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Short Works: Series 1: What Does the Fox Say?

12/01/2018

What Does the Fox Say?

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Series 1, What Does the Fox Say?

A story of cluttered gardens, rotting memories and the many possible uses of a brick.

Written and read by Ian Sansom. A day clearing out the garden, at his wife's request, leads to an unexpected stocktaking of one man's life so far.

An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4, written and read by the novelist and broadcaster Ian Sansom.

Ian Sansom is the author of several books, including the popular Mobile Library Mystery Series. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 as well as a frequent contributor and critic for, among others, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The London Review of Books and The Spectator.

Writer ..... Ian Sansom
Reader ..... Ian Sansom
Producer ..... Michael Shannon.

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