Letter: Tony Cliff obituary

I knew Tony Cliff when he worked alongside Alfred Bradley at the BBC radio studios in Leeds. Tony played second fiddle to Alfred, but it was a well-modulated instrument and he was always an indulgent host at the bar. At that time, he was very much the workhorse producer, but he was also a man who appreciated the quirkiness of writers. I remember having long conversations with him in the pub across the road, followed by an exchange of extremely bizarre letters, which were a great help to me in pushing forward plays I wanted to write. Tony was always ready to listen to flights of fancy from dramatists and he never damned with faint praise. He belonged to an age when radio drama producers were always open to ideas, however odd.