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Five Stories by Rose Tremain
Readings of five short stories by the English author
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Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood
Arthur Vezin enters a sleepy French town where the locals act in a strangely feline manner
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Waugh on Five More Fronts
More letters written by the great Evelyn Waugh, charting his adventures and musings
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John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters
John Gielgud's own colourful correspondences through the decades
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The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner
A Stradivarius violin conjures up ghostly apparitions when played by an Oxford student.
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Chris Stewart - Driving over Lemons
Readings of former Genesis drummer Chris Stewart's book about peasant farming in Spain
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Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas
Liza Ross and Michael Williams read from Robin Marantz Henig's biography
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A Stone Woman by AS Byatt
Penelope Wilton reads AS Byatt's account of a woman's transformation into stone.
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Dream Story
Paul Rhys reads Arthur Schnitzler's psychological exploration of a marriage
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Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter
The touching correspondence between the young Indira Gandhi and her father Nehru
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Someone Like Me by Miles Kington
The comic journalist and musician reads from his memoirs
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Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
Anton Lesser reads Aldous Huxley's nightmare vision of the future
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James Bond Short Stories
Actor Damian Lewis reads a collection of Ian Fleming's James Bond stories
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Poetic Presenters
Ten Radio Ulster presenters read out the poems that mean the most to them
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Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari
William Roberts reads Paul Theroux's book on Africa
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The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
A chilling tale of suspense and mounting terror set on a remote island.
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Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me
The acclaimed actor reads from his memoirs
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Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam
Martin's ex-lover has been murdered. Why is he a prime suspect?
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Paid Servant
Set in London, 1958, ER Braithwaite recalls the prejudice for being a black social worker
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William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach
Fiona Shaw reads from the award-winning novel
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Lew Griffin - Eye of the Cricket
Ray Shell reads James Sallis' crime novel, featuring detective Lew Griffin
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Henry James - Portrait of a Lady
Miriam Margolyes reads Henry James' classic novel
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William Boyd - Armadillo
Contemporary London satire read by Stephen Critchlow
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Jennings Goes to School
Stephen Fry reads the adventures of the mischievous Jennings and his sidekick Darbishire
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How to Beat Sir Humphrey
Derek Fowlds reprises his Yes Minister role as Bernard Woolley to read this comedy
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The Betjeman Letters
Selected letters of the English poet which cover different periods from his life
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Who Killed Zebedee? by Wilkie Collins
A dying policeman recalls how a gruesome murder many years before changed his life forever
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Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet
William Hope reads Anne Tyler's humorous novel
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Are You Looking at Me, Jimmy?
Arnold Brown reads from his semi-autobiographical novel
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Wodehouse Letters
A selection of letters from novelist and playwright PG Wodehouse to step-daughter, Leonora
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Meera Syal - Anita and Me
Meera Syal's story about a young girl growing up in the Midlands during the 1970s
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John Bayley - Iris
A memoir of novelist Iris Murdoch, written by her husband John Bayley
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Marriott's Monologues
The monologues of Marriott Edgar, performed by actors and comedians
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Meera Syal - Anita and Me Omnibus
Meera Syal's story about a young girl growing up in the Black Country during the 1970s
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Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball
Crawford Logan reads from Byron Rogers' travel book
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Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
The late Spike Milligan reads from his own idiosyncratic military memoir
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Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road
Tom Bodett reads his Alaskan stories
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Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Years
The true story of a philandering farmer who was poisoned in 1938. Read by David Williams
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Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom
Tom Courtenay reads his memoir of the letters sent by his mother Annie. With Sian Thomas
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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
Lindsay Duncan reads Linda Lear's biography of the creator of Peter Rabbit
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