Opening Lines
BBC Radio 4Producer 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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 86 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksArts | |||
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John Yorke looks at CS Lewis’s novel That Hideous Strength, the third in a trilogy of science fiction works. Published in the aftermath of the Second World War, it offers a bleak vision of a world where unchecked scientific research is masking much m... more
John Yorke looks at C.S Lewis’s novel That Hideous Strength, the third in a trilogy of science fiction works. Published in the aftermath of World War Two it offers a bleak vision of a world where unchecked scientific research is masking much more sin... more
Ian Sansom, sitting in for John Yorke, takes a look at The History of Mr Polly, the satirical novel by HG Wells. Published in 1910, it tells a story of one man’s comic, sometimes poignant struggle to find his place in the world.
Mr Polly is an ordi... more
John Yorke looks at Albert Camus’ classic, The Plague. Published in 1947 it’s often thought to be an allegory for the Nazi occupation of Paris where Camus was living during the war. But the huge rise in its popularity during the pandemic speaks to th... more
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Apple Podcasts | #130 |  United Kingdom/Arts/Books |
Apple Podcasts | #49 |  Sweden/Arts/Books |
Apple Podcasts | #93 |  United Arab Emirates/Arts/Books |
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