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The Wombles to the Rescue
The Wombles' supplies begin to run low as humans begin to throw less away.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg
Sarah Clegg explores ancient year-end traditions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O'Connor's novel is a rollicking portrayal of the life of Irish pirate Anne Bonny.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Chloe Dalton's memoir about her unlikely and transformative relationship with a wild hare.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Paddington - Am Mathan à Peru/Paddington – The Bear from Peru
Linda Macleod and pupils from Calton Gaelic Primary School read Paddington.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Daniel Weyman and Katherine Parkinson read Hoban's poignant novel, published in 1975.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Oak Papers by James Canton (Omnibus)
James Canton’s fascinating account all about oak trees.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in France.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)
Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
Helena sets off on a journey to Italy to find out where Lev's violin was made.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)
Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Under a Metal Sky by Philip Marsden
A journey through the landscape of metals and how they transformed human history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
A loving re-creation of small-town America, in a place you can’t find on any map
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts
The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle (Omnibus)
The extraordinary life of the outstanding artist of the 16th Century.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Permanent Violet by Ronald Frame
Eilidh Brogan reflects on love and art recalling life in France with artist Colin Brogan.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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My Dear Kabul by Writers in the Paranda Group
The diary of a group of women writers in Afghanistan as the Taliban return to power.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez (Omnibus)
Modern classic novel celebrating the magic of the Far North.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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May and June by Ruth Rendell
Will May ever be able to forgive her sister for "stealing" her fiancé?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Permanent Violet by Ronald Frame (Omnibus)
Eilidh Brogan reflects on love and art recalling life in France with artist Colin Brogan.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Twist by Colum McCann
Colum McCann's epic new novel about connection, disconnection and destruction.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)
Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Prophet Song
Clare Dunne reads Paul Lynch's dystopian novel, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
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Maurice by E. M. Forster
EM Forster's groundbreaking novel - completed in 1914, but not published until 1971.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Maybe I'm Amazed by John Harris
John Harris's life-affirming account of how music became a lifeline for his autistic son.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Omnibus)
Biography of the leader of the slave revolt sparking Haiti’s independence.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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One Came Back by Rose McDonagh
Gothic thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory and obsession.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Language City by Ross Perlin
Linguist Ross Perlin meets speakers of little-known languages across New York.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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How I Learned to Understand the World by Hans Rosling (Omnibus)
Data visionary Hans Rosling looks back at the encounters that shaped his world view.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The White Cat by E Nesbit
Three sons compete to inherit the King's estate. Fairytale read by Jenny Agutter.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood
Josette Simon reads five extracts from the biography of the extraordinary Josephine Baker.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The North Road by Rob Cowen
An archaeological dig alongside a busy highway inspires a journey through place and time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake (Omnibus)
Food-writer Felicity Cloake’s gastronomic Tour de France.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Artist by Lucy Steeds
An intoxicating debut set in 1920s Provence about art, passion and the chance of freedom.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world - that a river is alive.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching (Omnibus)
Edward Brooke-Hitching’s curiosity over books made him seek out many oddities.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 (Omnibus)
Women's wartime experiences revealed in Virginia Nicholson's account.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)
Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr
When a baby boy is found abandoned on a beach in Donegal, a local fisherman takes him in.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4