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The Crossway by Guy Stagg
Guy Stagg's evocative account of a modern pilgrimage. Read by Jonathan Bailey.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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John Burnside - The Wedding Ceilidh
A fiddle player is reluctant to play a special request at Liam and Anya's wedding party.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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In Montparnasse by Sue Roe
Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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David Benedictus - The Line Judge
In William's 21st year of officiating tennis at Wimbledon, his eyes are drawn elsewhere...
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Shepherd's Hut
Tim Winton's fierce and lyrical tale of survival in the Australian outback.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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In Montparnasse by Sue Roe (Omnibus)
Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quartier.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole
Adaptations of Sue Townsend's witty tales of the hapless teenager
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend (Omnibus)
Adrian Mole goes on holiday with his parents to Skegness and makes an unwelcome discovery.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Picnic Comma Lightning (Omnibus)
A meditation on modern life, inspired by the death of author Laurence Scott’s parents.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler's novel about family and self-discovery. Read by Barbara Barnes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Where the Line Is Drawn (Omnibus)
Raja Shehadeh reflects on a friendship forged over 40 years on the Israel-Palestine border
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths by Charlotte Higgins
Author Charlotte Higgins explores our ancient fascination with mazes and labyrinths.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
A young man sets out on a journey where the elements, and something else, are against him.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es (Omnibus)
Bart Van Es goes on a journey to uncover the truth behind a family rift.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Eleanor Bron reads Elizabeth Taylor's poignant and witty masterpiece.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (Omnibus)
Eleanor Bron reads Elizabeth Taylor's poignant masterpiece.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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A Boy in the Water (Omnibus)
Tom Gregory’s memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Dead Hand by Wilkie Collins
When Arthur visits Doncaster in race week, he’s obliged to share a hotel with a stranger.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jaws by Peter Benchley
Peter Benchley's classic novel, and one of the most iconic films of all time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris
In her diary of thoughts, author Jan Morris explores what is worth memorialising.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Transcription (Omnibus)
Omnibus editions of Kate Atkinson's novel set in post-war London, read by Fenella Woolgar.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris (Omnibus)
Jan Morris in her diary of thoughts covers her car and being a TV personality.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Constant Repetition by Michael Carson
An elderly woman in an old people’s home plots her escape to be with her 52 year-old son.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Helen Lederer - All Change
A lighter look at women reaching their 40s and growing old disgracefully.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre's book tells the story of a KGB double agent at the height of the Cold War.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Fishing Trip by Marian O'Neill
It's a perfect day for fishing but is Jack ready to become a man?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Nine strangers find themselves thrown together at a remote health resort.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Turbulence
David Szalay's short-story series of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Storytelling
Marjolein Robertson tells the traditional trowie story The Hillswick Wedding.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry's modern Gothic novel set in Prague. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know by Colm TóibÃn
Colm Toibin reads from his new book about the fathers of three of Ireland's great writers.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Ghost Story
Series of five ghost stories originally broadcast in 1986 and 1987.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Middle England by Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe's new novel for our strange new times, read by Jeff Rawle.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Becoming by Michelle Obama (Omnibus)
Michelle Obama reads from her eagerly awaited memoir.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Barbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered
Novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Laurel Lefkow
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Born Lippy by Jo Brand
'Born Lippy, How to do Female' is Jo Brand's darkly funny guide to life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
Jane Glover's vivid account of the German composer's life in 18th-century London.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré
Carl Honore discusses a revolution in our approach to ageing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine reads his memoir of a life in TV, theatre and the movies.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Christmas Compass
Four contemporary stories from four corners of the British Isles.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins celebrates his 90th birthday with some treasures from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Archives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Diaries of Adrian Mole
Harry McEntire reads Sue Townsend's hilarious diaries of Adrian Mole.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Theft by Jennifer Johnston
A strange theft by a mysterious child is never forgotten. Will it ever be resolved?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus)
Sir Michael Caine reads his memoir of a life in TV, theatre and the movies.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Lampedusa's epic tale of the decline and fall of a family of Sicilian aristocrats.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blackwater by Claire McGowan
A multi-voiced dark story about secrets and lies in a small town
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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