The Woman Who Wrote Mary Poppins
Writer PL Travers created a children's classic when she invented a magical nanny.
Witness History · BBC World Service
December 20, 20189m 41s
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Show Notes
Writer PL Travers created a children's classic when she invented the magical English nanny. But was the character built around her own personality? Vincent Dowd has been speaking to PL Travers' granddaughter.
Photo: Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in Disney's original musical MARY POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS (credit: Walt Disney)