Opening LinesEpisodes Episode guide
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
John Yorke takes a look at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story.
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The Last of the Mohicans - Episode Two
John Yorke on James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans.
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The Last of the Mohicans - Episode 1
John Yorke looks The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.
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Joy in the Morning
Ian Sansom takes a look at Joy In the Morning by PG Wodehouse.
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Sense and Sensibility - Episode Two
John Yorke explores the enduring appeal of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
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Sense and Sensibility - Episode One
John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s influential novel, Sense and Sensibility.
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Pride and Prejudice - Episode Two
John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice.
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Pride and Prejudice - Episode One
John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice.
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The Princess Bride
John Yorke takes a look at William Goldman’s metafictional fairytale.
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The Wind in the Willows
John Yorke takes a look at The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
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Northanger Abbey - Episode Two
John Yorke takes a look at Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
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Northanger Abbey - Episode One
John Yorke looks at how Jane Austen became a writer.
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The Castle of Otranto
John Yorke takes a look at The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
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Star of the Sea
John Yorke explores Joseph O’Connor’s novel Star of the Sea, about the Irish Famine.
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
John Yorke looks at the worldwide bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
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The Cherry Orchard - Episode Two
John Yorke takes a look at Anton Chekhov’s final and most radical play.
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The Cherry Orchard - Episode One
John Yorke takes a look at Anton Chekhov’s final and most radical play.
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On the Origin of Species
John Yorke investigates Charles Darwin’s world-changing book On The Origin of Species.
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Treasure Island
John Yorke looks at Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Hiroshima
John Yorke looks at how Hiroshima, the book by John Hersey, changed journalism.
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The Girls of Slender Means
John Yorke takes a look at The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark.
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King Lear - Episode Two
John Yorke takes a look at King Lear, Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedy.
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King Lear - Episode One
John Yorke takes a look at King Lear, Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedy.
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Next Season
John Yorke looks at the theatre novel Next Season by Michael Blakemore.
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Underfoot in Show Business
John Yorke looks at Underfoot in Show Business by US writer Helene Hanff.
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Casino Royale
John Yorke looks at Casino Royale, the novel by Ian Fleming that introduced James Bond.
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London Belongs to Me
Ian Sansom takes a look at Norman Collins’s novel London Belongs to Me.
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Kramer Versus Kramer
John Yorke looks at Avery Corman’s 1977 bestselling novel Kramer Versus Kramer.
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Brat Farrar
John Yorke investigates Josephine Tey’s classic story about an imposter, Brat Farrar.
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Spring Awakening - Episode 2
John Yorke looks at Spring Awakening by German dramatist Frank Wedekind.
