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Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill on books by Maria Semple, Jan Struther and Alice Munro. From 2015.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actress, Rebecca Front and poet and writer, Laura Dockrill - discuss their favourite books by Maria Semple, Jan Struther and Alice Munro.

Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther
Publisher: Virago

Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
Publisher: Phoenix

Runaway by Alice Munro
Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 1 Nov 202200:30

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterHarriett Gilbert
Interviewed GuestRebecca Front
Interviewed GuestLaura Dockrill

Broadcasts

  • Tue 10 Mar 201516:30
  • Fri 13 Mar 201523:00
  • Mon 31 Oct 202218:30
  • Tue 1 Nov 202200:30

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