Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history
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- coming up (14)
01:00 - 05:20
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- Book of the Week
Book of the Week
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The Last Matchmaker Episode 3
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Available since yesterday with 6 days left.
3/5. How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to impact on life in rural Ireland.
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The Last Matchmaker Episode 2
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Available since Tuesday with 5 days left.
2/5. Willie is inducted into the family business by his grandfather.
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The Last Matchmaker Episode 1
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Available since Monday with 4 days left.
1/5. Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish matchmaker Willie Daly.
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Vincent van Gogh: The Letters Episode 5
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Available since Friday with 1 day left.
5/5. Vincent recovers in hospital following the incident in which he severed his own earlobe.
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Vincent van Gogh: The Letters Episode 4
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Available since last Thursday with 6 hours left.
4/5. Gauguin finally joins Vincent in the yellow house in Arles.
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Coming up
Today, 09:45 on Radio 4 FM
4/5. Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son.
See all 14 programmes coming up in the next 7 days.
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