Opening Lines
By BBC Radio 4
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Episodes: 129
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Producer and writer John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
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Don Quixote - Episode Two
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May 10, 2026 |
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Don Quixote - Episode One
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May 03, 2026 |
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Transcription
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Celebrating Stoppard
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Flight - Episode Two
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Flight - Episode One
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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My Antonia
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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The Virginian
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Gone with the Wind - Episode 3
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Gone with the Wind - Episode 2
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Gone with the Wind - Episode 1
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Walden
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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The Last of the Mohicans - Episode Two
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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The Last of the Mohicans - Episode 1
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Joy in the Morning
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Sense and Sensibility - Episode Two
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Sense and Sensibility - Episode One
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Pride and Prejudice - Episode Two
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Pride and Prejudice - Episode One
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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The Princess Bride
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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The Wind in the Willows
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Northanger Abbey - Episode Two
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Northanger Abbey - Episode One
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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The Castle of Otranto
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Star of the Sea
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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The Cherry Orchard - Episode Two
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Cherry Orchard - Episode One
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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On the Origin of Species
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Treasure Island
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Hiroshima
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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The Girls of Slender Means
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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King Lear - Episode Two
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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King Lear - Episode One
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Next Season
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May 25, 2025 |
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Underfoot in Show Business
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May 18, 2025 |
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Casino Royale
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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London Belongs to Me
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Kramer Versus Kramer
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Brat Farrar
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Spring Awakening - Episode 2
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Spring Awakening - Episode 1
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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That Hideous Strength - Episode 1
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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That Hideous Strength - Episode 2
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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The History of Mr Polly
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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The Plague
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Episode 1
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Episode 2
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Christmas Pudding
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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The Lay of the Land
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Our Mutual Friend - Episode 2
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Our Mutual Friend - Episode 1
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Little Dorrit - Episode 1
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Little Dorrit - Episode 2
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Hard Times - Episode 2
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Hard Times - Episode 1
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Robinson Crusoe
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Clear Light of Day - Episode 2
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Clear Light of Day - Episode 1
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Death at La Fenice
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Frankenstein
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Orwell vs Kafka: The Man Who Disappeared
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Kafka's The Trial
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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The Raiders - Episode 2
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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The Raiders - Episode 1
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May 26, 2024 |
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
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May 12, 2024 |
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My Mother Said I Never Should
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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The Shell Seekers
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The Sportswriter
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Heart of Darkness
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 2
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 1
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Cane
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Siddhartha
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Tam O'Shanter
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Our Man in Havana - Episode 2
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Our Man in Havana - Episode 1
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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The Greatest Gift
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Comet in Moominland
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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A Grain of Wheat
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 2
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 1
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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The Manxman
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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The Betrothed - Episode 2
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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The Betrothed - Episode 1
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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She Who Was No More
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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The Mahabharata - Episode 2
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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The Mahabharata - Episode 1
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Lark Rise to Candleford - Episode 2
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Lark Rise to Candleford - Episode 1
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Democracy in America
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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The Three Musketeers - Episode 2
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The Three Musketeers - Episode 1
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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In Patagonia
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Venice
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Mother Courage and Her Children - Episode 2
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Mother Courage and Her Children - Episode 1
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Cloudstreet - Episode 2
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Cloudstreet - Episode 1
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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One Moonlit Night
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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A Room With a View - Episode 2
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May 21, 2023 |
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A Room With a View - Episode 1
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May 21, 2023 |
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Anna Karenina - Episode 1
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Anna Karenina - Episode 2
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Anna Karenina - Episode 3
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Twelfth Night - Episode 2
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Twelfth Night - Episode 1
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Borstal Boy
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Enduring Love
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Kira Georgievna
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Antic Hay
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Porgy - Episode 2
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Porgy - Episode 1
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Gaslight
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Georges - Episode 2
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Georges - Episode 1
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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The Bronze Horseman
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 2
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 1
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Welcome to Opening Lines
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Jan 19, 2023 |