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Lucy Wood - Diving Belles
Amanda Lawrence reads Lucy Wood's tales of Cornish folklore intruding on everyday life
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge
Two lovers contend with their divided families. Dickens adaptation with Richard Derrington
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
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Billy Plays
A repeat of the Billy plays by Graham Reed, 30 years after their first network broadcast.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland
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Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
Arthur Darvill stars as Gulliver in a dramatisation of Jonathan Swift's classic satire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Sussex Scandals
By John Peacock. Three short stories narrated by characters involved in notorious scandals
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Resistance of Mrs Brown
Wartime thriller following the exploits of a determinedly ordinary tea lady
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bath Festival Stories, Series 3
Stories from the Bath Literature Festival, all written by women in the West Country
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Roshi Fernando - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½sick
Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Amara Karan and Seeta Indrani.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The History Plays
Series plays by Nigel Smith that imagine conversations at key moments in recent history
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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White Heat
Drama series about the interwoven lives of seven people who first met in the 60s
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Rumer Godden - The Diddakoi
Kizzy is a diddakoi, a half-gypsy whose world is turned upside when her beloved gran dies
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Masters' India - The Deceivers
Adaptation of John Masters' 1952 novel set in India during British imperial rule
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting
Tales by the Irish novelist from his 2011 short story collection
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jennifer Egan - Emerald City and Other Stories
Five pithy stories from the acclaimed US writer, Jennifer Egan
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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One Night
The story of four ordinary people who are linked by a seemingly inconsequential event.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
Working-class 19-year-old William Fisher spends his time indulging in fantasies
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Vital Statistics
Drama. Agent Y uses his statistical superpowers to intervene in troubled relationships
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Arthur Miller Short Stories
Three classic short stories by American playwright Arthur Miller
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Greengrocer's Apostrophe
Comic tales inspired by poorly punctuated shop signs
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Tidal Talk from the Rock Pool
Humorous salty tales, written and introduced by Lynne Truss
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Heidi Amsinck - Danish Noir
Denmark is a mysterious place, where strange and often dark things happen.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Heidi Amsinck - Copenhagen Confidential
Three stories by Heidi Amsinck set in Copenhagen and its surrounds
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader
The Queen discovers a travelling library parked next to the Buckingham Palace kitchens.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Sue Teddern - Three Women in a Motorhome
Three very different women set off on a trip that stirs up hopes and fears
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Midsummer Tales
Short stories exploring the magical light and white nights of far northern summers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Food of Love
Series of monologues exploring the link between food and memory.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Blackout
Drama. Following an alcoholic blackout, a man realises he may be responsible for a murder.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Maria Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette?: Omnibus
Maria Semple's comic novel about misplaced genius and mother-daughter love
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Olympics: Pont Gam
Hanes un cwmwd bach anghysbell Cymreig a'i uchelgais Olimpaidd.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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8.51 to Brighton
Series of short stories written by new writers to radio, introduced by Lynne Truss
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Come Away, Come Away!
Three writers contribute new stories inspired by chapter titles from Peter Pan
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Gotta Dance!
Three stories celebrating the world of dance and its power to inspire and attract
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Parade's End
Edwardian period drama about a man's destructive marriage with a cruel socialite.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two