La Belle Sauvage
Oxford, The Trout Inn: The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and a girl hidden in a convent. Read by Simon Russell Beale.
22 years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returned to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy.
LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST.
Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story.
We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns...
Read by Simon Russell Beale.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.
Producer: Allegra McIlroy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Simon Russell Beale |
| Author | Philip Pullman |
| Abridger | Doreen Estall |
| Producer | Allegra McIlroy |
Broadcasts
- Sun 29 Oct 201714:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 30 Oct 201702:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 15 Dec 201914:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 16 Dec 201902:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 5 Dec 202113:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 6 Dec 202101:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
