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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes

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Five short stories by Maeve Binchy. Dramatised by Jessica Dromgoole

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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes - By the Time We Get to Clifden

Short stories by Maeve Binchy. 5/5: By the Time We Get to Clifden. Harry and Nessa's routine is rudely disrupted when their scatty neighbour Melly throws herself on their mercy.

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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes - Decisions at Sea

Short stories by Maeve Binchy. 3/5: Decisions at Sea. Tessa has run an informal lottery every week. When she leaves, her colleagues will only very gradually begin to miss her.

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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes - The Answer Machine

Short stories by Maeve Binchy. 4/5: The Answer Machine. For Biddy, there was a time when this newfangled device created many more problems than it actually solved.

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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes - The Night The People Came Over For Something That Was No Trouble

Short stories by Maeve Binchy. 1/5. The Night the People Came over for Something That Was No Trouble. The perfect dinner party is never as easy at it looks, as Cara discovers.

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Woman's Hour Drama - No Nightingales, No Snakes - The Stepson

Short stories by Maeve Binchy. 2: The Stepson. For Claire, falling in love with Mike was easy. Becoming a stepmother to his son, however, is a little more complicated.

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