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…

Folders L.45-47. Letters from viewers of TV lectures, a few answered by BBC producers, but almost all with replies from Kendrew, n.d. Folder L.48. Letters from readers of published book, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1977. Folder L.49. Reviews, mainly of German version of book.