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Irene's Story

Episode 12 of 15

The story of a missing girl. Following Becky's disappearance, a local cleaner remembers an unexpected visitor. The next in Jon McGregor's gripping short story series.

When a girl disappears in the heart of England how far back do you have to go to find the truth?

Jacqueline Redgewell continues Jon McGregor's gripping series. A community is rocked when 13-year-old Becky Shaw goes missing on a midwinter walk in the Peak District. Now her disappearance sparks long-buried memories, and opens old wounds. Today: the local cleaner remembers an unexpected visitor...

The fifteen stories of The Reservoir Tapes each stand alone but together build a compelling portrait of a village shaken by tragedy, as they explore events that precede and follow the disappearance of the teenage Becky Shaw. A companion to Jon McGregor's critically acclaimed Man Booker long-listed novel Reservoir 13, these stories and their different perspectives offer tantalizing glimpses as what to might have happened to the teenage girl.
Writer: Jon McGregor is an acclaimed British novelist who has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize three times. His third novel, Even the Dogs, won the International Dublin Literary Award.
Reader: Jacqueline Redgewell
Producer: Justine Willett.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Dec 2017 19:45

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Reader Jaqueline Redgewell
Writer Jon McGregor
Producer Justine Willett

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  • Sun 17 Dec 2017 19:45

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