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Slog's Dad
Ron Cook reads David Almond's runner-up in the National Short Story Prize, set in Tyneside
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Welsh Anthology
By Laura Morris. In a single day a child's fantasies turn to sludgy brown water.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner
A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Other Girl by John Mortimer
Beth can’t get any acting jobs, so who is her successful rival - the ‘other girl’?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Fearnought: Poems for Southwell Workhouse
Mario Petrucci's collection of poems evokes the workhouse at Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Terracotta Army
Garry Geddes introduces his poems in the voices of figures in the Terracotta Army.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Y Tebot Piws
Richard Rees a CD cynta'r band mewn 40 mlynedd. The recording of Tebot Piws' new record.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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The National Eisteddfod
Sian Pari Huws looks back over the 2008 National Eisteddfod at Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Proms Short Story
By Leonard Woolf. An English novelist visiting Ceylon falls in love with a prostitute.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Willy Russell's Reading of Shirley Valentine
The author reads one of his most endearing works to his hometown audience.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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Wicked, Witty and Wise
Comedian Nuala McKeever shares her favourite comic poetry and songs.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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ER Braithwaite - Paid Servant Omnibus
London 1958: Teacher Braithwaite faces prejudice as a child welfare officer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows
Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Gift of The Magi
Cherrie McIlwaine reads the classic tale of a down at heel young couple at Christmas.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Peigi NicMhathain
Peggy Matheson from Malacleit on North Uist recalls her life to Donald Cameron.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio nan Gà idheal
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Elvis By Bono
U2's singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it into an atmospheric sound-scape.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Libraries and Labyrinths: Borges and Me
Peter White visits Argentina to hear about the work of blind fabulist Jorge Luis Borges.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wall: An Essay by David Hare
David Hare gives his thoughts on the potential future border between Israel and Palestine.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The National Eisteddfod
Sian Pari Huws looks at the events and highlights of the 2009 National Eisteddfod in Bala.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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The Amorous Ghost by Enid Bagnold
Mr Templeman's wife is away, but it seems someone is sleeping in her nightgowns.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jubilee Poetry
Selected verses by the Poets Laureate over the ages for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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Spike's Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants
Marking National Poetry Day - Spike Milligan reads one of his magical poems.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
Lindsay Duncan reveals the creator of Peter Rabbit's family history and early years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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An Saighdear
A short story marking Remembrance Week written and read by Donald John MacIver.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio nan Gà idheal
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Nine Alternative Lessons and Carols
Nine modern short stories specially written for Christmas and accompanied by festive songs
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2
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Circus Bears
Ian Holm reads Mick Jackson's mythical tale about the day the Circus Bears rebelled.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley
Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted wheeler-dealer from Lancashire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Great Gatsby Letters
F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011
Omnibus. Edwardian short stories by Saki (aka HH Munro), adapted by Sean Grundy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Stella Duffy - From the River's Mouth
A cautionary tale of how the malign and sultry River Thames exacts a watery revenge.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Celebrity Who Failed by Winifred Holtby
Can Amelia deal with the public attention after she learns to walk on water?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dressing Natalie
By Hannah McGill. An unlikely spending spree requires a letter to the bank manager.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Ice Mountain
Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Nabokov's Christmas
Nabokov's beautiful Christmas story of loss and redemption. Read by Robert Glenister.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Wizard, the Goat and the Man Who Won the War
Richard Elfyn stars in DJ Britton's acclaimed fictional solo show about David Lloyd George
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Stephen Dunstone - The Devil's Kiss
A medieval village discovers the price of resistance when a debt is collected.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Witch Week
An anonymous note is found declaring someone in class 2Y is a witch. Stars Bill Milner.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Vincent McInerney - Bringing ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ a Budgie for Mum
A young sailor's loyalty to his family is tested by a request from his mother.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Paul Henry - Jogging With Mozart
A man down on his luck rebuilds his life with the help of jogging and classical music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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James Payne - Aonach Hourn (Omnibus)
An avalanche took the children of Rosscoille. Now one of the missing has returned.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part
A couple house-sitting meet an unappealing dog and a celebrity neighbour.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets
A waitress falls for a neurotic poet, except that sometimes she longs to find 'a real man'
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jasonland by Dawn Lowe-Watson
Three school friends imagine their perfect fantasy worlds, but what about adulthood?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dylan Thomas: The Outing
Actor Matthew Rhys reads Dylan Thomas's story of a trip to the seaside.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Samphire by Patrick O'Brian
On a cliff edge search, Molly and her husband plumb the depths of their relationship.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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David Sedaris: The Santaland Diaries
Meet Crumpet, a Christmas elf at a famous New York department store. These are his diaries
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4