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Book at Bedtime: Corduroy

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1/5. Robert Glenister reads the first volume of Adrian Bell 's farming trilogy. Written by the father of journalist and former MP Martin Bell , it's a semi-autobiographical account of a London boy's apprenticeship on a Suffolk farm, just after the First World War. Today he starts work in Suffolk, cutting marigolds and learning to milk. Producer Ivan Howlett Abridged by Roy Apps

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Robert Glenister
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Adrian Bell
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Martin Bell
Producer:
Ivan Howlett
Abridged By:
Roy Apps
Source: Radio Times

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