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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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Gemma Jenkins

Penny Leicester

Nina Stibbe

Book of the Week: Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life: Episode 3: Sometimes You Just Have to Lie

Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life

Episode 3

Episode 3: Sometimes You Just Have to Lie

Sometimes You Just Have to Lie

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life, Sometimes You Just Have to Lie

Alan Bennett's handyman skills come to the rescue.

Alan Bennett's handyman skills come to the rescue, and Nina finds herself in a situation where she just has to lie. Letters from 1980s literary London read by Rebekah Staton.

Mary Poppins meets Adrian Mole in Nina Stibbe's letters from the heart of 1980s literary London. Alan Bennett's handyman skills come to the rescue and Nina finds herself in a situation where she just has to lie.

Read by Rebekah Staton
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

Book of the Week: Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life

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Nina Stibbe's letters from the heart of 1980s literary London. Read by Rebekah Staton

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