Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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02 | The Land of Green Ginger | 20131015 | A novelist recounts a bizarre encounter in a shop that set him on a writing career. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
03 | The Transfer | 20131016 | Uncle Frank is coming to visit his young nephew Jamie. But Jamie is a sensitive soul, and his governess has watched a strange obsession growing in him, and an unexplained terror at the forthcoming visit.
Stories abridged by Robin Brooks
Read by Ruth Gemmell
Producer: Clive Brill
A governess watches in horror as her charge behaves increasingly strangely. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
04 | The Man Who Lived Backwards | 20131017 | Musing in his chair one evening, Professor Zeitt stumbles on a way of looking at the events of his life from outside time, and reviews a crucial decision he made as a young man which has left him unhappy in love - unhappy in life.
Stories abridged by Robin Brooks
Read by Matthew Marsh
Producer: Clive Brill
A man travels back in time for a second and rights the wrong that has haunted his life. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
05 | The Kit Bag | 20131018 | A borrowed kit bag harbours a shocking surprise for a young solicitor's clerk. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
BAB | 01 | Keeping His Promise | 20131014 | Marriott is cramming for an exam when he is disturbed by a late-night visitor, and an unexpected reminder of the past. It is an old school friend, but why is he so tired and so hungry?
Stories abridged by Robin Brooks
Producer: Clive Brill
A young student is forced to entertain a most unwelcome visitor. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature |