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07/03/2010

Start the day with some great tunes and a good old natter with Lynn Parsons. Plus join in the Book Club discussion after six and tell us what you're reading at the moment.

Start the day with some great tunes and a good old natter with Lynn Parsons

This week Lynn will be opening up the Book Club to Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm. Set in the 1930's Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel based on British rural life. Having grown up with an extremely privileged lifestyle the book's heroine, socialite Flora, suddenly finds herself, at nineteen, orphaned and not as wealthy as she thought. Although highly educated, Flora is unskilled at anything practical and is unable to fend for herself, so she decides to go and live with her relatives the Starkaddars on Cold Comfort Farm.

The Starkaddars, are a motley bunch with a multitude of issues and are ruled by the unseen Aunt Ada Doom on a farm that is falling apart. Flora takes it upon herself to sort the family out and drag them into the twentieth century.

If you have read this book then why not let us know what you thought of it by emailing Lynn at Lynn.Parsons@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Diana Ross

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut Music.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Don't Tell Me That It's Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • The Chimes

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Robert Parker

    Barefootin'

    • The 60's - Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    Digging Your Scene

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Frank Sinatra

    That Old Black Magic

    • Frank Sinatra - 20 Golden Greats.
    • Capitol.

  • Erin McKeown

    Slung-Lo

    • (CD Single).

  • Jools Holland & Ruby Turner

    The Informer

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • k.d. lang

    Miss Chatelaine

    • (CD Single).
    • Sire.

  • Dean Friedman

    Lucky Stars

    • The Very Best Of Dean Friedman.
    • Music City.

  • Goldfrapp

    Rocket

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
    • WEA.
    • 2.

  • Gordon Haskell

    How Wonderful You Are

    • (CD Single).
    • Flying Sparks Records.

  • Scissor Sisters

    She's My Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Boyzone

    Gave It All Away

    • (CD Single).

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Beverley Knight

    Soul Survivor (feat. Chaka Khan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Hurricane.
    • 1.

  • Hockey

    Song Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Mar 2010 05:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2