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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

1. Uncle Bob

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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WWII veteran Bobby, Uncle Bob, is lost. Riding on his motorcycle and maybe drinking a little too much he decides to pay a visit to his sister Lulu in the small town of Lone Butte. He meets his nephew and namesake Robby for the first time and is determined to show the young boy some fun. An adventure on the motorcycle ends in chaos and Uncle Bob never returns. Robby holds onto the memories and a comic that depicts a flame-throwing marine, Uncle Bob.

The events in Lone Butte that day spark the beginning of a story that will take 75 years to get to the screen.

The debut novel by Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks is a love letter to movie making and the people who make them.

Read by Tom Hanks

Written by Tom Hanks.
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Naomi Walmsley Show less

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