Desmond's career is over and the family is homeless, but Penelope remains determined to rebuild their lives. Read by Penelope Wilton. Show more
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After an unhappy early school life, Oxford beckons and Penelope's writing flourishes. Penelope Wilton reads Hermione Lee's biography. Show more
The Fitzgeralds edit World Review and live in Hampstead. But things fall apart for the golden couple. Read by Penelope Wilton. Show more
For her second novel, The Bookshop, Penelope relives some painful family memories of time in Southwold. Read by Penelope Wilton. Show more
Now in her 70s, fiercely independent Penelope is finally solvent and publishes her seventh novel. Concluded by Penelope Wilton. Show more
Front Row
JJ Abrams; Hermione Lee on Penelope Fitzgerald; Time in TV
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Hermione Lee discusses her new biography of the late writer Penelope Fitzgerald, JJ Abrams describes his unorthodox new creation 'S', and John Yorke on chronology in TV series. Show more
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Tom Hanks; Alice Munro; Dana Schutz
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Tom Hanks on the film Captain Phillips, the tale of a hijacking by Somali pirates; AS Byatt on Alice Munro, who today won the Nobel Prize for Literature; artist Dana Schutz. Show more
In Our Time
Mrs Dalloway
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway, published in 1925. Show more
Night Waves
2013 Turner Prize Announcement, Candide Review, the Value of Letters, Can
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Presented by Anne McElvoy. With the 2013 Turner Prize winner, a review of Bernstein's Candide, asking how letters give an insight into the creative mind, and experimental band Can. Show more