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Book of the Week

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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education

Book of the Week: Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education: Episode 3: Jungle Jim

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Episode 3: Jungle Jim

Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education

Jungle Jim

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, Jungle Jim

A colonial war in Kenya, but Brian is injured by a Christmas biscuit tin.

A colonial war in Kenya is dubiously assisted by Idi Amin. But Brian is injured by a Christmas biscuit tin. Read by David Troughton.

Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education

Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton.

3/5. Jungle Jim. Brian braves National Service in the King's African Rifles, fighting a colonial war in Kenya with the dubious assistance of one Idi Amin.

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Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, read by David Troughton

Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton

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