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Episode 2

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Does your heart sink when asked ‘listen to the following three options’? Enraged with technology? With Martin Jarvis. From 2020.

Michael Frayn’s comic universe at the touch of a button

The glittering cast includes:

Joanna Lumley
David Suchet
Susannah Fielding
George Blagden
Jared Harris
Lisa Dillon
Martin Jarvis

Does your heart sink when asked to ‘listen to the following three options’? Enjoy racy promos of the newest versions of a Jane Austen classic! A filmed documentary dares to ask ‘What is Truth?' Why do we get so enraged with the latest technology?

And gorgeous young tv personality Melinda Twinkling presents a reminder of old-school viewing.

Producer: Rosalind Ayres

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Apr 202503:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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