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  1. The Ice Mountain

    Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Nabokov's Christmas

    Nabokov's beautiful Christmas story of loss and redemption. Read by Robert Glenister.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Wizard, the Goat and the Man Who Won the War

    Richard Elfyn stars in DJ Britton's acclaimed fictional solo show about David Lloyd George

    BBC Radio Wales

  4. Stephen Dunstone - The Devil's Kiss

    A medieval village discovers the price of resistance when a debt is collected.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Witch Week

    An anonymous note is found declaring someone in class 2Y is a witch. Stars Bill Milner.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Vincent McInerney - Bringing Home a Budgie for Mum

    A young sailor's loyalty to his family is tested by a request from his mother.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Paul Henry - Jogging With Mozart

    A man down on his luck rebuilds his life with the help of jogging and classical music.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. James Payne - Aonach Hourn (Omnibus)

    An avalanche took the children of Rosscoille. Now one of the missing has returned.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part

    A couple house-sitting meet an unappealing dog and a celebrity neighbour.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets

    A waitress falls for a neurotic poet, except that sometimes she longs to find 'a real man'

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Jasonland by Dawn Lowe-Watson

    Three school friends imagine their perfect fantasy worlds, but what about adulthood?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Dylan Thomas: The Outing

    Actor Matthew Rhys reads Dylan Thomas's story of a trip to the seaside.

    BBC Radio Wales

  13. Samphire by Patrick O'Brian

    On a cliff edge search, Molly and her husband plumb the depths of their relationship.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. David Sedaris: The Santaland Diaries

    Meet Crumpet, a Christmas elf at a famous New York department store. These are his diaries

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Offences Against the Person

    Hilary Mantel short story: the consequences of an illicit affair in a solicitor's office.

    BBC Radio 4

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    EF Benson - The Terror by Night

    Inexplicable moods and smells mar a friendly reunion. What can it mean? Read by Brian Gear

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Aunt Mirrie and the Child

    A short story by Kate Clanchy.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. The Beautiful Thing

    By Kit de Waal. A short story about emigration, backstory and new beginnings.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. My Mother's Visit

    A mother forces a visit on her son, and a clash of attitudes ensues.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer

    Omnibus. Judith Earle's childhood memories of the Fyfe family cousins next door.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Long Time No See by Hannah Lowe (Omnibus)

    A story of a father and a daughter; and of games of chance from Jamaica to Ilford, Essex.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Mr Reginald Peacock's Day by Katherine Mansfield

    A singing teacher ponders his mundane married life compared to his profession.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Michael Peppiatt - Francis Bacon in Your Blood: Omnibus

    Michael Peppiatt's account of his 30-year friendship with Francis Bacon.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Paul Theroux - Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (Omnibus)

    Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Michael Coveney - Maggie Smith: A Biography Omnibus

    How Dame Maggie Smith got the acting bug. Peter Firth reads Michael Coveney's biography.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Misha Glenny - Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio: Omnibus

    Modest young man Nem becomes don of Brazil's largest favela in Rio.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. The White Road by Edmund de Waal (Omnibus)

    Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Llyfr Bob Wythnos: Cerddi Rhyfel - Twm Morys

    Twm Morys yn cyflwyno detholiad o gerddi gyfansoddwyd yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  29. Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal - Omnibus

    Author Jay Parini recalls his first encounter with Gore Vidal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. JG Ballard - The Largest Theme Park in the World

    Europe has exchanged work for perpetual sun-bathing on the beaches of the Mediterranean.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Having a Wonderful Time by JG Ballard

    An extended Las Palmas holiday - at someone else’s expense - seems ideal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty

    Geraldine is forbidden from seeing a boy, but her sister observes a tender connection.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor by John Cheever

    Martin Freeman reads John Cheever's classic Christmas tale about the power of giving.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Maeve Binchy - Christmas Present

    A young boy spots a simple way of showing a family the true magic of Christmas Day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. A Snow Garden and Other Stories - Omnibus

    A woman finds herself in an unusual shop that might just offer her the gift she needs most

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany (Omnibus)

    Thomas Harding’s history of 20th-century Germany via the inhabitants of one wooden house.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. The Provincial Lady Goes Further - Omnibus

    E M Delafield's novel detailing the life of a Devonshire-dwelling upper-middle class lady.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Joplin and Dickens

    In this amusing story, author Padgett Powell imagines the schooldays of Janis Joplin.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Laura Cumming - The Vanishing Man: Omnibus

    Did John Snare discover a long-lost Velazquez treasure in 1845? Read by Siobhan Redmond.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Benjamin Franklin in London: Omnibus

    Benjamin Franklin's spell in London, mixing with the brilliant and powerful, even the King

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Ansell by EM Forster

    "Books! I don't hold with books in the country". Short story.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Seamus Heaney's Aeneid VI: Omnibus

    Aeneas travels into the underworld to meet the spirit of his father. Read by Ian McKellen.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Gillian Tindall - The Real Novel

    A novelist, wise beyond her years, is nominated for a prize.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Quicksand: Omnibus

    Henning Mankell copes with illness by recalling his childhood and an early secret.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Llythyrau: Dewi Wyn Williams

    Casgliad o lythyrau gwreiddiol ar ffurf monologau wedi'u sgwennu gan Dewi Wyn Williams.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  46. But You Did Not Come Back: Omnibus

    Deported with her father to Auschwitz, only Marceline Loridan-Ivens survived the Holocaust

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Cyprus Avenue

    Lucy Caldwell’s story of a chance meeting on a delayed flight to Belfast.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. David Constantine - In Another Country

    Tom Courtenay reads David Constantine's masterful story which inspired the film 45 Years

    BBC Radio 4

  49. This Orient Isle (Omnibus)

    Derek Jacobi reads a captivating account of Britain's first contact with the Muslim world.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. An Investigation into Love by Babcock and Wainwright

    The arrival of a particular white mouse causes romantic chaos in a research laboratory.

    BBC Radio 4

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