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6: The Bishop

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Anton Lesser reads the next story in Eley WIlliams' series,set in an Essex village gripped by chess. Today, in 'The Bishop', the local curate reveals some startling truths.

Anton Lesser continues Eley WIlliams' dazzling short story series, set in Little Purlington - a seemingly ordinary English village, but which is anything but.

Today, in 'The Bishop', as the village continues to be gripped by chess, the local curate reveals some startling truths about who might be behind the strange acts of misrule in the village...

Reader: Anton Lesser is an acclaimed stage and screen actor, known most recently for his roles as Thomas More in Wolf Hall and Harold Macmillan in The Crown.
Writer: Eley Williams is the author of Attrib. and Other Stories, and a debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary.
Producer: Justine Willett

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Mon 8 Jul 202414:45
BBC Radio 4

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