It's high summer. At Cape Cod's Amity Island, the tourists are arriving in their hundreds.

But something is lurking just off the coast and one young holiday-maker is about to go skinny dipping...

Will it ever be safe to go back into the water?

Peter Benchley's classic novel 'Jaws' was first published in 1974 and shot straight on to the bestseller lists. It's since sold over 20 million copies.

A year later, it was adapted into the iconic film by Steven Spielberg, which won three Academy Awards.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Read by Henry Goodman.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018. Show less