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Orlando

Episode 1: Boyhood

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orlando is a young nobleman in Tudor England and writes the first lines of The Oak Tree, a poem that he keeps about him as he travels through time. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 2: The Muscovite Princess

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orlando falls for a beguiling Muscovite princess one frozen winter at the court of James I. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 3: A Lampooning

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orlando aspires to the life of a poet and is compelled to extend an invitation to an admired writer. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 5: A Transformation

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orlando has been sent to opulent Constantinople by King Charles I to serve as ambassador extraordinary. While there, he undergoes a miraculous transformation. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 6: The Enamoured Lady

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The eponymous heroine is preoccupied by the penalties and privileges of womanhood. A sojourn in the mountains of Broussa leads to further reflections on love and nature. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 7: Society's Seductions

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Orlando finds herself in 18th-century England, where she is seduced by London society and intoxicated by the words of the poets. Show more

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Orlando

Episode 8: Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, Esquire

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The oppressive 19th-century dawns, and an extraordinary encounter takes place out on the moor. Show more