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Clive James: Falling Towards England
The author and broadcaster reads from volume two of his memoirs
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Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose
A powerful story about a woman's political awakening
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Kate Grenville - The Secret River
Kate Grenville's story of belonging and ownership, read by Ron Cook
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Bulldog Drummond by Sapper
Following the adventures of private detective Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
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Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther
The engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope Wilton.
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The Real Mrs Miniver
Patricia Hodge reads extracts from Ysenda Maxtone Graham's biography of Jan Struther
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Postscripts: JB Priestley
The broadcaster's 1940 wartime observations, read by Patrick Stewart
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Quartered Safe Out Here
George MacDonald Fraser reads from his account of front line soldiering in Burma in 1945
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Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law
Ted Lewis's thriller set in In 1970s London Soho, read by Phil Daniels
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village
Louis de Bernieres's book of linked stories about a fictional Surrey village
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A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
Supernatural thriller about a man who gains strange abilities after being hypnotised
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Sebastian Faulks: Engleby
Mike Engleby, a Cambridge student in the 1970s, becomes captivated by a fellow student
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Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis O'Connor
The adventures of one man and the cat he rescues in a snowstorm. Read by Kevin Whately.
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Bennett on Bennett
Series of wry and touching monologues by playwright and humorist Alan Bennett
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Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life
Tamsin Grieg reads the author's tribute to the Hollywood star
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The Willows in Winter
William Horwood's sequel to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
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Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In
The playwright reads his story about an old couple who return home to find everything gone
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Once Seen
Series of three stories inspired by a very modern small-ads phenomenon
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Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature
Mark Lawson tells the story of the rise of American writing in the 20th century
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Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows
Dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers and Derek Waring
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Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us
The actress reads her own story of her deep and passionate partnership with John Thaw
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Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Clairvoyant Myra Savage and her husband embark on a terrible course of action
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Lewis Carroll - Alice Through the Looking Glass
The little girl goes through the glass into a strange world, where adventures await her
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Kenneth Tynan - Theatre Writings
Selection of articles by one of the 20th century's most influential critics
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Nicci French's Killing Me Softly
A compelling thriller about a passionate and dangerous affair. Read by Amanda Root
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Robin Cooper's The Timewaster Diaries
Comic diary documenting a year in the life of a wannabe inventor. Read by Paul Whitehouse
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Barry Letts - Who & Me
The Doctor Who TV producer from 1969 to 1974 recounts his career
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The Colonel of The Bridge on the River Kwai
The story of Burma's real PoW colonel - Philip Toosey. Read by Anton Lesser
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Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories
Alan Bennett reads extracts from Untold Stories, his book of essays and diaries
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Anthony Buckeridge - Jennings Again!
Stephen Fry reads the adventures of the mischievous schoolboy and his sidekick Darbishire
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Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes
Eccentric explorer Gum collects fossils - and three orphans whose names begin with 'P'
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The great author's famous work, abridged by Brian Miller and read by Ed Bishop
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Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's classic travel book 'The Great Railway Bazaar'
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Nina Bawden's The Outside Child
Coming-of-age story about Jane, who discovers that a secret is being kept from her
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Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn
The great author's 19th century classic. Read by Martin T Sherman
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Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking
The escapades of Sweden's strongest little girl. Read by Sandi Toksvig
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Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Adaptation of the classic science fiction fantasy novel. Read by Nigel Anthony
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Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Siobhan Redmond reads the Danish author's hugely successful 1993 thriller
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E Nesbit's Last of the Dragons
A collection of dragon stories by the famous children's author. Read by Prunella Scales
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Sir Peter Shaffer - Amadeus
F Murray Abraham reads the play about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Robin Black - If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This
Series of stories from the debut collection by US author Robin Black
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Gervase Fen - Frequent Hearses
Oxford don Gervase Fen becomes embroiled in murder at a London film studios
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Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim
Comic novel of academic life, following the misfortunes of junior lecturer Jim Dixon
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You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This
Terence Blacker celebrates the outrageous life of 'Henry Root' creator Willie Donaldson
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Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Goes Abroad
The escapades of Pippi Longstocking, Sweden's strongest little girl. Read by Sandi Toksvig
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Anna Massey - Telling Some Tales
Born into a theatrical family, the actress recalls the highs and lows of her career
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