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Afternoon Reading - Alan Sillitoe Short Stories - Episode 1

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Philip Jackson reads a story by best-selling author Alan Sillitoe. A young boy's obsession with fire engines develops into an addiction to lighting small fires. However, a few short-lived flames and a cloud of smoke in the street doesn't seem enough. He goes to the local wood for his most ambitious pyrotechnic project to date. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.