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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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4 Extra Debut. Willa Drake is 11 and must face a domestic crisis. Anne Tyler’s novel about family and self-discovery. Read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

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It’s 1977. Willa and her boyfriend hit conflict with her parents. Willa makes an impulsive decision. Read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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Denise has returned home, but will Willa decide to stay? Anne Tyler’s tale of family and self-discovery read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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In Baltimore, Willa begins to meet the local community. Anne Tyler’s tale of family and self-discovery read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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Willa harbours the secret of who shot Denise, but it is only a matter of time until the truth comes out. Read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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Denise is furious and Willa’s forced to make a big decision. Anne Tyler’s novel about self-discovery read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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Duration: 14 minutes

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

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Willa makes a shocking discovery about who shot Denise. Anne Tyler’s tale of family and self-discovery read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

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A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Still in shock after discovering her boyfriend dead in bed, Stevie waits for the police to arrive. Show more

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A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Following instructions left for her in a letter from her dead boyfriend, Stevie goes to the hospital to give the mysterious package to Reah. Show more

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A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Stevie has learned that her dead boyfriend was developing a controversial treatment for cerebral palsy. Searching his flat for more clues, she makes another shocking discovery. Show more

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Slade House

Episode 2: Shining Armour, 1988

Duration: 15 minutes

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

DI Gordon Edmonds searches for a mysterious mansion called Slade House, to follow up the unlikely sighting of a missing mother and son. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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Slade House

Episode 3: Oink Oink, 1997

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Timms and the university Paranormal Society are on a field trip to Slade Alley, site of several disappearances over the years. Read by Rebecca Hamilton. Show more

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Slade House

Episode 4: You Dark Horse You, 2006

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Freya Timms arrives at the Fox and Hounds pub to meet a witness with information about her sister's disappearance nine years ago. Read by Debra Baker. Show more

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Slade House

Episode 5: Astronauts, 2015

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A shady character waits near Slade Alley to greet Dr Iris Marinus-Fenby, who is following a trail from the late Fred Pink's diaries. Read by Amelia Lowdell. Show more

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The Illuminations

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anne Quirk is beginning to forget things, until a ceramic rabbit stirs long-buried memories of her days as a pioneer of documentary photography. Show more

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The Illuminations

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Luke has a sense of foreboding as the soldiers break convoy to go sightseeing, and Anne's artistic achievement is about to be recognised. Show more