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List Of Books Featured On Book Of The Week In 2013
This is a list of books which have been featured on BBC Radio 4's ''Book of the Week'' during 2013. January * 07-11 – ''The Examined Life'' by Stephen Grosz, read by Peter Marinker. * 14–18 – '' The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things'' by Paula Byrne, read by Emma Fielding. * 21–25 – '' The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War'' by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, read by Haydn Gwynne. * 28-01 – '' Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan'' by William Dalrymple, read by Tim Pigott-Smith. February * 04-08 – '' Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century'' by Paul Kildea, read by Alex Jennings. * 11–15 – ''Mad Girl's Love Song'' by Andrew Wilson, read by Hayley Atwell. * 25-01 – '' Far From the Tree'' by Andrew Solomon, read by Kerry Shale. March * 04-08 – ''Bedsit Disco Queen'' by Tracey Thorn, read by author. * 11–15 – '' The Last Days of Detroit'' by Mark Binelli, read by John Schwab. * 18–22 – ''The World until Yeste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW and DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news programmes such as ''Today'' and ''The World at One'', heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |