Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Book at Bedtime

Audiobooks

Podcasts

Drama

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and literature from around the world

BBC Radio 4 LW

Book at Bedtime: And the Land Lay Still

Book at Bedtime: And the Land Lay Still: Episode 2

And the Land Lay Still

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, And the Land Lay Still, Episode 2

Mike hopes an old lover of his father's can provide answers to some long-buried questions.

Liam Brennan reads from the new novel by James Robertson. Mike hopes that an old lover of his father's can provide answers to some long-buried questions.

Written and abridged by James Robertson.


Read by Liam Brennan.


Excerpts from James Robertson's monumental new novel which portrays the last six decades of Scotland's social and political landscape through the lives of a handful of characters.


Mike Pendreich has moved from Edinburgh to live in his late father Angus's cottage in the far north of Scotland. Angus was one of the greatest photographers of the post-war era and the remote cottage houses a vast archive of his prints and negatives.


Mike has been asked to curate a major retrospective of his father's work. Sifting through the messy archive, Mike is increasingly uncertain about the facts of his childhood and, seeking clarity, he decides to visit Jean Barbour, an old lover of his father's.


Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Liam Brennan reads from the new novel by James Robertson

Liam Brennan reads from the new novel by James Robertson, an ambitious portrayal of the last six decades of Scotland's history through the lives of a handful of characters

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Book at Bedtime

And the Land Lay Still

Episode 2

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4