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For many years in the 19th century, under London's streets, several dozen bears are sorting the city's effluent. Dark tale read by Ian Holm.

Series of three eccentric stories by Mick Jackson, which mix fantasy with folk tale and myth with history.

For many years in the 19th century, several dozen bears were held in London's sewers, where they served as the city's unpaid flushers and toshers.

Read by Ian Holm.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

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Tue 10 Jun 201404:00
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