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Hugh Lofting - The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Doctor John Dolittle prefers his many animals to his human patients – he even learns to talk to them.

Alan Bennett reads Hugh Lofting's novel first published in 1920.

Producer: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. Show less

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