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Once Upon a Time...
A series of fairy tales reimagined by leading contemporary writers.
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Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose (Omnibus)
Matt Lloyd-Rose's account of being a volunteer police Special Constable in London.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
A spellbinding story of an Irish family, after the Great Hunger. Read by Brian Gleeson.
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Heatwave: The Summer of 1976 by John L Williams
A blistering account of the events 50 years ago that brought British life to boiling point
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Omnibus)
Alice sees a talking white rabbit scuttling down a hole....
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Jensen: Black Water by Heidi Amsinck
A new case, set in Copenhagen, for the investigative reporter Jensen.
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The Butterfly Season by Lea Korsgaard
Lea Korsgaard searches for all of Denmark's butterfly species in a single year.
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Two Lives by Vikram Seth
The heartrending 20th century saga of the author's great-uncle and his wife.
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Among Others by Michael Frayn (Omnibus)
Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn's revelatory autobiography.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer
The story of the residents of Weimar during the rise and reign of Hitler.
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Second-Hand Stories
James Peak buys old things for Tony's antiques stall in Enfield Town, and hears stories...
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The Woman Who Saw Atoms by Pippa Goldschmidt
On the eve of the Anschluss, a Jewish scientist captures a proton in a photograph.
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A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Writer Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
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Nobody's Perfect by Lionel Shriver
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
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Other by Leïla Slimani
A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.
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The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth
Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.
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The Wedding Suit by Rachel Joyce
A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
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Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
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The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
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The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
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O Now by Niall Williams
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
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Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
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Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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Disco by Nick Walker
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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The Last Loves of Ronnie Maker by Alice Jolly
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
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Still Lives by Jon McGregor
A series of short stories from author Jon McGregor, exploring stillness and still lives.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Robert Burns: His Psychotherapy and Cure by Sara Sheridan
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
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The Blue Book of Nebo
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
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The Song Thief by Colin Carberry
An eerie tale of forgotten songs and vengeful spirits by Belfast author Colin Carberry.
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Bodies of Water
A new Sunday serial for Radio 4
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Moving Mountains by Jan Carson
Slemish Mountain, where St Patrick lived, is accidentally sold to a Japanese theme park.
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