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2: The King

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Stephen Mangan continues a new short story series, set in an Essex village gripped by chess fever when local child prodigy is chosen to play a grandmaster. Today: fathers and sons.

Stephen Mangan continues a new short story series, set in what might seem like and ordinary Essex village, but is anything but. Today, in 'The King', Little Purlington has been gripped by chess fever, but the father of the local chess prodigy struggles to understand his son...

Reader: Stephen Mangan is a British actor, known best for his TV roles in Episodes, I'm Alan Patridge and Green Wing.
Writer: Eley Williams is the author of Attrib. and Other Stories, and a debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary.
Producer: Justine Willett

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14 minutes

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Mon 10 Jun 2024 14:45
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