McLaren moved back to Scotland in 1930 as a BBC Scottish Region radio executive, acting as deputy to
David Cleghorn Thomson, his work Return to Scotland of that year laying emphasis on his
Roman Catholic background.[3] He announced his interest in
Scottish nationalism in 1931 by supporting
George Malcolm Thomson's pamphlet The Kingdom of Scotland Restored.[4]
During the 1930s, McLaren was transferred to other posts within the BBC. He worked on the Radio Times under
Eric Maschwitz.[5] He was in the Talks department. He originated a series on Scottish forensic oratory, from which
John Gough's trial drama on
Madeleine Smith originated. He was moved in 1935 to become assistant director of Drama and Features under
Val Gielgud.[6][7]
One of the founders of the
Edinburgh Gateway Company, Lennox Milne (1909–1980), was McLaren's wife. The Company worked with him to produce radio scripts.[2][11][12][13]
Published works
Return to Scotland: An Egoist's Journey (1932)[14]
^
abMartell, Edward (1971). The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage, Limited. p. 524.
^McKechnie, George (2013). The Best-hated Man: George Malcolm Thomson, Intellectuals and the Condition of Scotland Between the Wars. Argyll Publishing. pp. 130 and 145.
ISBN9781908931320.
^McKechnie, George (2013). The Best-hated Man: George Malcolm Thomson, Intellectuals and the Condition of Scotland Between the Wars. Argyll Publishing. p. 14.
ISBN9781908931320.
^Maschwitz, Eric (1957). No Chip on My Shoulder. 52: H. Jenkins.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (
link)
^Suzanne Shale, Listening to the Law: Famous Trials on BBC Radio, 1934-1969, The Modern Law Review Vol. 59, No. 6 (Nov., 1996), pp. 813-844 at p. 821 note 36.
Published by: Wiley on behalf of the Modern Law Review.
JSTOR1097448
McLaren moved back to Scotland in 1930 as a BBC Scottish Region radio executive, acting as deputy to
David Cleghorn Thomson, his work Return to Scotland of that year laying emphasis on his
Roman Catholic background.[3] He announced his interest in
Scottish nationalism in 1931 by supporting
George Malcolm Thomson's pamphlet The Kingdom of Scotland Restored.[4]
During the 1930s, McLaren was transferred to other posts within the BBC. He worked on the Radio Times under
Eric Maschwitz.[5] He was in the Talks department. He originated a series on Scottish forensic oratory, from which
John Gough's trial drama on
Madeleine Smith originated. He was moved in 1935 to become assistant director of Drama and Features under
Val Gielgud.[6][7]
One of the founders of the
Edinburgh Gateway Company, Lennox Milne (1909–1980), was McLaren's wife. The Company worked with him to produce radio scripts.[2][11][12][13]
Published works
Return to Scotland: An Egoist's Journey (1932)[14]
^
abMartell, Edward (1971). The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage, Limited. p. 524.
^McKechnie, George (2013). The Best-hated Man: George Malcolm Thomson, Intellectuals and the Condition of Scotland Between the Wars. Argyll Publishing. pp. 130 and 145.
ISBN9781908931320.
^McKechnie, George (2013). The Best-hated Man: George Malcolm Thomson, Intellectuals and the Condition of Scotland Between the Wars. Argyll Publishing. p. 14.
ISBN9781908931320.
^Maschwitz, Eric (1957). No Chip on My Shoulder. 52: H. Jenkins.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (
link)
^Suzanne Shale, Listening to the Law: Famous Trials on BBC Radio, 1934-1969, The Modern Law Review Vol. 59, No. 6 (Nov., 1996), pp. 813-844 at p. 821 note 36.
Published by: Wiley on behalf of the Modern Law Review.
JSTOR1097448