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Census 2011

Episode 1: The Suffragette's Party

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A new story by Beatrice Colin written to mark the national census.

A suffragette's dedication to the cause is tested to the hilt on the night of the census in 1911. Read by Melody Grove.

Beatrice Colin is a novelist, short story writer and creative writing teacher who has written plays for Radio 4 and novels including The Songwriter and The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite. Show less

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