Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village
Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres's new book of linked stories about the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding
Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers
Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the eccentric characters of a fictional Surrey village.
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Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - Rabbit
Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' novel. The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk.
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Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - The Auspicious Meeting
A chance meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians, who are soon joined by a visiting genealogist with a bassoon.
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Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - The Broken Heart
Hugh Bonneville reads from the novel by Louis de Bernieres. When Obadiah Oak sells up and moves away from Notwithstanding, he leaves his heart behind.
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Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - The Happy Death of the General
Although he has dressed himself carefully, as always, for his shopping trip into town, there is one thing the General has forgotten. Read by Hugh Bonneville.
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