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Book at Bedtime
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village The Broken Heart
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5/5. When Obadiah Oak sells up and moves away from Notwithstanding, he leaves his heart behind.
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village Rabbit
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4/5. The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk.
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village The Happy Death of the General
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3/5. There is one thing the General has forgotten for his shopping trip into town.
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village The Auspicious Meeting
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2/5. An auspicious meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians.
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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers
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Available since Monday with 2 days left.
1/5. Louis de Bernieres' book of linked stories about a fictional Surrey village.
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Coming up
Tomorrow, 22:45 on Radio 4 FM
1/10. On Riceyman Steps, a secondhand bookseller contemplates a change to his circumstances.
9 more programmes coming up in the next 7 days.
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