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Justine Willett

Sally Marmion

Sadie Jones

Book at Bedtime: Fallout: Episode 1: He Was Going Mad

He Was Going Mad

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Episode 1: He Was Going Mad

Fallout

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From different ends of the country, Luke and Nina are both looking for a way out.

Hayley Atwell reads Sadie Jones' acclaimed new novel set during the birth of radical theatre in 1970s London; a world in which the four central characters swirl, ambitious, eager yet all facing their own demons.

Luke aspires to be a playwright and, after meeting would-be producer Paul and the feisty Leigh, the three end up flatmates in London. There, they plan to revolutionise the face of theatre, but when they encounter Nina, a damaged young actress, emotions get in the way.

Today: From different ends of the country, Luke and Nina are both looking for a way out.

Reader: Hayley Atwell is an acclaimed stage and screen actor, who has been nominated for Olivier Awards for her roles in A View from the Bridge, and most recently for Pride at the Trafalgar Studios in London. Her screen roles include Cassandra's Dream, The Duchess, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Pillars of the Earth.

Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Sally Marmion

Written by Sadie Jones' whose debut, The Outcast, the story of a broken young man set in the repressed 50s, won a Costa Book Award and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2008. This is her fourth novel.

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Hayley Atwell reads Sadie Jones's acclaimed novel set in 1970s theatreland

Hayley Atwell reads Sadie Jones's acclaimed novel set during the birth of radical theatre in 1970s London. Abridged by Sally Marmion

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