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  1. Tom Courtenay - Dear Tom

    Tom Courtenay reads his memoir of the letters sent by his mother Annie. With Sian Thomas

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature

    Lindsay Duncan reads Linda Lear's biography of the creator of Peter Rabbit

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Dear Darwin

    Leading scientists address letters to Charles Darwin

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Paradise Lost

    Anton Lesser reads from the unabridged version of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost

    BBC Radio 3

  5. No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley

    Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - using the theme of rooms in a house

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  6. Alistair Cooke's Seasonal Letters from America

    Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Oliver Twist

    Six-part reading of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. Read by David Warner

    BBC Radio 2

  8. Rogue Justice by Geoffrey Household

    Michael Jayston reads Geoffrey Household's sequel to the acclaimed Rogue Male

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. 31 Songs

    Nick Hornby reads from his book detailing his favourite songs

    BBC Radio 7

  10. Casanova in London

    Giacomo Casvanova in his own words, read by Jack Klaff

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. The Beagle Diary

    Jo Stone-Fewings reads from the journal of Charles Darwin's historic voyage

    BBC Radio 7

  12. My Alter Ego

    Different presenters tell the story of a character from history that they identify with

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Cynthia Nixon reads an abridgement of Anita Loos' comic novel

    BBC Radio 2

  14. Readings From Bath

    Series of three stories by Bath writers from the stage of the city's Literature Festival

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. JG Ballard - The Drowned World

    Robert Glenister reads JG Ballard's science fiction novel

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. A Five Year Sentence

    From the novel by Booker Prize winner Bernice Rubens. With Sheila Reid and Kenneth Cranham

    BBC Radio 7

  17. Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees

    Nature writer and conservationist Roger Deakin's poetic travelogue. Read by Sean Baker

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Wicca

    Nigel Anthony reads from the second book in James Follett's sci-fi trilogy

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge

    Lindy Woodhead's biography read by Lindsay Duncan

    BBC Radio 7

  20. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

    Nick Hornby reads his autobiographical account of an obsession with Arsenal FC.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Music Room by William Fiennes

    Dan Stevens reads William Fiennes's account of his magical childhood in a moated castle.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Clinging to the Wreckage

    John Mortimer reads extracts from his autobiography

    BBC Radio 7

  23. Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag

    Damian Lewis reads Ben Macintyre's story about a British wartime double agent

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Singled Out

    Virginia Nicholson's true story of the women left without husbands after the Great War

    BBC Radio 7

  25. Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond

    Movie icon Sir Roger Moore reads from his autobiography

    BBC Radio 2

  26. A Late Dinner

    Paul Richardson goes on a culinary tour of Spain, giving his verdict on the local delights

    BBC Radio 7

  27. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

    Niamh Cusack reads the novel by Colm Tóibín.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Letters to Mary

    Writers address an informal letter to the influential British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft

    BBC Radio 4

  29. My Animals and Other Family

    Five short stories by Julia Blackburn, read by the author

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. Wild Ways

    Series of stories about women on the road

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Lost and Found

    Series of three short stories by major writers which have only recently come to light

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Wind in the Willows

    Alan Bennett reads Kenneth Grahame's classic tale

    BBC Radio 7

  33. Alan Bennett - Untold Stories

    Alan Bennett recalls tales of his Yorkshire family

    BBC Radio 7

  34. West End by the Sea

    A series of theatrical short stories to celebrate the bicentenary of the Theatre Royal

    BBC Radio 4

  35. Every Move You Make

    A selection of short stories by one of Australia's master storytellers, David Malouf

    BBC Radio 4

  36. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

    Christian Slater reads Ken Kesey's powerful, anti-authoritarian novel

    BBC Radio 2

  37. The Body on the Beach

    Simon Brett's thriller read by Joanna Tope

    BBC Radio 7

  38. The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson

    Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of English tennis great Fred Perry

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt

    Stephen Greenblatt's reconstruction of Shakespeare's life and era. Read by Toby Stephens

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Tete-A-Tete

    Eleanor Bron reads Hazel Rowley's biography on Simone De Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre

    BBC Radio 7

  41. Brave New World

    Anton Lesser reads Aldous Huxley's nightmare vision of the future

    BBC Radio 7

  42. The Inconstant Moon

    Author Jeanette Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the moon

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Inconstant Moon Omnibus

    Omnibus edition of the series of readings about the moon by Jeanette Winterson

    BBC Radio 4

  44. The Wild Places

    Robert Macfarlane searches around Britain for wilderness. Read by Richard Greenwood

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. The Lost Continent

    Travel writer Bill Bryson journeys across 38 states in America to rediscover his youth

    BBC Radio 7

  46. Pavilion Pieces

    Series of short stories by new writers

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Rik Mayall's Bedside Tales

    Series by Rik Mayall and John Nicholson about the oddities of human behaviour

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. The Heart of Saturday Night

    Series of three stories inspired by the unique music of Tom Waits

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Brian Aldiss Presents

    The favourite stories of Britain's leading sci-fi exponent

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen

    Miranda Seymour's biography of Helene Delangle, who became a racing driver in 1930s France

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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