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Episodes from Book at Bedtime broadcast in 2011

December
  1. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 10
    10/10. Now certain of Fabrice's feelings, Linda returns home to await the end of the war.
  2. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 9
    9/10. Linda has to leave her beloved Fabrice in Paris and return to London.
  3. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 8
    8/10. Linda is living in Paris with the seductive Fabrice, Duc of Sauveterre.
  4. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 7
    7/10. Linda's success with the communists does not extend to Christian.
  5. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 6
    6/10. Linda falls in love again, but finds that communists' parties are frightfully gloomy.
  6. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 5
    5/10. Linda's marriage does not turn out as she had hoped. Read by Diana Quick.
  7. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 4
    4/10. Linda falls in love, to the dismay of her family.
  8. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 3
    3/10. Aunt Sadie needs to find some young men to invite to Louisa's ball.
  9. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 2
    2/10. Fanny is anxious about meeting her beloved aunt Emily's husband-to-be.
  10. The Pursuit of Love
    Episode 1
    1/10. Nancy Mitford's razor-sharp comic classic, read by Diana Quick.
  11. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 10
    10/10. The Major is injured during a showdown at the cliff top - but finally wins his prize.
  12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 9
    9/10. Major Pettigrew meets Mrs Ali's family and finds out why she's been ignoring his letters.
  13. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 8
    8/10. With Mrs Ali absent, Major Pettigrew finds himself becoming close to Grace.
  14. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 7
    7/10. The Major attracts attention when he takes Mrs Ali to the golf club dinner dance.
  15. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 6
    6/10. The Major and Mrs Ali take a walk along the cliff tops, as the day of the shoot approaches
  16. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 5
    5/10. Major Pettigrew offers a solution to Mrs Ali's family troubles.
  17. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 4
    4/10. Major Pettigrew's son Roger needs his help with a tricky house purchase negotiation.
  18. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 3
    3/10. At the golf club, the ladies are trying to decide on the theme for the annual dinner dance
  19. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 2
    2/10. Major Pettigrew discovers that he and Mrs Ali share a love of Kipling.
  20. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
    Episode 1
    1/10. A family bereavement sparks an unexpected friendship between Major Pettigrew and Mrs Ali.
  21. A Night with a Vampire 2
    A Lot of Mince Pies
    5/5. By Robert Swindells. A group of Christmas carollers receive a special treat.
  22. A Night with a Vampire 2
    Drink My Blood
    4/5. A young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, has one ambition in life - to become a vampire.
November
  1. A Night with a Vampire 2
    Bewitched
    3/5. Saul still goes out to see his previous girlfriend...even though she died years ago.
  2. A Night with a Vampire 2
    The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
    2/5. This story concentrates on the magnetic power of the vampire. By Fritz Lieber.
  3. A Night with a Vampire 2
    The Lady of the House of Love
    1/5. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself alone.
  4. Perfect Lives
    Remote Control
    5/5. Upstairs, two boys asleep in bed; downstairs, a man and his TV versus a woman and her cat.
  5. Perfect Lives
    The Rose Before the Vine
    4/5. Rose and her daughter Anna have a long history of disappointing each other.
  6. Perfect Lives
    The Birthday Present
    3/5. She had nothing to give him for his birthday. But nothing turned out to be just perfect.
  7. Perfect Lives
    Barcarolle
    2/5. A broken-backed upright could be the piano of someone's dreams.
  8. Perfect Lives
    The Egg
    1/5. Celia's life is perfect, but it can take just one thing to turn a life upside down.
  9. The House of Silk
    Episode 10
    10/10. Having exposed the House of Silk, Holmes returns to Wimbledon, where the case began.
  10. The House of Silk
    Episode 9
    9/10. Dr Watson takes Holmes to Dr Silkin's House of Wonders in Jackdaw Lane.
  11. The House of Silk
    Episode 8
    8/10. Watson is warned that Holmes's life is in danger and is given the key to his prison cell.
  12. The House of Silk
    Episode 7
    7/10. To Watson's horror, Sherlock Holmes has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
  13. The House of Silk
    Episode 6
    6/10. Sally Dixon has been shot. Lying unconscious beside her with a gun is Sherlock Holmes.
  14. The House of Silk
    Episode 5
    5/10. Unable to find any trace of the House of Silk, Holmes reluctantly consults his brother.
  15. The House of Silk
    Episode 4
    4/10. One of Sherlock Holmes's young informants is missing and he is concerned for his safety.
  16. The House of Silk
    Episode 3
    3/10. The man who has been terrorising Edmund Carstairs has been found dead in a hotel room.
  17. The House of Silk
    Episode 2
    2/10. Holmes has been consulted by an art dealer who fears a Boston gangleader is watching him.
  18. The House of Silk
    Episode 1
    1/10. Some hundred years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript is discovered.
  19. All That I Am
    Episode 10
    10/10. Ruth remembers the dark days after Dora's death and how she tried to make amends.
  20. All That I Am
    Episode 9
    9/10. Ruth learns the truth, too late to save her beloved.
  21. All That I Am
    Episode 8
    8/10. A letter of invitation and a visit from 'Scotland Yard'.
  22. All That I Am
    Episode 7
    7/10. Ruth remembers how Dora succeeded in getting news of Hitler's plans to the newspapers.
October
  1. All That I Am
    Episode 6
    6/10. A trial, a verdict and a hollow victory.
  2. All That I Am
    Episode 5
    5/10. Ruth remembers how hard life was as a refugee in London, without money, rights, or status.
  3. All That I Am
    Episode 4
    4/10. Ruth recalls the night in 1933 when stormtroopers forced Hans and herself into exile.
  4. All That I Am
    Episode 3
    3/10. Ruth recalls her marriage, Dora's love affair and the night in Berlin's TicTacToe Club.
  5. All That I Am
    Episode 2
    2/10. Ruth remembers when love and the cause of the left became intertwined.
  6. All That I Am
    Episode 1
    1/10. As Ruth Becker reaches the end of her life she finds herself remembering more and more.
  7. The Cat's Table
    Episode 10
    10/10. Asuntha and her father were last seen as they leapt over the side of the ship into the sea
  8. The Cat's Table
    Episode 9
    9/10. Michael's connection with Emily prompts recollections of events in the Mediterranean.
  9. The Cat's Table
    Episode 8
    8/10. The history of the silent girl has profound implications for the other passengers.
  10. The Cat's Table
    Episode 7
    7/10. Michael reflects on his brief marriage to Ramdhin's sister.
  11. The Cat's Table
    Episode 6
    6/10. The Oronsay arrives at the Suez Canal, a vivid moment of dreamlike transition.
  12. The Cat's Table
    Episode 5
    5/10. The boys manage to persuade Mr Daniels to be the 'responsible adult' supervising them.
  13. The Cat's Table
    Episode 4
    4/10. The boys learn why the wealthy Sir Hector de Silva is travelling on the same ship.
  14. The Cat's Table
    Episode 3
    3/10. Michael and his two new friends Ramadhin and Cassius continue to explore the adult world.
  15. The Cat's Table
    Episode 2
    2/10. 1950s Colombo: 11-year-old Michael embarks on a life-changing voyage to London.
  16. The Cat's Table
    Episode 1
    1/10. 1950s Colombo: 11-year-old Michael embarks on a life-changing voyage to London.
  17. Catch 22
    Episode 10
    10/10. Colonel Korn offers Yossarian an odious deal and there is extraordinary news about Orr.
  18. Catch 22
    Episode 9
    9/10. Nately's whore holds Yossarian responsible for Nately's death and comes after him.
  19. Catch 22
    Episode 8
    8/10. McWatt's terrifying low-level flying has horrific consequences at the beach.
  20. Catch 22
    Episode 7
    7/10. Orr crash-lands again and tries to persuade Yossarian to fly with him. Yossarian refuses.
  21. Catch 22
    Episode 6
    6/10. Milo's capitalist enterprise shifts up a gear, and Yossarian decides against clothes.
September
  1. Catch 22
    Episode 5
    5/10. Colonel Cathcart faces a plague of Yossarians, and there is an outbreak of moaning.
  2. Catch 22
    Episode 4
    4/10. The powers-that-be make Yossarian fly lead in the Bologna bombing mission.
  3. Catch 22
    Episode 3
    3/10. Faced with a bombing raid to Bologna, Yossarian decides to take direct action.
  4. Catch 22
    Episode 2
    2/10. Yossarian is determined not to fly any more missions but keeps coming up against Catch 22.
  5. Catch 22
    Episode 1
    1/10. Yossarian is introduced to the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22.
  6. The Day of the Sardine
    Episode 5
    5/5. Arthur Haggerston finally meets the father who abandoned him.
  7. The Day of the Sardine
    Episode 4
    4/5. Teenager Arthur Haggerston discovers his Uncle George is corrupt.
  8. The Day of the Sardine
    Episode 3
    3/5. Arthur Haggerston is forced to beg for a job on a building site with his Uncle George.
  9. The Day of the Sardine
    Episode 2
    2/5. Young Arthur Haggerston has left school in Newcastle in the early 60s with few prospects.
  10. The Day of the Sardine
    Episode 1
    1/5. Sid Chaplin's brilliantly evoked journey of a Newcastle boy to manhood 50 years ago.
  11. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 10
    10/10. Violence has dogged Lily's long life in America. Now all hope lies in her grandson Bill.
  12. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 9
    9/10. After discovering her husband Joe was a bigamist, Lilly raises her son Ed alone.
  13. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 8
    8/10. Following Joe's disappearance, Lilly moves to Washington with her son.
  14. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 7
    7/10. Lilly has married policeman Joe Kinderman, but is he the man he appears to be?
  15. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 6
    6/10. Lilly Dunne, now 89, recalls how she found work in Mrs Bellow's house.
  16. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 5
    5/10. After her husband's murder, Lily fled Chicago and was rescued by Cassie Blake.
  17. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 4
    4/10. Lilly Dunne, now 89, recalls that Ireland was not going to let her go so easily.
  18. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 3
    3/10. Lilly Dunne, now 89, recalls how she fled the violence of her native Wicklow.
  19. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 2
    2/10. Lilly's grandson, damaged by his experiences in Iraq, has been found hanged.
  20. On Canaan's Side
    Episode 1
    1/10. In On Canaan's Side, a secret and tumultuous life is revealed in the memoir of Lilly Dunne
  21. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    10/10. In Lahore, Changez's new life is revealed. But who is pursuing whom?
  22. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    9/10. Erica vanishes as Changez's American dream comes to an end.
August
  1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 8
    8/10. On a work assignment in Chile, Changez makes a monumental decision.
  2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 7
    7/10. Changez's sense of alienation increases.
  3. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    6/10. Changez watches in fury a newscast of American troops invading Afghanistan.
  4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 5
    5/10. Changez's new life begins to unravel.
  5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 4
    4/10. When the Twin Towers collapse Changez's reaction is unexpected.
  6. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 3
    3/10. Changez's relationship with Erica deepens.
  7. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 2
    2/10. On the 41st floor of Samson and Underwood's office, Changez feels on top of the world.
  8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    Episode 1
    1/10. By Mohsin Hamid. A Lahore local tells an American traveller the story of his life.
  9. The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
    Episode 5
    5/7. Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
  10. The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
    Episode 4
    4/7. Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
  11. The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
    Episode 3
    3/7. Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
  12. The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
    Episode 2
    2/7. Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
  13. The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
    Episode 1
    1/7. Alan Bennett reads one his delightful 'unseemly stories' from his recently-published book.
  14. The Sense of an Ending
    Episode 5
    5/5. Veronica decides she needs to show Tony some historical evidence.
  15. The Sense of an Ending
    Episode 4
    4/5. Tony manages to get in touch with his former girlfriend to ask for an explanation.
  16. The Sense of an Ending
    Episode 3
    3/5. After the end of his relationship with Veronica, Tony receives a surprising letter.
  17. The Sense of an Ending
    Episode 2
    2/5. The friends have dispersed to university where Tony finally acquires a girlfriend.
  18. The Sense of an Ending
    Episode 1
    1/5. Our narrator looks back on where it all began: the arrival of Adrian Finn at his school.
  19. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 10
    10/10. Three men who call themselves political police burst in to Pereira's apartment.
  20. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 9
    9/10. Pereira's assistant is on the run and needs somewhere to hide. Derek Jacobi reads.
  21. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 8
    8/10. As the fighting in Spain intensifies Pereira is told what to put in his culture page.
  22. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 7
    7/10. Pereira's assistant is in trouble and he needs money. Read by Derek Jacobi.
  23. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 6
    6/10. At a clinic in Parede, Pereira meets a doctor who is prepared to talk about the soul.
July
  1. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 5
    5/10. Pereira worries that his assistant is being drawn into politics by his beautiful girl.
  2. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 4
    4/10. Pereira's assistant is in a fix and he asks for help. Read by Derek Jacobi.
  3. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 3
    3/10. Pereira's assistant is writing articles that are unpublishable in Portugal in 1938.
  4. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 2
    2/10. Dr Pereira has offered a charismatic young man a job on his newspaper. Derek Jacobi reads.
  5. Pereira Maintains
    Episode 1
    1/10. Dr Pereira wants nothing to do with politics, but then he meets Francesco Monteiro Rossi.
  6. Waterline
    Episode 10
    10/10. Mick faces up to the past. But can there ever be a future for him and his two sons?
  7. Waterline
    Episode 9
    9/10. Painful news from Glasgow forces Mick to confront his past.
  8. Waterline
    Episode 8
    8/10. Mick and his ally Beans have carved out a form of existence on the riverbanks of London.
  9. Waterline
    Episode 7
    7/10. Struggling to survive on the streets of London, Mick finds shelter, and an unlikely ally.
  10. Waterline
    Episode 6
    6/10. Moneyless and jobless, Mick tries to negotiate life on the harsh streets of London.
  11. Waterline
    Episode 5
    5/10. Mick's new life down in London begins with a gruelling job at a London airport.
  12. Waterline
    Episode 4
    4/10. Deciding that the only way to survive is to leave the past behind, Mick heads to London.
  13. Waterline
    Episode 3
    3/10. Mick is haunted by the part he might have played in Cathy's death.
  14. Waterline
    Episode 2
    2/10. Mick sets about getting back to normality. But nothing is normal now.
  15. Waterline
    Episode 1
    1/10. Mick struggles to come to terms with his wife's untimely death.
  16. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 10
    10/10. By Esi Edugyan. Poland 1992. Have Sid and Chip finally found Hiero?
  17. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 9
    9/10. With Paris soon to fall, Delilah plans the band's escape to America.
  18. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 8
    8/10. By Esi Edugyan. The band jam with Louis Armstrong. But disappointment waits for Sid.
  19. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 7
    7/10. In Paris - Sid, Chip and Hiero finally meet Louis Armstrong.
  20. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 6
    6/10. By Esi Edugyan. In Hamburg, Ernst, Sid, Hiero and Chip try to escape to Paris.
  21. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 5
    5/10. By Esi Edugyan. Delilah and Paul have disappeared and the band waits for news.
June
  1. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 4
    4/10. By Esi Edugyan. The band are in hiding after the fight with Nazi thugs.
  2. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 3
    3/10. By Esi Edugyan. Berlin 1939. Delilah has a proposition for the Hot-Time Swingers.
  3. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 2
    2/10. By Esi Edugyan. Berlin 1992. Sid is in for a shock as he watches a film about Hiero.
  4. Half Blood Blues
    Episode 1
    1/10. By Esi Edugyan. Without papers, it's not safe for Hiero on the streets of Paris.
  5. Three Stations
    Episode 10
    10/10. The killer is now hunting Renko and is ruthless in his quest.
  6. Three Stations
    Episode 9
    9/10. Sacked from his job but still on the trail of a killer, Renko finds his own life in danger
  7. Three Stations
    Episode 8
    8/10. Renko is dismissed from his job but still he pursues the killer of Vera Antonova.
  8. Three Stations
    Episode 7
    7/10. When his wife rejects the baby he's bought her the General abandons it at Three Stations.
  9. Three Stations
    Episode 6
    6/10. Renko is approached by an oligarch in distress and we hear what's become of Maya's baby.
  10. Three Stations
    Episode 5
    5/10. Renko discovers that the girl in the trailer murdered and she wasn't a prostitute.
  11. Three Stations
    Episode 4
    4/10. On the trail of a murderer, Renko finds himself mixing with the new Russian oligarchs.
  12. Three Stations
    Episode 3
    3/10. Renko is caught at an unauthorised autopsy when the mortuary director ushers in a woman.
  13. Three Stations
    Episode 2
    2/10. Zhenya has spotted Maya searching for her missing baby and has offered to help.
  14. Three Stations
    Episode 1
    1/10. Detective Renko is on the brink of resigning, when he's drawn into a strange new case.
  15. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 7
    7/7. Park So-nyo finishes her own story and her daughter Chi-hon makes a pilgrimage to Rome.
  16. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 6
    6/7. Park So-nyo tells her own story at last.
  17. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 5
    5/7. Back in their rural home, Father remembers the early years of love and marriage.
  18. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 4
    4/7. Hyong-chol recognises his mother's hopes for him, and his father returns home.
  19. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 3
    3/7. Hyong-Chol, first born and favourite son, continues to search fruitlessly for his mother.
  20. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 2
    2/7. Recalling past intimacies, Chi-hon begins to understand at last.
  21. Please Look After Mother
    Episode 1
    1/7. A haunting and heartbreaking novel from Korea's best selling novelist, Kyung-Sook Shin.
  22. The Forgotten Waltz
    The Things We Do for Love
    8/8. Gina realises what she owes to Evie - and what Evie will always have over her.
May
  1. The Forgotten Waltz
    Knocking on Heaven's Door
    7/8. Christmas without your lover, and figuring out Evie's story - and Sean's heart.
  2. The Forgotten Waltz
    Save the Last Dance for Me
    6/8. The realities of loving a family man, and remembering a father.
  3. The Forgotten Waltz
    How Can I Be Sure
    5/8. Breaking up and looking back, in the shadow of a For Sale sign, and Dublin's disapproval.
  4. The Forgotten Waltz
    Dance Me to the End of Love
    4/8. Hotel rooms, the Mistress Game and an unexpected devastation.
  5. The Forgotten Waltz
    Kiss Me Honey, Honey
    3/8. An invitation from his wife to a New Year's Day party, a kiss and an unwanted witness.
  6. The Forgotten Waltz
    In These Shoes
    2/8. An international conference in Switzerland - the luxury of a kiss sets lust in motion.
  7. The Forgotten Waltz
    Encounters
    1/8. Niamh Cusack begins Anne Enright's astute new novel about lust and love, bliss and denial.
  8. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 10
    10/10. Busayna and Zaki are falling in love, much to her surprise.
  9. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 9
    9/10. Busayna finds employment - with strings attached.
  10. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 8
    8/10. Haag Azzam has got what he wished for, but fails to anticipate the terrible consequences.
  11. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 7
    7/10. Local bigwig Hagg Azzam yearns for a second wife and a political career.
  12. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 6
    6/10. Taha's involvement with Muslim extremists bent on jihad takes him to a training camp.
  13. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 5
    5/10. Taha, son of the doorkeeper, is thrown into the arms of the Islamist Brotherhood.
  14. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 4
    4/10. The death of Abduh's son spells disaster and tragedy for love-struck Hatim.
  15. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 3
    3/10. Newspaper editor Hatim has fallen in love with a young soldier.
  16. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 2
    2/10. As Zaki Bey's feud with his sister escalates, he contemplates his messy life.
  17. The Yacoubian Building
    Episode 1
    1/10. By Alaa Al Aswany. 65-year-old playboy Zaki Bey has a romantic misadventure.
  18. The Absolutist
    Episode 10
    10/10. Finally discovering Will's true feelings Tristan must reveal his painful secret to Marian.
  19. The Absolutist
    Episode 9
    9/10. Accused of cowardice, Will's life hangs in the balance. Will he change his mind?
  20. The Absolutist
    Episode 8
    8/10. Visiting Will's parents makes Tristan reflect on his own family, and their last meeting.
  21. The Absolutist
    Episode 7
    7/10. A harrowing event shakes Will's attitude to war.
  22. The Absolutist
    Episode 6
    6/10. The realities and horrors of war take their toll on Tristran, Will, and their friendship.
April
  1. The Absolutist
    Episode 5
    5/10. Marian confides to Tristan how Will's actions in France affected his family.
  2. The Absolutist
    Episode 4
    4/10. Marian makes a revelation that shocks and upsets Tristan.
  3. The Absolutist
    Episode 3
    3/10. Training at Aldershot, Tristan and Will receive news of the mysterious death of a comrade.
  4. The Absolutist
    Episode 2
    2/10. Tristan meets Marian Bancroft and recollects his first meeting with her brother Will.
  5. The Absolutist
    Episode 1
    1/10. Tristan Sadler travels to Norwich to deliver a long-awaited package.
  6. Plague Child
    Episode 10
    10/10. Tom exchanges the pendant and his birthright for the deeds to Half Moon Court.
  7. Plague Child
    Episode 9
    9/10. Tom finds the pendant and confronts his real father at last.
  8. Plague Child
    Episode 8
    8/10. Tom is reunited with Matthew, the man who brought him up in the docks.
  9. Plague Child
    Episode 7
    7/10. Tom and Eaton make their way through wartorn Oxfordshire towards Highpoint.
  10. Plague Child
    Episode 6
    6/10. Tom Neave confronts Lord Stonehouse, making a deal which could secure his future with Anne
  11. Plague Child
    Episode 5
    5/10. Tom finally learns the truth behind his connection to the Stonehouse family.
  12. Plague Child
    Episode 4
    4/10. Tom is elated when Anne admits she loves him.
  13. Plague Child
    Episode 3
    3/10. Tom battles to understand his connection with the Stonehouse family.
  14. Plague Child
    Episode 2
    2/10. Tom goes on the run after his life is threatened by two mysterious strangers.
  15. Plague Child
    Episode 1
    1/10. It is a rainy night in 1625, Tom Neave's life nearly ends as soon as it has begun.
  16. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 10
    10/10. Natalia connects her father's childhood, the tiger's wife and the deathless man.
  17. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 9
    9/10. Natalia recalls another meeting with the deathless man.
  18. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 8
    8/10. A bid to save the tiger's wife has an unwanted outcome.
  19. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 7
    7/10. The truth about the failed tiger hunt emerges.
  20. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 6
    6/10. A miracle leads to a second encounter between Natalia's grandfather and the deathless man.
  21. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 5
    5/10. Natalia's grandfather is nine as the men of his village set off to hunt the tiger.
March
  1. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 4
    4/10. The tiger begins his long journey into local legend.
  2. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 3
    3/10. Memories of a pledge that Natalia's grandfather made to the deathless man are conjured up.
  3. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 2
    2/10. Natalia remembers an extraordinary encounter.
  4. The Tiger's Wife
    Episode 1
    1/10. Tea Obreht's evocative debut novel is a story of extraordinary encounters.
  5. Mathilda
    Episode 5
    5/5. Unable to trust anyone with her secret, Mathilda decides to test Woodville's friendship.
  6. Mathilda
    Episode 4
    4/5. Mathilda longs to escape her anxious relatives who are mystified by her father's suicide.
  7. Mathilda
    Episode 3
    3/5. After hearing her father's devastating confession, Mathilda finds that he has fled.
  8. Mathilda
    Episode 2
    2/5. Mathilda and her father enjoy high society together in London, until he suddenly changes.
  9. Mathilda
    Episode 1
    1/5. Emilia Fox reads the only completed novella by celebrated author Mary Shelley.
  10. Pigeon English
    Episode 10
    10/10. Harri has cracked the case but who knows that he knows?
  11. Pigeon English
    Episode 9
    9/10. Harri finds a piece of crucial evidence in his hunt for the killer.
  12. Pigeon English
    Episode 8
    8/10. Eager to fit in to his new life, Harri is tempted to stone a bus.
  13. Pigeon English
    Episode 7
    7/10. Harri has got on the wrong side of the Dell Farm Crew as his hunt for the killer goes on.
  14. Pigeon English
    Episode 6
    6/10. Harri has run out on his initiation test with the Dell Farm Crew.
  15. Pigeon English
    Episode 5
    5/10. Today is carnival, but after the celebrations Harri's worries return.
  16. Pigeon English
    Episode 4
    4/10. Harri takes time out from his detective work to be friends with Poppy.
  17. Pigeon English
    Episode 3
    3/10. Harri and his friend Dean turn detective to try to discover who killed the boy he knew.
  18. Pigeon English
    Episode 2
    2/10. Newly arrived from Ghana, Harri is confronted with life on a tough estate.
  19. Pigeon English
    Episode 1
    1/10. 11-year-old Harri has moved from Ghana to live on a tough London estate.
  20. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Episode 5
    5/5. The fragments of memory chronicled by the narrator all point to an inevitable end.
  21. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Episode 4
    4/5. Few believed that Santiago Nasar was guilty but the Vicario brothers wanted his blood.
  22. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Episode 3
    3/5. The bride is returned to her family home only hours after the wedding.
  23. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Episode 2
    2/5. The narrator continues to piece together events of the day when his friend was murdered.
February
  1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Episode 1
    1/5. Heat, dust and passion are central in this compelling classic Colombian tale.
  2. Flush
    Episode 5
    5/5. As time passes in Florence, Flush begins to feel his age.
  3. Flush
    Episode 4
    4/5. Flush and his newly-married mistress escape Wimpole Street.
  4. Flush
    Episode 3
    3/5. Flush is the victim of a horrible crime.
  5. Flush
    Episode 2
    2/5. A rival for Miss Barrett's affections appears on the scene.
  6. Flush
    Episode 1
    1/5. Flush must forget life in the country, and get used to days spent in an invalid's bedroom.
  7. Caribou Island
    Episode 10
    10/10. While Rhoda tries to find a way reach her parents, Irene confronts her loneliness.
  8. Caribou Island
    Episode 9
    9/10. As the cabin nears its faltering completion, Irene understands how alone she really is.
  9. Caribou Island
    Episode 8
    8/10. Jim finally has a question for Rhoda. And is it too late for Gary and Irene to succeed?
  10. Caribou Island
    Episode 7
    7/10. Rhoda ponders the hopelessness of Jim, while Gary communes with his Viking heroes.
  11. Caribou Island
    Episode 6
    6/10. Despite her headaches, Irene goes to see Gary's cabin work and Jim dreams of a new life.
  12. Caribou Island
    Episode 5
    5/10. Jim's dreams are dashed while Irene wonders if hers were ever realistic.
  13. Caribou Island
    Episode 4
    4/10. Rhoda surprises Jim with unexpected guests, and Gary faces another hurdle with his cabin.
  14. Caribou Island
    Episode 3
    3/10. Jim enters a world of delight, and deceit, far from his dentist's chair.
  15. Caribou Island
    Episode 2
    2/10. Gary's first shot at building the log retreat of his dreams is already having consequences
  16. Caribou Island
    Episode 1
    1/10. Gary and Irene load up with logs and set out to build their own piece of paradise.
  17. The Meeting Point
    Episode 10
    10/10. Ruth is forced to make a decision about her future. Farid or Euan? Whom will she choose?
  18. The Meeting Point
    Episode 9
    9/10. Noor discovers the truth about Ruth and Farid, but now she knows, what will she do next?
  19. The Meeting Point
    Episode 8
    8/10. Ruth dashes Noor's hopes and realises the true cost of her own happiness with Farid.
  20. The Meeting Point
    Episode 7
    7/10. As the relationship between Ruth and Farid deepens, Noor finds strength to face her past.
January
  1. The Meeting Point
    Episode 6
    6/10. As news of war breaks, Ruth longs for Farid, while Noor is drawn closer to the Armstrongs.
  2. The Meeting Point
    Episode 5
    5/10. With an increasing gulf growing between herself and Euan, Ruth and Farid grow closer.
  3. The Meeting Point
    Episode 4
    4/10. Noor visits the Armstrongs more often, while Ruth cannot shake the memory of Farid.
  4. The Meeting Point
    Episode 3
    3/10. Farid takes Ruth to see the Tree of Life where the reality falls short of her expectations
  5. The Meeting Point
    Episode 2
    2/10. Ruth is visited by her neighbours, among them Noor, who has also newly arrived in Bahrain.
  6. The Meeting Point
    Episode 1
    1/10. As Euan and Ruth arrive in Bahrain, Ruth discovers she has been deceived by her husband.
  7. Julian Barnes Stories
    The Fruit Cage, Part Two
    5/5. Julian Barnes concludes his reading of 'The Fruit Cage'.
  8. Julian Barnes Stories
    The Fruit Cage, Part One
    4/5. Julian Barnes reads the first half of a story from his last collection 'The Lemon Table'.
  9. Julian Barnes Stories
    Trespass
    3/5. A dedicated hillwalker shows his new girlfriend the delights of the Peak District.
  10. Julian Barnes Stories
    Complicity, Part Two
    2/5. Julian Barnes reads the second part of 'Complicity'.
  11. Julian Barnes Stories
    Complicity, Part One
    1/5. A love story which also explores the connections we make and how we communicate them.
  12. Snowdrops
    Episode 10
    10/10. In Moscow the snow has melted and Nick must finally face reality.
  13. Snowdrops
    Episode 9
    9/10. A trip to Odessa with Masha helps Nick suspend reality.
  14. Snowdrops
    Episode 8
    8/10. As the city approaches spring, the truth begins to unravel for Nick.
  15. Snowdrops
    Episode 7
    7/10. Not everything goes smoothly for Nick in the purchase of Tatiana Vladimirovna's flat.
  16. Snowdrops
    Episode 6
    6/10. Nick's neighbour Oleg is more and more anxious about the fate of his friend Konstantin.
  17. Snowdrops
    Episode 5
    5/10. At the dacha, Masha and Katya have a proposition for Nick.
  18. Snowdrops
    Episode 4
    4/10. Nick's neighbour Oleg Nikolaevich has some disturbing news.
  19. Snowdrops
    Episode 3
    3/10. In the Rasputin night-club Nick learns more about Masha and Katya.
  20. Snowdrops
    Episode 2
    2/10. Nick has heard nothing from Masha since he rescued her from the bag-thief.
  21. Snowdrops
    Episode 1
    1/10. Crime thriller. An English lawyer living rescues two sisters on the Moscow subway.

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