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If I Only Had...

Ben Peel

Gemma McMullan

Colin Carberry

If I Only Had...: If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry

If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry

BBC Radio 4 - If I Only Had..., If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry

Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.

Stories inspired by the iconic film adaptation of L Frank Baum's classic novel The Wizard of Oz. Read by Ben Peel.


Stories inspired by the iconic MGM film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel The Wizard of Oz.

Inspired by the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion's quest to find Brains, Heart and Courage, Ian Sansom, Morwenna Banks and Colin Carberry bring us a series of three stories about people who find themselves in unexpected situations, which challenge them to display qualities they never realised they had all along, or which find them looking at their lives in a new light in their own personal quests for a brain, a heart, and the nerve.

If I Only Had the Nerve

Colin Carberry introduces us to Brendon, a serial Recruitment Agency temp, who finally discovers the courage to make some important changes in his life.

Read by Ben Peel.

Producer: Gemma McMullan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

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Inspired by the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion's quests, three stories about people who find themselves in unexpected situations.

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