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Opening Lines
By BBC Radio 4
Producer and writer John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
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London Belongs to Me
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Casino Royale
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Underfoot in Show Business
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Next Season
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King Lear - Episode One
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Hiroshima
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Treasure Island
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On the Origin of Species
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The Cherry Orchard - Episode One
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Star of the Sea
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The Castle of Otranto
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Northanger Abbey - Episode One
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Northanger Abbey - Episode Two
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The Wind in the Willows
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The Princess Bride
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Pride and Prejudice - Episode One
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Joy in the Morning
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The Last of the Mohicans - Episode 1
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Walden
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Gone with the Wind - Episode 1
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Gone with the Wind - Episode 3
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The Virginian
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My Antonia
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Flight - Episode One
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Celebrating Stoppard
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Transcription
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Don Quixote - Episode One
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Moon Tiger
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
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Anna Christie - Episode 1
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Anna Christie - Episode 2
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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Trouble in Mind
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Libra - Episode One
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Midnight Cowboy
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The Things They Carried
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Sign inProducer and writer John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
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- BBC Radio 4
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- Podcast
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- en
- Episodes
- 139
- Format
- episodic
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