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City of the Sharp-nosed Fish

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The story of the city of Oxyrhynchus revealed in four parts through the 50,000 fragments of papyri found in its rubbish dumps. 4: Greek Tragedies and Daily Soaps. In the final part of the series, Michael Kustow finds literary masterpieces and real-life human dramas which have survived 2,000 years of being buried in the Egyptian desert. The readers are Fiona Shaw , Larry Lamb and Michael Perceval -Maxwell. Producer Amanda Hargreaves

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Michael Kustow
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Fiona Shaw
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Larry Lamb
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Michael Perceval
Producer:
Amanda Hargreaves

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