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4 Extra Debut. Film critic Mark Kermode shares some of his favourite writings from Shirley Jackson to TE Brown and William Blatty. From 2008.

Film critic Mark Kermode draws upon some of his favourite haunting fiction, including extracts from William Peter Blatty's novel The Exorcist, plus F Scott Fitzgerald's American classic The Great Gatsby.

Other writers include - Shirley Jackson, William Peter Blatty and Pat Barker.

And Mark's grandfather recites TE Brown's poem Betsy Lee in his Manx accent.

Readers: Amelia Bullmore and Demetri Goritsas

Producer: Mark Smalley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Oct 201902:15

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Jul 200811:30
  • Mon 26 Jan 200923:00
  • Sat 19 Oct 201914:15
  • Sun 20 Oct 201902:15

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