Episode 3
Prof Michael Beard has been away for a week on a climate change expedition in the Arctic Circle. He returns home early to find an unexpected visitor - with shocking consequences.
Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel.
Professor Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has been away for a week on a climate change expedition in the Arctic Circle. He returns home early to find an unexpected visitor - with shocking consequences.
Abridged by Barry Johnston.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Wed 17 Mar 201022:45BBC Radio 4
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