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Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra Episode 2
2/5 Peter was a bookish child, who began his only work of fiction, featuring Cleopatra, aged 9
First broadcast: 18 Jun 2013
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John Osborne - Radio Head Episode 1
1/5 The world of wireless, from wedding tales on Virgin to honour killings on Asian Network.
First broadcast: 25 May 2009
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Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra Episode 1
1/5 The remarkable story behind the only fragment of parchment to bear Cleopatra's signature.
First broadcast: 17 Jun 2013
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Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl Episode 5
5/5 Charting Dahl's final years, and how his extraordinary spell on children has endured.
First broadcast: 10 Sep 2010
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An Englishman Aboard Episode 5
5/5 Continuing along the Seine, Charles Timoney tries out an amphicar and stops off in Rouen.
First broadcast: 14 Jun 2013
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Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl Episode 4
4/5 Aged 56, it's suddenly all change for Dahl with the arrival of Liccy on the scene.
First broadcast: 09 Sep 2010
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An Englishman Aboard Episode 4
4/5 Author Charles Timoney meets Stephane, a carp fisherman with a very strange habit.
First broadcast: 13 Jun 2013
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Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl Episode 3
3/5 The tale of Dahl's son Theo and a remarkable invention - the Dahl-Wade-Till valve.
First broadcast: 08 Sep 2010
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An Englishman Aboard Episode 3
3/5 Charles Timoney continues his journey along the Seine in a converted Parisian tourist boat
First broadcast: 12 Jun 2013
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Letters from Italy Annalisa Piras
5/5 Annalisa Piras, an Italian journalist based in London, delivers a letter about Italy today
First broadcast: 26 Apr 2013
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.