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The barriers are down as junior lecturer Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date. Satire on university life, read by Martin Jarvis.

Junior lecturer Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date. Read by Martin Jarvis.

The all-time classic comic novel of academic life written by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim lists the fortunes - or rather misfortunes - of Jim Dixon, a man of many faces, most of which don't fit his surroundings.

Produced and abridged by Pat McLoughlin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

15 minutes

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Tue 20 Oct 201502:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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