Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| Programme Catalogue - Details: | 19901019 | A BOOK AT BEDTIME Producer: A. CLIFF Next in series: JONATHAN SON OF JEREMIAH, Episode 1 Previous in series: THE ENCHANTED MORNING Description Second of two short stories by Malachi Whitaker, read by Stephanie Turner. Subject Categories readings programmes (programme format) Broadcast history 19 Oct 1990 22:45-23:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Malachi Whitaker (Author) Stephanie Turner (rdr) Recorded on 1989-01-23. | |
| 01 | 20041122 | By Meg Wolitzer Read by Liza Ross.Just why does a wife, aged 64 and apparently content, suddenly plan to leave her highly successful author-husband of 40 years? | |
| 02 | 20041123 | Joe and Joan journey to Finland, where Joe will be given recognition for his literary endeavours. But Joan plans to leave him. Today she recalls Joe's shambling in to teach a group of articulate, educated students. | |
| 03 | 20041124 | Today, the charismatic young Joe Castleman practices his seduction techniques on his most talented student, with predictable results. | |
| 04 | 20041125 | As Joan plans her escape from a loveless union, she looks back at the ties that have bound her. | |
| 05 | 20041126 | Joan finds that life in an artist's garret proves less romantic than she'd hoped. Now, she must rescue both Joe and herself from a catastrophe of their own making. | |
| 06 | 20041129 | On a plane on her way to Helsinki, Joan decides for certain that she is to leave her husband. | |
| 07 | 20041130 | The arrival of Joe's would-be biographer in Helsinki offers Joan a chance to tell her side of the story. But where do her loyalties lie? | |
| 08 | 20041201 | The bitterness of betrayals. As the moment of her departure approaches, Joan recalls the years when Joe was predatory and she was simply acquiescent. Liza Ross continues the story of a marriage made in the fifties but coming of age in the seventies. | |
| 09 | 20041202 | As the crowds cheer and the Finns raise their glasses, Joe takes centre stage. Joan is watching from the balcony. | |
| 10 LAST | 20041203 | For Joan, it is time to speak at last. But as she announces her decision, Joe has one more surprise for her. |