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Joe's Story

Episode 15 of 15

The story of a disappearance. Bertie Carvel concludes Jon McGregor's gripping story series. Becky's father looks back to the morning before his daughter went missing.

'Think we can talk her into that walk?' Bertie Carvel concludes Costa Novel-winner Jon McGregor's gripping series.

Over 14 gripping weeks, The Reservoir Tapes has told the tales of those rocked by the strange disappearance of 13-year-old Becky Shaw on a midwinter walk in Peak District moors. In the final episode, Becky's father thinks back to the bittersweet hours before the fateful walk....

A prequel to Jon McGregor's critically acclaimed Costa Prize-winning novel Reservoir 13, these stories and their different perspectives offer tantalizing glimpses as to what might have happened to Becky.

Writer: Jon McGregor is an acclaimed British novelist. He recently won the Costa Book Award for Best Novel of 2017 for Reservoir 13. He has also been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize three times. His third novel, Even the Dogs, won the International Dublin Literary Award.
Reader: Bertie Carvel is an acclaimed stage and TV actor. His is currently starring as Rupert Murdoch in Ink in London's West End, and recently starred in TV's hit drama Doctor Foster.
Producer: Justine Willett.

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Sun 7 Jan 2018 19:45

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Reader Bertie Carvel
Writer Jon McGregor
Producer Justine Willett

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  • Sun 7 Jan 2018 19:45

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