With Great Pleasure at Christmas

Synopsis

A special festive edition in which Terry Pratchett revels in some of his favourite pieces of writing with the help of Helen Atkinson Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens and Michael Maloney.

Featuring readings from:

The Specialist by Charles Sale
Published by Souvenir Press

Household Noises by Paul Jennings
From The Penguin Jennings
Published by Penguin

The Maze Maker by Michael Ayrton
Published by Longmans

Lamb-Thoughts by JB Morton (writing as Beachcomber)
From By the Way
Published by Sheed and Ward

Her Majesty's Mails: a history of the Post-office and an industrial account of its present condition, by William Lewins
Published by Samson and Low, 1865

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Published by Pan MacMillan

Roughing It by Mark Twain
Published by Routledge

The Poison Principle by Gail Bell
Published by Picador

The Junkman Smiles by GRG Worcester
Published by Chatto and Windus

Food in England by Dorothy Hartley
Published by Little, Brown

Sir George Caley by J Laurence Pritchard
Published by Max Parrish

Republican Party Reptile by PJ O'Rourke
Published by Pan Books

Once Upon an Ice Age by Roy Lewis
Published by Terra Nova Editions

Job 9, vv1-11
King James Bible

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Published by Oxford World's Classics.

Broadcasts

1. Thu 25 Dec 2008
   12:00
   BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
2. Thu 25 Dec 2008
   12:04
   BBC Radio 4 (LW only)
3. Fri 26 Dec 2008
   20:02
   BBC Radio 4