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The Birds

Episode 1: A Nocturnal Disturbance

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In Daphne du Maurier's psychologically unsettling story Nat Hocken and his family are disturbed during the night. Tristan Sturrock reads.

A new reading of Daphne du Maurier's classic story where malevolent birds loom large accompanies the Norwegian writer Agnes Ravatn's contemporary psychological thriller where a tribunal of birds stands in judgement of past sins.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Show less

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