Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Book of the Week

Audiobooks

Factual

Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

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

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 LW

Book of the Week: Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

Simon Morrison

Elizabeth Allard

Book of the Week: Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: Episode 4: Difficult Times Ahead

Factual: Life Stories

The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

Episode 4

Episode 4: Difficult Times Ahead

Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

Difficult Times Ahead

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev, Difficult Times Ahead

Simon Morrison's biography of Russian composer Serge Prokofiev's remarkable wife.

Simon Morrison's biography of the remarkable woman who married Russian composer Serge Prokofiev. Read by Sian Thomas. From April 2013.

Simon Morrison's new biography of Lina Prokofiev tells the story of the remarkable woman who married the brilliant composer Serge Prokofiev. Today, difficult times lie ahead.

Simon Morrison is Professor of Music History at Princeton. He is the author of The People's Artist, a definitive account of Prokofiev's career.
The reader is Sian Thomas. Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

BBC Radio 4

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

Simon Morrison's moving biography about the wife of composer Serge Prokofiev

Simon Morrison's moving biography about the remarkable woman who married brilliant composer Serge Prokofiev

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Book of the Week

Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

Episode 4: Difficult Times Ahead

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra