Kidlit on the radio #8

Posted on | March 3, 2012 | No Comments

The coming week’s bookish radio delights to listen out for include:

Sunday 4 March

09:00–09:30 and 16:-16.30 Radio 4 Extra Rosemary Sutcliff – Brother Dusty Feet
3/3. Would travelling player Hugh give it all up to live his dream? Rosemary Sutcliff’s novel.

09:30–10:00 and 16:30-17:00 Radio 4 Extra The Secret Garden
5/5. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic concludes. What will Mr Craven discover on his return?

13:30 Radio 4 Comp Lit
Nick Baker on a 70′s revolution in children’s books – stories set in state schools.

Tuesday 6 March

10:00-11:00 and 15:00–16:00 Radio 4 Extra The Mayor of Casterbridge
1/4. Thomas Hardy’s tale of the repercussions of a drunken act by respectable Michael Henchard.

Wednesday 7 March

10:00–11:00 and 15:00–16:00 Radio 4 Extra The Mayor of Casterbridge
2/4. After 19 years apart, mayor Michael Henchard is reunited with his wife.

Thursday 8 March

10:00–11:00 and 15:00–16:00 Radio 4 Extra The Mayor of Casterbridge
3/4. Regretting his drunken actions two decades before, Michael Henchard reaches breaking point

Friday 9 March

10:00–11:00 and 15:00–16:00 Radio 4 Extra The Mayor of Casterbridge
4/4. Forever haunted by his reckless past, ex-mayor Michael Henchard is becoming desperate.