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Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Brendan Kings’s biography of the self-proclaimed non-fiction novelist and her early years. Read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
James Fleet
Beryl Bainbridge:
Samantha Bond
Abridger:
Pete Nichols
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Beryl’s swept up by the stage. Brendan King worked for the novelist for 23 years. Biography read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
James Fleet
Beryl Bainbridge:
Samantha Bond
Abridger:
Pete Nichols
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Beryl’s life with Austin. Brendan King’s biography of the novelist is read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
James Fleet
Beryl Bainbridge:
Samantha Bond
Abridger:
Pete Nichols
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

When Beryl met Alan. Brendan King’s biography of novelist Beryl Bainbridge is read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
James Fleet
Beryl Bainbridge:
Samantha Bond
Abridger:
Pete Nichols
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means

5. Accidental Meeting Sparks Success

Duration: 15 minutes

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

An accidental meeting sets Beryl on the path to success. Brendan King’s biography concluded by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
James Fleet
Beryl Bainbridge:
Samantha Bond
Abridger:
Pete Nichols
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres