Granta Stories [Afternoon Reading]

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

The Death Of A Chair

20080107

20090913 (R4)

By Doris Lessing. A lived-in chair is sold at auction, where it begins its final journey.

Cary Grant's Suit

20080108

20090920 (R4)

Todd McEwan contemplates the suit worn by the star of North By North West.

Never Never Land

20080109

20090927 (R4)

By Rodrigo Fresan. How JM Barrie's tragic childhood inspired the creation of Peter Pan.

Operation

20080110

20091004 (R4)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's story behind a photograph on the wall of a newsroom in Lagos.

A New World

20080111

20091011 (R4)

As the First World War looms, a new world is dawning for Private Dunkley.

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	The Death Of A Chair	20080107	20090913 (R4)	By Doris Lessing. A lived-in chair is sold at auction, where it begins its final journey. By Doris Lessing. A lived-in chair is sold at auction, where it begins its final journey.
02	Cary Grant's Suit	20080108	20090920 (R4)	Todd McEwan contemplates the suit worn by the star of North By North West. Todd McEwan contemplates the suit worn by the star of North By North West.
03	Never Never Land	20080109	20090927 (R4)	By Rodrigo Fresan. How JM Barrie's tragic childhood inspired the creation of Peter Pan. By Rodrigo Fresan. How JM Barrie's tragic childhood inspired the creation of Peter Pan.
04	Operation	20080110	20091004 (R4)	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's story behind a photograph on the wall of a newsroom in Lagos. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's story behind a photograph on the wall of a newsroom in Lagos.
05	A New World	20080111	20091011 (R4)	As the First World War looms, a new world is dawning for Private Dunkley. As the First World War looms, a new world is dawning for Private Dunkley.