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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson, Dover to London

Recalling tea with tinned biscuits, the author takes a sentimental journey around Britain.

Recalling tea with tinned biscuits, the American author takes a sentimental journey around Britain. Read by Kerry Shale.

Recalling tea with tinned biscuits.

Bill Bryson takes a sentimental journey around Britain.

The American comic writer recalls how he arrived in Kent aged 21, one foggy March morning in 1973 - to be met by the formidable institution of the British Bed and Breakfast. 

Five readings abridged and performed by Kerry Shale. 

Producer: Paul Kent

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1996.

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American Bill Bryson's funny and affectionate journey across Britain, his adopted country

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