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The Mouse that Roared BBC Radio 4




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The Mouse that Roared

Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll's dramatisation of Leonard Wibberley's famous comic novel. It is 1956, and the Cold War is at its chilliest. But one European country is blissfully detached from the
struggles of the Supe

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Expand This BBC4

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By Mark Lawson.

When Alex and Gemma are alerted to a picture of their daughter performing a sex act posted on the internet, they unite in adversity.

But far worse is yet to come.

Alex Spring....Alex JenningsGemma Spring....Haydn Gwyn

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Shakespeare's Dramas

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616)[a] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet

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Mouche By Guy de Maupassant.

Mouche
By Guy de Maupassant.
 
A group of young men lead a care-free life, idling away their summer in a sailing boat on the Seine. Events take an unexpected turn when one of them introduces a girlfriend into the group.

Read by Bill Nighy.

Produced by Sas

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David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky

David Golder
by Irene Nemirovsky
translated by Sandra Smith
adapted for radio by Ellen Dryden
 
Broadcast Monday 29 March to Friday 2 April 2010 (Woman's Hour Drama)

160/44; 80 MB total; sound quality excellent

David Suchet stars in David Golder, a portrai

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Stone Memories By Rebecca Bartlett.

Stone Memories
By Rebecca Bartlett.
With Brid Brennan, Kathleen Bradley, Owen Roe and Dessie Gallagher.

It is 1950s Donegal and the man of the house, while working in England, has met someone else. The deserted wife struggles with her own anger as she

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Boscobel by Ian Curteis

Historical thriller by Ian Curteis that charts the fortunes of the future Charles II in the immediate aftermath of his father's defeat.
After the execution of his father, the young Charles flees England.
Over the course of a 40-day journey, he must lea

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The Ramayana of Valmiki (BBC)



"One does not build a dike, my precious, after the water is gone. Get up, appraise the king,
                                                   and see to your own welfare!"

  - from The Ramayana of Valmiki, Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: V

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The Lark by Jean Anouilh 1952



The Lark
by Jean Anouilh (ÒLÕAlouetteÓ, 1952)
with Emma Fielding, Norman Rodway, Anton Lesser, Geoffrey Whitehead, David Schofield and Doreen Mantle
Music composed and performed by Simon Moorcroft
Directed by David Hitchinson
A World Service Drama produc

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