles and as a result the episodes are imaginative and unusual – tales of gremlins, great villains in history discuss airpower (Louis XIV, Kaiser Willhem, etc), a mockumentary about a visit to the factory. As Simon Callow pointed out, Welles’ populism was always sincere but often patronising as it is here (eg talking to average folks on the production line).