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BBC Radio 4Mon 10 Dec 2012 22:45 BBC Radio 4
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Two determined balloonists, 200 years apart, take to the skies to raise money for charity.
Mon 10 Dec 2012 22:45 BBC Radio 4
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Book at Bedtime, Of Love and Hunger Episode 1 of 5
1/5 Julian Maclaren-Ross' darkly comic semi-autobiographical novel about the low life, as lived by a struggling salesman in a seaside town. With the shadow of war looming, Richard Fanshawe is eking out an existence in a boarding house. He's trying in a half-hearted way to sell vacuum cleaners door-to-door... First published in 1947.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Reader: Carl Prekopp
Producer: Beth O'Dea
Music: The Touch Of Your Lips by Hildegarde.
BBC Radio 4Mon 10 Dec 2012 22:45 BBC Radio 4
Interviews, previews and reviews
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