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The Girls of Slender Means

Episode 3: It's Just a Girls' Hostel

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Writer and would-be anarchist Nicholas becomes more and more intoxicated by the 'girls of slender means'. Read by Emilia Fox. From December 2014. Show more

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The Girls of Slender Means

Episode 2: This Marvellous Dress

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

During her 'brain work' Jane encounters writer and anarchist Nicholas Farringdon whose arrival at the May of Teck Club causes something of a stir. From December 2014. Show more

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The Girls of Slender Means

Episode 5: It Was all a Question of Time

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

As tragedy strikes the May of Teck Club, time is running out for some of the 'girls of slender means'. From January 2015. Show more

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The Girls of Slender Means

Episode 1: All the Nice People Were Poor

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. 1945. The lives and loves of a group of genteel but impoverished young women at the May of Teck Club in London. From December 2014. Show more

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The Girls of Slender Means

Episode 4: Let Them Enjoy Themselves while They're Young

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Greggie's stories of unexploded bombs in the May of Teck Club's garden prove to hold some truth. Read by Emilia Fox. From January 2015. Episode 4 of 5. Show more