The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores the classic Italian novel The Betrothed. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores the classic Italian novel The Betrothed Show more

The series that explores books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke digs under the surface of two more of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories. Show more

In the series that explores books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke looks at Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. Show more

John Yorke looks at The Sportswriter by the American novelist Richard Ford. Published in 1986, it’s the first of what became a series of five books about Frank Bascombe. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke takes a look at Rosamunde Pilcher’s sweeping family saga, The Shell Seekers. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke examines the ground breaking 1987 play by Charlotte Keatley, My Mother Said I Never Should. Show more

The series that explores how books and stories work. John Yorke looks at what makes Walter Tevis’ The Man Who Fell to Earth stand out from other science fiction of its time. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores S R Crockett’s forgotten bestseller, a swashbuckling Scottish adventure story. Show more

In the series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke examines Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence. Show more

In the series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke examines Alexander Dumas’ forgotten swashbuckler, Georges. Show more

In the series that looks at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke looks at the theme of race in Alexander Dumas’ swashbuckling and forgotten classic;, Show more

In the series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke examines DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke examines the novel Porgy and the controversy that has dogged it since publication. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke examines Porgy by Edwin DuBose Heyward. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke continues his exploration of EM Forster’s best-loved novel A Room with a View. Show more

In the series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke examines Isaac Bashevis Singer's celebrated short story, Yentl The Yeshiva Boy. Show more

In the series about books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke explores the subversive ideas fundamental to Alexander Pushkin’s narrative poem, The Bronze Horseman. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke examines Aldous Huxley’s wicked satire on the glittering hedonism of the 1920s, Antic Hay. Show more