The Thread of Life: an introduction to molecular biology, London 1966, reprinted 1967, 1968. The book was based on a series of ten lectures delivered on BBC Television. The programmes were recorded at the Royal College of Surgeons of England between 25 November and 4 December 1963, transmitted weekly from 4 January to 7 March 1964, and repeated in July 1964. A German version, "Der Faden des Lebens", was recorded by Kendrew in Munich in August…

Scripts. Folder L.31. Shooting scripts of lectures as recorded in Royal College of Surgeons November-December 1963. Folder L.32. Transcripts recorded from transmissions of lectures January-March 1964. Folder L.33. "Der Faden des Lebens". Manuscript for German version, with annotations, additions and deletions mainly in the hand of Kendrew, a few by another.