The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher

Episode

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Sorry to Disturb, Part One

20150107

20150106 (R4)

Isolated in a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, life is set to change when the doorbell rings

Short stories by Hilary Mantel.

Sorry to Disturb, Part Two

20150108

20150107 (R4)

In a flat in Jeddah, feelings of unease and cultural disconnect come to a head.

Short stories by Hilary Mantel.

Comma

20150109

20150108 (R4)

Comma is a sinister tale of childhood transgression, where the narrator Kitty is led astray by Mary, child of an ostracised local family. Mary is obsessed with what she has seen in the garden of a local family. The two little girls go on an illicit quest to find out more.

Reader: Rebekah Staton
Abridger: Jules Wilkinson
Producer: Simon Richardson.

Two little girls spend a long hot summer dying to discover a neighbour's secret.

Short stories by Hilary Mantel.

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

20150105

20150109 (R4)

In Hilary Mantel's mischievous story a knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor who has plans to alter the course of history as we know it. Harriet Walter reads.

The stories selected from Hilary Mantel's collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher for Book at Bedtime are dark and sharply observed. From the middle-class woman with powerful feelings about a former prime minister; the woman trapped in her apartment in Jeddah, to the two young girls who during the heat of the summer holidays venture into forbidden territory, each of the stories deal with psychological unease and at the same time are wickedly witty.

Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books. She is the first and only writer to have won the Man Booker Prize twice for her last two historical novels, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies.

Harriet Walter is the reader.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

A knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor.

Short stories by Hilary Mantel.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
02	Sorry to Disturb, Part One	20150107	20150106 (R4)	Isolated in a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, life is set to change when the doorbell rings Short stories by Hilary Mantel.
03	Sorry to Disturb, Part Two	20150108	20150107 (R4)	In a flat in Jeddah, feelings of unease and cultural disconnect come to a head. Short stories by Hilary Mantel.
04	Comma	20150109	20150108 (R4)	Comma is a sinister tale of childhood transgression, where the narrator Kitty is led astray by Mary, child of an ostracised local family. Mary is obsessed with what she has seen in the garden of a local family. The two little girls go on an illicit quest to find out more. Reader: Rebekah Staton Abridger: Jules Wilkinson Producer: Simon Richardson. Two little girls spend a long hot summer dying to discover a neighbour's secret. Short stories by Hilary Mantel.
05	The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher	20150105	20150109 (R4)	In Hilary Mantel's mischievous story a knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor who has plans to alter the course of history as we know it. Harriet Walter reads. The stories selected from Hilary Mantel's collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher for Book at Bedtime are dark and sharply observed. From the middle-class woman with powerful feelings about a former prime minister; the woman trapped in her apartment in Jeddah, to the two young girls who during the heat of the summer holidays venture into forbidden territory, each of the stories deal with psychological unease and at the same time are wickedly witty. Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books. She is the first and only writer to have won the Man Booker Prize twice for her last two historical novels, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies. Harriet Walter is the reader. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson Produced by Elizabeth Allard. A knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor. Short stories by Hilary Mantel.