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Episode 4

Book at BedtimeThe Whole Day Through
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Ben makes a momentous decision after Laura visits him at the hospital, and writes her a love letter which has unexpected consequences.

Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.

Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.

Ben makes a momentous decision after Laura visits him at the hospital, and writes her a love letter which has unexpected consequences.

A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.

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Thu 13 Aug 200922:45
BBC Radio 4

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