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Afternoon Reading

Three Short Stories by E Nesbit

Episode 3: Grandsire Triples

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Kate's 'intended' comes back from learning farming, a Catholic.

Kate is torn between duty and love, a conflict that is dramatically resolved when the two lovers inadvertently get locked in the bell tower, during a Grandsire Triple peal ("there's five thousand and fifty changes to 'em, and it's a matter of three hours!') groans Kate.

Reader: Jenny Agutter
Abridged by Roy Apps

Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Show less

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