Canadian comedy, new writing and music (1/8)

Stories, poems and songs

adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel, starring
Sarah Smart - omnibus edition (6-10/10)

David Neal reads his own adaptation of HE Bates's tale about a chance encounter in a cold, windswept field

Children's author David Almond charts the remarkable life of John Meade Falkner (1858-1932), who penned the adventure novel Moonfleet, ana investigates the story that the draft for Falkner's s fourth book was in fact stolen by spies while he travelled on a train between Newcastle and Durnam

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Limb starring Imelda Staunton (3/6)

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1964 naughty-schoolboy comedy starring Jimmy Clitheroe

Songs rhymes and stories for young children

six-part tour of the nation's variety halls starts with a visit to London's Windmill Theatre, where audiences used to pay more attention to the naked dancing girls than the comics' gags. With input from Barry Cryer and Arthur English (1/6)

Mark Radcliffe profiles Liverpudlian one-off Ken Dodd (5/6)

Sturgeon fantasy tale, read by Mark Bonnar

horror short story, read by Bradley Lavelle (3/3)

1964 comedy

adventure tale of the dangerous search for a diamond, starring Richard Pearce

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comedy starring Julian Rhind-Tutt (6/6)

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