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Gillian Slovo - 10 Days: Omnibus
Gillian Slovo's tale of how those in power react when riots hit London
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John Heilpern - A Patriot for Us
Biography of playwright John Osborne by John Heilpern
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Border Crossing
Short story series that sets up unique pairings between foreign and British writers.
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James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Joanna Lumley reads the classic Bond story by Ian Fleming
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Not Working by Lisa Owens
Lisa Owens' comic debut, depicting a life unravelling in minute and spectacular ways.
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
John Moffatt reads the classic tale of a butler's devoted service at a stately home
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The First Church of the New Millennium by Bryan Appleyard
In 1999, Stephen Rix is a successful architect who has a vision
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Deborah Moggach - Suspicion
Velda's new boyfriend is handsome and charming. Why is she increasingly suspicious of him?
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Dirt Road by James Kelman
James Kelman's potent exploration of love, grief and the power of music.
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Hilary Mantel - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Omnibus)
Cartographer Frances Shore encounters significant challenges when she goes to Saudi Arabia
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Sue Townsend - The Queen and I
Sue Townsend's novel imagining life for the royals after the monarchy is dismantled
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Nina Stibbe - Paradise Lodge
A story of being very young and very old, and the laughter and the tears in between.
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Three Score and Ten
Ian McMillan presents archive recordings of remarkable poets reading their own work
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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)
A nurse arrives in Ireland too watch over a girl apparently surviving without food
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Angela Carter's Book of Fairytales
Anthology of fairy tales from around the world
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Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On
Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.
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Sgeulachd an Duine
Sgeulachd an duine bho Dhonnchadh MacGillIosa agus bho Fhionnlagh Macleòid.
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Babette's Feast by Karen Blixen
Sylvestra Le Touzel reads Karen Blixen's classic story.
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The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the impact of the Reformation on people's lives now.
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The Nation's Favourite Love Poem
Britain's favourite romantic verse, recited by various celebrities.
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The Nation's Favourite Children's Book
Celebrities talk about their favourite childhood reads.
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Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian Fort
By Adrian Fort. Biography of the first woman to take a seat in the British Parliament.
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Alice Munro - Dear Life
Short stories by Alice Munro, set in the small towns and domestic surroundings of Canada
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The Railway Children
Dramatisation of E Nesbit’s classic tale about three children who move to Yorkshire.
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Will Self - Irreversible
A man walks into an isolated pub, sporting a peculiar jacket. What could he be hiding?
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Mat Coward - Clean and Bright
Washing air seems natural to Granny. But her grandson can't see the point.
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Tourists by John Burnside
A woman holidays with her ex-husband, who wants to revisit the past to correct a mistake.
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Doris Lessing - Flight
A capricious granddaughter and a dovecote of birds are an old man's only escape.
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Christopher Reason - The Final Furlong
An old man with a broken heart wonders whether he can remedy his sorry situation.
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John Burnside - A Snowman on the Old Perth Road
A childhood prank leaves lifelong scars. Read by John Gordon Sinclair.
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John Mortimer's Life, Love and the Law
The novelist, playwright, QC and Rumpole creator entertains an audience.
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Julian MacLaren-Ross - I Had to Go Sick
Will a soldier ever get signed off sick? A tale of service life in the Second World War.
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Julian MacLaren-Ross - Second Lieutenant Lewis: A Memoir
World War Two - a soldier recalls an unlikely friendship with Welsh poet Alun Lewis.
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Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples
A woman picks a last withered apple, but the dying ancient tree is determined to survive.
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An Illustration of Modern Science by Richard Marsh
Convinced she'll be murdered, stage artiste Beauffie Buckingham wants to make her will.
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Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
The Queen sets out to rescue her step-daughter from her sinister heritage.
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Just Depending by Jenny Boston
A woman confronts old age and her fear of dependency. Read by Thora Hird.
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Nay, Ivy, Nay by Shena Mackay
Ivy wants to decorate a pudding with a special sprig of holly. Read by Crawford Logan.
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Adrian Mole: The Mole Truth with Sue Townsend
The author chats to the man who brought her creation to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ airwaves, John Tydeman.
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AS Byatt - Gode's Story
There was once a young sailor who was a great dancer. Read by Sheila Mitchell.
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Laughter Lines
Alexei Sayle introduces a selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ7 listeners' favourite comic poems.
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John Mortimer - Not So Tiny Tim: God Bless Us Everyone
Sir Timothy Cratchit's selfish Christmas in Africa is rudely interrupted.
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Isaac Asimov - The Last Question
Can entropy be reversed? The sci-fi guru considers infinity, immortality and creation.
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Weddings and Beheadings
Hanif Kureishi's short story, set in a country where the rule of law has disintegrated.
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Slog's Dad
Ron Cook reads David Almond's runner-up in the National Short Story Prize, set in Tyneside
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A Welsh Anthology
By Laura Morris. In a single day a child's fantasies turn to sludgy brown water.
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Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner
A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.
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The Other Girl by John Mortimer
Beth can’t get any acting jobs, so who is her successful rival - the ‘other girl’?
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