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EM Forster Short Stories
3. The ObeliskA chance encounter leads an unhappily married couple to find solace in forbidden ways.
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Father Brown Stories - Series 1
7. The Sins of Prince SaradineEloping noblemen and blood feuds, but will revenge find the right mark?
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Fear on Four
Dark FeathersFay's summer in the West Country is blighted by strange and dark forces.
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Frances McNeil - With a Little Hel…
The story of Brian Epstein during his hectic, turbulent years of managing The Beatles.
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From Fact to Fiction - Series 14
1. A Tomb With a ViewAs tensions again simmer over Europe, Sandi Toksvig imagines the effect on one UK family.
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Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary
Episode 4Emma's memory of young solicitor Leon becomes the core of her despair.
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As Emma and Charles move to a new town, she makes the acquaintance of a young solicitor.
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The dazzling Marquis ball intensifies Emma's longing for more excitement.
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Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
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Helen Simpson - A Bunch of Fives
5. ScanMoving story about a young woman on the brink of romance, who goes alone for a brain scan.
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HG Wells - The First Men in the Mo…
Episode 5Bedford and Cavor's mission to the moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
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How Does That Make You Feel?
Series 4 OmnibusSeries 4 Omnibus. Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of her patients.
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James Fenimore Cooper - The Last o…
Episode 2As the brutal war rages, Huron chief Magua captures Colonel Munro's daughters.
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Jim Crace - Quarantine
Episode 9Musa callously attacks Marta, Jesus leaves his cave, and the others prepare for a burial.
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Episode 8
Musa tricks the others to persuading Jesus to help him. His evil intent toward Marta grows
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Episode 7
Jesus resists the offers of food and drink, calling on memories to maintain his resolve.
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Musa has evil designs on Marta, and the others wait impatiently for the Galilean to emerge
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Episode 5
Musa convinces the others that mysterious stranger in the cave cured him.
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John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids
Episode 4Bill is horrified by what he discovers in London, but manages to rescue a girl from danger
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It's well known that Triffids can walk, but Bill wonders what other skills they might have
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Bill Masen remembers how the Triffids first came to England, and how they got so prevalent
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Bill Masen wakes up in hospital to find that the world he knew has changed forever.
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Kathryn Stockett - The Help - Kath…
Episode 2As racial tension rises in America, Skeeter's interviews may land the maids in trouble.
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Kathryn Stockett - The Help - Kath…
Episode 10The maids anticipate their book's arrival in stores. Will the ladies recognize themselves?
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Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
Episode 4As he goes to perform his pub act, things get more complicated for the three-timing romeo.
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Billy is in trouble at work and home, so he returns to his dreams of London and Ambrosia.
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Billy is engaged to two girls in his Yorkshire home town, but imagines escaping to London.
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A young dreamer fantasises about a more exciting life.
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Les Kelly's Britain
Episode 3The controversial host meets a balloon-twisting preacher and a woman who hates Belgians.
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Margaret Bonham - The Casino
4. The Two Mrs ReedsTwo women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. Read by Emma Fielding.
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3. The River
A flood causes catastrophe for water-loving William and his young daughter Frankie.
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2. Miss King
A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury and Milly Young.
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1. The Horse
Angela does her homework, as her mother hosts a drinks party for some intellectual friends
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Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
Episode 10Martin returns to the Post Office, seeking Geraldine. Meanwhile Nick anticipates a big day
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Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen - S…
3. Old BoggieInvited to a remote part of the Fens, Warwick discovers treasure guarded by a ghost-dog.
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2. A Water Baby
As heavy rain swamps Mardle Fen, a strange child leads Warwick through the flood.
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1. Top Dog
A stranger arrives at the restaurant with a request, but Jack doesn't like the look of him
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The Pickerskill Reports - Series 2
4. Richard and Gregory SeverinIn the late 1940s, the master dupes two brothers entranced by Lenin, Marx and Trotsky.
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3. Timothy Spoontz
The new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby decides to impose an austerity drive.
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Poirot - Sad Cypress
Episode 5As Elinor stands accused, Belgian sleuth Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.
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As Poirot unravels the threads of the murder, it seems Mary wasn't the first victim.
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Who poisoned Mary Gerrard? Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to find the killer.
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Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of morphine has gone missing.
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A poison pen letter triggers a departure, and a trail of murder and deceit.
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