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The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Episode 3

Dangerous Visions Jessie's act of heroism could save the human race, but will those closest to her help?

Book at Bedtime Episode guide

  1. The Professor of Truth

    James Robertson's powerful novel, inspired by events surrounding the Lockerbie bombing

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  2. A Commonplace Killing

    By Sian Busby. Dark thriller set in post-war north London, 1946. Read by Harriet Walter

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  3. Blood and Beauty

    By Sarah Dunant. Story of Italian Renaissance's most infamous family, the Borgias

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  4. A Delicate Truth

    John le Carre's novel about a man who must choose between his conscience and his duty

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  5. This Is Where I Am

    Novel about a Glasgow refugee counsellor and the Somali asylum seeker she befriends

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  6. Granta Best of Young British Novelists 4

    Stories by writers on Granta's list of the 20 best British novelists aged under 40

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  7. How Many Miles to Babylon?

    Jennifer Johnson tells the remarkable story of a friendship during the First World War

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  8. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

    By Mohsin Hamid. The tale of one boy's rise from impoverished villager to corporate tycoon

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  9. All the Beggars Riding

    By Lucy Caldwell. After the death of her mother, Lara Moorhouse tries tell her story

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  10. The Middlesteins

    Bittersweet tragi-comedy about three generations of a Jewish family from Chicago

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  11. Take Notice

    Gus is confronted by a white-suited stanger, intent on bringing up the past.

    First broadcast: 22 Feb 2013

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  12. An Artistic Streak

    Deborah Moggach's story about affairs of the heart, exclusively for Book at Bedtime.

    First broadcast: 21 Feb 2013

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  13. The Bell Jar

    Sylvia Plath's haunting and iconic only novel, broadcast on its 50th anniversary

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  14. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    Muriel Spark's much-loved and sparkling classic about an Edinburgh school teacher

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  15. The Knot

    By Mark Watson. Story of loss and forbidden love, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

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  16. Frenchman's Creek

    By Daphne Du Maurier. Adventure romance set in Cornwall. Read by Adjoa Andoh

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  17. Maeve Binchy Short Stories

    In tribute to the much-loved Irish author, a selection of her stories from the BBC archive

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  18. Of Love and Hunger

    By Julian Maclaren-Ross. Darkly comic novel of 1930's low life

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  19. The Mighty Walzer

    By Howard Jacobson. Coming-of-age tale of a wannabe ping-pong champion in 1950s Manchester

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  20. The Liars' Gospel

    Naomi Alderman's story of the life and death of a Jewish preacher in Roman-occupied Judea

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  21. The Cleaner of Chartres

    By Salley Vickers. Story of darkness and light, traumatic loss and second chances

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  22. The Midwife's Daughter

    Patricia Ferguson's moving tale about two sisters and the orphan who changes their lives

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  23. Summer Lies

    Bill Nighy reads from a short fiction collection by Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader

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  24. Merivel - A Man of His Time

    Rose Tremain's dazzling and witty sequel to her Booker short-listed novel Restoration

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  25. Sweet Tooth

    Ian McEwan's novel of love and deception set in MI5 during the early 1970s

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  26. Pure

    Andrew Miller's novel set in pre-revolutionary France. Read by John Sessions

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  27. The Greatcoat

    Ghost story by Helen Dunmore, set during and after the Second World War

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  28. Duty Free

    Biting social satire by Moni Mohsin, set in 21st-century Lahore. Read by Meera Syal

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  29. Embers

    Will fate and the strictures of Mukhtar's society allow him a taste of happiness?

    First broadcast: 30 Jul 2012

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  30. Ancient Light

    John Banville's novel tells the story of an unlikely first love affair

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