Episode 6
After divorcing his fifth wife, Professor Michael Beard has a new girlfriend, Melissa, but she is behaving differently towards him. Then he receives some unwelcome news.
Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel.
After divorcing his fifth wife, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard has a new girlfriend, Melissa, but she is behaving differently towards him. Then he receives some unwelcome news.
Abridged by Barry Johnston.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Mon 22 Mar 201022:45BBC Radio 4
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