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Beryl Bainbridge
James Naughtie and an audience of readers meet the distinguished novelist Beryl Bainbridge to discuss her novel An Awfully Big Adventure, which draws on her days as an actress in the Liverpool Playhouse.
Last on
Sun 6 Apr 200316:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Sun 6 Apr 200316:00BBC Radio 4
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