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John Major - More Than a Game
The former prime minister reads from his book about cricket's past
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Simon Gray - Coda
The playwright's moving and often funny account of coming to terms with terminal cancer
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Robin's Readings
Robin's Readings are humorous 19th century tales about the adventures of Paddy McQuillan
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall
Jackie Wullschlager's biography of the artist Marc Chagall. Read by Derek Jacobi
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Stories of Ray Bradbury
Short stories from the celebrated science fiction writer. Read by Sean Barrett
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Evan Hunter - Me and Hitch
The American author's entertaining account of working with director Alfred Hitchcock
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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E Nesbit - The Phoenix and the Carpet
Children's 1901 fantasy novel read by Patricia Hodge
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Dinsdale Landen reads Norman Hunter's classic children's story about an eccentric boffin
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide
Bill Connor's personal tales of eating and drinking
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Ben Macintyre - A Foreign Field
Four soldiers hide out in rural France in August 1914. Read by Tom Goodman-Hill
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1968 classic tale of a world devastated by war and six rogue androids at large
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal
Sara Kestelman reads Helen Dunmore's novel of Cold War Leningrad
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant
Barbara Flynn reads from Colette Rossant's culinary recollections of 1940s Egypt
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Ghost Stories at Christmas
Bestselling crime writer Denise Mina presents five brand new ghost stories.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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The Light of Evening
Tina Kellegher reads Edna O'Brien's portrait of a mother-daughter relationship
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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Cribbins at Christmas
Legendary comic and actor Bernard Cribbins reads a clutch of festive tales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Angelic Hosts
Stories about angels for Christmas, inspired by artwork and song through the ages
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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The Inn at the Edge of the World
Alexandra Mathie reads Alice Thomas Ellis' story about a remote hotel on a Scottish island
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7
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God's Architect
The eventful career and turbulent life of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
Robert Glenister reads Judith Flanders' book on the Victorian obsession with violent crime
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos
The lives on Pitcairn Island of the HMS Bounty mutineers and their descendants
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Kenneth Cranham reads Andrew McConnell Stott's account of the world-famous clown
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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GM Fraser - Royal Flash
The second novel in GM Fraser's Flashman series, set in the fictional Duchy of Strackenz.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story set in Berlin in 1933
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Flush by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's whimsical biography of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, Flush
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Letters to the Arab World
Five writers consider the momentous events that are reshaping the Arab world
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tea Obreht - The Tiger's Wife
A young doctor struggles to understand the circumstances of her grandfather's death
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 by Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson's account of the Second World War told through women's experiences.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Ballads of Thin Men
Stories written to mark the occasion of Bob Dylan's seventieth birthday.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg
The discovery of a woman's frozen body reveals dark secrets in a coastal community.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
Sequel to Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. With Stephen Mangan
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Vasily Grossman from the Frontline
Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly
New York, 1906. A body is found in a lake, and young Mattie's life is changed forever.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller's satirical Second World War-set novel.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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James Bond - Casino Royale
Alex Jennings reads the classic Bond story by Ian Fleming
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Tales of Max Carrados
Series of mystery stories featuring Ernest Bramah's blind detective Max Carrados
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mick Jackson - Junior Science
By Mick Jackson. Three strange tales in which children become involved in science
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin's acclaimed biography of Britain's great novelist. Read by Penelope Wilton.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Stories from Earth Music Bristol
Stories inspired by the themes of the Earth Music Bristol
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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O Henry Stories
Short stories by the American writer that warm the soul and intrigue the listener
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Dalmatian Trilogy
By James Hopkin. Stories that explore the history and landscape of the Dalmatian Islands
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String by Michael Crawford
Actor and singer Michael Crawford reads from his autobiography
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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New Year, New Writers
Stories to mark the New Year, by new writers from Scotland
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Deep Country
A man seeks solitude in a remote part of Wales. Read by Matthew Gravelle
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Kenneth Cranham on the Water
Kenneth Cranham reads a series of short stories on the theme of rivers and boats
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Human Cradle
Three contemporary stories from the Horn of Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra