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Being a Student Is Great

Mary Poppins meets Adrian Mole in Nina Stibbe's letters from the heart of 1980s literary London. Nina starts college, has an uncomfortable theatre trip and frets about a romance.

Read by Rebekah Staton
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

15 minutes

Music used in the programme

Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper


In Between Days by The Cure


The Power of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood


Girls of Film by Duran Duran


Our House by Madness

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Rebekah Staton
Producer Gemma Jenkins
Abridger Penny Leicester
Author Nina Stibbe

Broadcasts

  • Boxing Day 2013 09:45
  • Fri 27 Dec 2013 00:30
  • Thu 8 Nov 2018 14:45
  • Fri 9 Nov 2018 02:45

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