Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20190311 | 20190312 (R4) | Israeli writer Amos Oz died on the 28th December 2018, leaving a huge legacy of fiction, essays and articles as well as the masterpiece A Tale of Love and Darkness. The bestselling memoir explores the author's difficult childhood in Mandatory Palestine. Oz's earliest memories are of his parents' struggle to settle in Jerusalem while mourning a Europe that had rejected them. Read by David Fleeshman Written by Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Abridged by Robin Brooks Producer Eilidh McCreadie An extract from Amos Oz's epic memoir exploring a difficult childhood in 1940s Jerusalem. |
| 02 | 20190312 | 20190313 (R4) | Israeli writer Amos Oz died on the 28th December 2018, leaving a huge legacy of fiction, essays and articles as well as the masterpiece A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS. The bestselling memoir explores the author's difficult childhood in Mandatory Palestine. The author recalls the horrendous events that brought his parents from Eastern Europe to Jerusalem and explores the circumstances that threw the ill-suited couple together. Read by David Fleeshman Written by Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Abridged by Robin Brooks Producer Eilidh McCreadie Amos Oz recalls the horrendous events that brought his parents from Europe to Jerusalem. |
| 03 | 20190313 | 20190314 (R4) | Israeli writer Amos Oz died on the 28th December 2018, leaving a huge legacy of fiction, essays and articles as well as the masterpiece A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS. The bestselling memoir explores the author's difficult upbringing in Mandatory Palestine. Now a successful writer in his 60s, Oz is transported back to 1940s Jerusalem by a memory from childhood. Read by David Fleeshman Written by Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Abridged by Robin Brooks Producer Eilidh McCreadie Writer Amos Oz is struck by a physical memory from his childhood in 1940s Jerusalem. |
| 04 | 20190314 | 20190315 (R4) | Israeli writer Amos Oz died on the 28th December 2018, leaving a huge legacy of fiction, essays and articles as well as the masterpiece A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS. The bestselling memoir explores the author's difficult childhood in Mandatory Palestine. Amos Oz recalls how storytelling eased his passage through difficult schooldays and a tricky home life, as his parents' marriage crumbles. Read by David Fleeshman Written by Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Abridged by Robin Brooks Producer Eilidh McCreadie Amos Oz remembers how storytelling transported him as his parents' marriage crumbled. |
| 05 LAST | 20190315 | 20190316 (R4) | Israeli writer and intellectual Amos Oz died on the 28th December 2018, leaving a huge legacy of fiction, essays and articles as well as the masterpiece A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS. The bestselling memoir explores the author's difficult childhood in Mandatory Palestine. In this final extract, Oz recalls the traumatic event which led him to leave his family and join the kibbutz where he would spend the next 30 years. Read by David Fleeshman Written by Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Abridged by Robin Brooks Producer Eilidh McCreadie Amos Oz recalls the events which led him to the kibbutz, where he would spend 30 years. |