Jaws by Peter Benchley

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Book at Bedtime: Jaws by Peter Benchley

Henry Goodman

Peter Benchley

Richard Hamilton

Justine Willett

Jaws by Peter Benchley: 3. 'Let's get the goddamn beached closed.'

3. 'Let's get the goddamn beached closed.'

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After another mysterious death on Amity Island, Chief Brody starts hatching a plan...

After another mysterious death on Amity Island, Chief Brody starts hatching a plan to catch the shark. Read by Henry Goodman.

It's high summer on Cape Cod's Amity Island, and now two people have been killed just off the coast. 

Chief Brody is convinced the killer is a shark, and now all he has to do is work out how he's going to catch it...

Will it ever be safe to go back into the water?

Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel became one of the most terrifying movies of all time.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Read by Henry Goodman.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.

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