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Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 10^th Jun 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 23^rd Feb 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 3 months

Ian Leslie unearths the oft surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Chuck Palahniuk and Marcel Proust. From 2015. Show more

Before They Were Famous

Series 3

Episode 5

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 17^th Jun 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 1^st Mar 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 3 months

Ian Leslie unearths the oft surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Jane Austen and Martin Amis. From 2015. Show more

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Presenter:: Ian Leslie
Producer:: Claire Broughton

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Before They Were Famous

Series 3

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jun 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 8^th Mar 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 3 months

Ian Leslie unearths the oft surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Fay Weldon and Friedrich Nietzsche. From 2015. Show more

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Presenter:: Ian Leslie
Producer:: Claire Broughton

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Before They Were Famous

Series 3

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 20^th May 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 2^nd Feb 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 4 months

Ian Leslie unearths the often surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Patricia Cornwell and Byron. From May 2015. Show more

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Presenter:: Ian Leslie
Producer:: Claire Broughton

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Before They Were Famous

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 27^th May 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 9^th Feb 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 4 months

Ian Leslie unearths the often surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Henry Longfellow and Mary Shelley. From May 2015. Show more

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Presenter:: Ian Leslie
Producer:: Claire Broughton

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Before They Were Famous

Series 3

Episode 3

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 3^rd Jun 2015, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 16^th Feb 2024, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 3 months

Ian Leslie unearths the oft surprising first literary attempts of the likes of William Blake and Pam Ayres. From June 2015. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ian Leslie
Producer:: Claire Broughton

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ComedySpoof

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