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Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart
The story of a society which lives close to the rhythms and drumbeats of nature
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Three Stories by Edith Pearlman
Series of short stories by the American short story writer
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk - Omnibus
A slice of family life without modern amenities, set in an Afghan village
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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George Mackay Brown Stories
Three short stories by one of Orkney's finest writers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
A mild and conventional assistant postmaster has an obsession with the great writer
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dinner at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½sick Restaurant
Omnibus. The truthful and universal scrapbook of the lives of the troubled Tull family
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jim Crace - Quarantine
Award-winning nvoel set in the Judean desert, 2000 years ago. Read by Sara Kestelman
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dreaming the City
Writers collaborate with documentary-makers to uncover the unsaid obsessions of city life
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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American Shorts
A series of newly-published stories that examine contemporary life across the water
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Chris Paling - Words and Music
Series of stories by Chris Paling where the music plays as important a role as the words
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
Drama about media mogul Kerry Packer's fight to revolutionise cricket in the 1970s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Travelling Light
Two fatherless British teenagers become embroiled in an evil American cult
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Feminine Mystiques
Three short stories from leading writers exploring the contemporary feminist landscape
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades
Tales of people who make their living by some novel and extraordinary means
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales
Five travellers fleeing plague and war tell tales to dispel the night shadows
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Tales from the East
Series of stories taking their inspiration from the East Anglian coast
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Bloody Scotland
Short stories by leading crime writers, recorded at the 2013 Bloody Scotland festival
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Catherine Czerkawska - The Curiosity Cabinet
A recent widow and her mysterious connection to a 17th-century portrait of a young girl
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Brazilian Bonanza
Short stories that shine a spotlight on Brazil's literary culture
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Young Writers: 25 Years On
Revisiting the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ festivals which commissioned first plays by writers aged 15-to-30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Stories From the South Downs
Series of three readings evoking the South Downs from writers new to radio
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Edinburgh Haunts
Series of three ghost stories from leading Scottish writers, set in Edinburgh
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Nadine Gordimer - A Flash of Fireflies
Three daring short stories by Nadine Gordimer, set in apartheid South Africa
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Where Were You When Kennedy Was Shot?
Three writers give their own spin on the day that President John F Kennedy was killed
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½less
Drama set among the hidden homeless community, starring Juliet Stevenson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Through the Wardrobe
In tribute to CS Lewis, short stories that take listeners into unexpected worlds
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales
Some of Wales's best-loved voices read Terry Jones's stories of magic and adventure
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Borgen: Outside the Castle
Environmental thriller set in Denmark, a radio spin-off of the political TV drama
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hester by Margaret Oliphant
The tale of a 19th-century woman who runs her own bank.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Colin MacInnes's cult classic about teenagers, style and racial tension in 1950s London
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Sally Lockhart Mysteries
TV adaptations of a series of children's books by Philip Pullman
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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A Shepherd in London
Two short stories about Scottish shepherd George Donald and his sheep in 1920s London
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tony Teardrop
By Esther Wilson. Drama following homeless couple Tony and Roz and their families
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B
Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony Gold-winning writer Ed Harris
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories
Tales from Man Booker-nominated author Alison Moore's debut collection of short stories
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
A priest is called in when a 12-year-old girl appears to be possessed by a demonic force.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Border Crossings
Two writers reflect on life either side of the border between England and Scotland
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Showman's Parson: Tales from the Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Horne
Series of stories about fairground sideshow life in the 19th century
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Charlotte Bronte - Shirley
Love, longing and loss set against a backdrop of turbulence and unrest in 1811 Yorkshire
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters Omnibus
A new adaptation made for 4 Extra, starring Deborah McAndrew and Emerald O'Hanrahan.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Educated Evans by Edgar Wallace
Darkly comic tales from the underground world of horse racing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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After Wonderland
Dramatic monologues that imagine the adult lives of characters from children's literature.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4