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| Afternoon Performance | ...ANDREW SIMPSON: A Garland for the King - BBC Commission, first broadcast... |
| Around The World In 80 Days | ...By Jules Verne, translated by William Butcher. Episode 1: Phileas Fogg takes on a 20,000-pound bet from his fellow members at the Reform Club. The challenge is to travel around the world in 80 days. But can he do it? Read by Robert Powell and abridged in ten episodes by ANDREW SIMPSON ... |
| Babycham Night | ...By Philip Norman. A new memoir from the novelist and biographer about his bizarre, sometimes traumatic boyhood at the end of an Isle of Wight pier. Read by Jeff Rawle. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Betjeman Letters, The | ...SBH:The Betjeman Letters - Michael Williams reads a 5-part selection from the first volume of Sir John Betjeman's letters. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON. Producer: Marion Nancarrow.... |
| Candide | ...Anton Lesser reads Voltaire's classic satire of the 1700s which follows the adventures of the hero and the beautiful Cunegonde. Translated by John Butt, abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON (1/8).... |
| Changing Forest, The | ...Robert Glenister reads Dennis Potter's 1961 personal study of his birthplace, the Forest of Dean, abridged in five parts by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Choir, The | ...Plus music for Halloween, All Saints and All Souls' Day recorded specially for the programme by the BBC Singers, including Ghost Stories by ANDREW SIMPSON and Philip Ledger's Requiem: A Thanksgiving for Life.... |
| Corsairville | ...Graham Coster's new book charts the remarkable crash and recovery of a flying boat. Read by Nick Mercer, abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON. 1939. Somewhere up the Dunga River... (1/5).... |
| Grass Is Greener, The | ...Jeff Rawle reads from Tom Fort's book charting the obsession with the garden lawn. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON ... |
| In Siberia | ...Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| In Sicily | ...John Rowe reads renowned travel writer Norman Lewis's new book on Sicily, abridged in five parts by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Life And Adventures Of William Cobbett, The | ...By Richard Ingrams, abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Life Of Graham Greene, The | ...Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Mimi And Toutou Go Forth | ...Abridged in five episodes by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Miracles Of Life | ...JG Ballard's memoir, abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON, in which the best-selling author reflects on various influences that have shaped his work.... |
| No Man's Land | ...By Graham Greene. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| One Foot In Laos | ...Sorcha Cusack reads Dervla Murphy's latest travel adventures in one of the least-known countries in South East Asia. Abridged in five parts by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Penguins Stopped Play | ...By Harry Thompson, abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON.... |
| Perch Hill | ...Adam Nicholson's new book charts his move to the country and to farming in the Sussex Weald. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON, read by Robert Glenister (1/10).... |
| Performance On 3 | ...The programme includes new 'ghostly' works by ANDREW SIMPSON and Judith Bingham, medieval plainsong via the sacred music of William Byrd, partsongs and folk-song arrangements by Ravel and Vaughan Williams, and rarely heard music (in the UK at least) from leading Swedish composer Arne Mellnas.... |
| Restraint Of Beasts, The | ...Magnus Mills's first novel controversially made this year's Booker Prize shortlist. The blue-collar comedy about the world of fence-building is abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON and read by Gavin Muir (1/10).... |
| Speak, Memory | ...Vladimir Nabokov's earliest recollections of his childhood in the Russia of the tsars. Abridged by ANDREW SIMPSON, read by Anton Lesser (1/5).... |