The Music Shop

The Music Shop

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20170717

1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann.

Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ...

Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages.

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

1988. Frank only sells vinyl. And he is never going to change. But then, everything does.

20170718

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Frank cannot stop thinking about the mysterious woman who fainted outside his shop.

20170719

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Ilse Brauchmann has an unexpected proposal for Frank.

20170720

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Frank gives Ilse her first music lesson: Beethoven and sex.

20170721

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Frank begins refurbishing the music shop. But not everyone in Unity Street is so lucky.

20170724

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

The Music Shop reopens, but is it already too late to save Unity Street?

20170725

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Maud makes a shocking discovery about Ilse Brauchmann's past.

20170726

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Frank confronts Ilse about her past, just as tragedy strikes Unity Street.

20170727

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

2009. Unity Street is abandoned and Frank is missing. Can Ilse get the band back together?

20170728

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer - Rachel Joyce

Abridger - Rachel Joyce

Reader - Rachel Joyce

Producer - Michael Shannon

Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan.

Ilse, Maud, Kit and Father Anthony reunite in an attempt to save Frank.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20170717	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. 1988. Frank only sells vinyl. And he is never going to change. But then, everything does.
02	20170718	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Frank cannot stop thinking about the mysterious woman who fainted outside his shop.
03	20170719	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Ilse Brauchmann has an unexpected proposal for Frank.
04	20170720	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Frank gives Ilse her first music lesson: Beethoven and sex.
05	20170721	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Frank begins refurbishing the music shop. But not everyone in Unity Street is so lucky.
06	20170724	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. The Music Shop reopens, but is it already too late to save Unity Street?
07	20170725	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Maud makes a shocking discovery about Ilse Brauchmann's past.
08	20170726	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Frank confronts Ilse about her past, just as tragedy strikes Unity Street.
09	20170727	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. 2009. Unity Street is abandoned and Frank is missing. Can Ilse get the band back together?
10	20170728	1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Writer - Rachel Joyce Abridger - Rachel Joyce Reader - Rachel Joyce Producer - Michael Shannon Exec Producer - Gemma McMullan. Ilse, Maud, Kit and Father Anthony reunite in an attempt to save Frank.