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The Bristol Bowl

Afternoon ReadingThree Short Stories by E Nesbit
Episode 2 of 3

A comic tale of broken porcelain and a surprising offer of marriage. By the author of The Railway Children. Read by Jenny Agutter.

Jane's aunt is a real ogre to work for, but Jane is after her money, so she puts up with it.

Everything is going to plan, until the day Jane smashes The Bristol Bowl- aunt's prize bit of porcelain. That disaster takes her on her first trip to London and a very surprising offer of marriage.

Reader: Jenny Agutter
Abridged by Roy Apps

Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 May 201404:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 13 May 201411:00
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