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  1. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

    John Yorke explores Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas.

  2. Moon Tiger

    John Yorke explores Penelope Lively’s dazzling classic novel Moon Tiger.

  3. Don Quixote - Episode Two

    John Yorke explores Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal epic, Don Quixote.

  4. Don Quixote - Episode One

    John Yorke explores Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal epic, Don Quixote.

  5. Transcription

    John Yorke takes a look at Transcription by Kate Atkinson.

  6. Celebrating Stoppard

    John Yorke celebrates the radio dramas of Tom Stoppard.

  7. Flight - Episode Two

    Flight by Walter White concerns the complex issue of ‘passing’. John Yorke investigates.

  8. Flight - Episode One

    John Yorke on a fascinating insight into Black American history: Flight, by Walter White.

  9. My Antonia

    John Yorke explores Willa Cather’s novel of frontier life, My Ántonia.

  10. The Virginian

    John Yorke explores Owen Wister’s Western novel The Virginian.

  11. Gone with the Wind - Episode 3

    John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.

  12. Gone with the Wind - Episode 2

    John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.

  13. Gone with the Wind - Episode 1

    John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.

  14. Walden

    John Yorke takes a look at Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

  15. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    John Yorke takes a look at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story.

  16. The Last of the Mohicans - Episode Two

    John Yorke on James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans.

  17. The Last of the Mohicans - Episode 1

    John Yorke looks The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

  18. Joy in the Morning

    Ian Sansom takes a look at Joy In the Morning by PG Wodehouse.

  19. Sense and Sensibility - Episode Two

    John Yorke explores the enduring appeal of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

  20. Sense and Sensibility - Episode One

    John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s influential novel, Sense and Sensibility.

  21. Pride and Prejudice - Episode Two

    John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice.

  22. Pride and Prejudice - Episode One

    John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice.

  23. The Princess Bride

    John Yorke takes a look at William Goldman’s metafictional fairytale.

  24. The Wind in the Willows

    John Yorke takes a look at The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

  25. Northanger Abbey - Episode Two

    John Yorke takes a look at Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

  26. Northanger Abbey - Episode One

    John Yorke looks at how Jane Austen became a writer.

  27. The Castle of Otranto

    John Yorke takes a look at The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.

  28. Star of the Sea

    John Yorke explores Joseph O’Connor’s novel Star of the Sea, about the Irish Famine.

  29. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

    John Yorke looks at the worldwide bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.

  30. The Cherry Orchard - Episode Two

    John Yorke takes a look at Anton Chekhov’s final and most radical play.

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