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August 2007: (Updated: 02.08.07)

Thursday, 02 August
Emma - written by Jane Austen, read by Jenny Agutter
02:00, 10:00, 18:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
The ups and downs of the literature's ultimate matchmaker

Saturday, 04 August
Your Writing Coach - written and read by Jurgen Wolff
03:15, 11:15, 19:15 (Sat, Sun)
The complete creative writing course

Sunday, 05 August
Lord Greville's Captive - written by Nicola Cornick, read by Simon Poland
08:00, 16:00, 00:00 (Sat, Sun)

Monday, 06 August
Hide & Seek - written by Ian Rankin, read by Ewan Stewart
04:30, 12:30, 20:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Rebus returns - not for the squeamish

Tuesday, 07 August
Sharpe's Trafalgar - written by Bernard Cornwell, read by Paul McGann
00:30, 07:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Derring-do and swashbucklery aplenty

My Name Escapes Me - written and read by Alec Guinness
01:00, 17:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
First volume of Sir Alec's acidic reminiscences

The Canterbury Tales 1 - written by Geoffrey Chaucer, read by various
06:30, 14:30, 22:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims ride again!

Wednesday, 08 August
Into Temptation - written by Penny Vincenzi, read by Patricia Hodge
05:00, 13:00, 21:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)

The Awakening - written by Kate Chopin, read by Liza Ross
06:00, 14:00, 22:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Short stories by the mistress of the genre

Thursday, 09 August
Elizabeth - written by David Starkey, read by Patricia Hodge
07:00, 15:00, 23:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)

The Further Adventures of Mr Green - written by Cuthbert Bede, read by Philip Bird
08:00, 16:00, 00:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Our impressionable Oxford undergrad feels the first disconcerting flutterings of his heart-strings

Orchard Book Of Fairy Tales - written by Rose Impey, read by Martin Jarvis
23:30, 08:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)

Wednesday, 15 August
Crome Yellow - written by Aldous Huxley, read by Michael Maloney
05:30, 13:30, 21:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Huxley's bitingly satirical novel of the "Bright Young Things"

Friday, 17 August
Around The World In Eighty Days - written by Jules Verne, read by Harry Burton
00:30, 07:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Phileas Fogg's incredible trek. The classic adventure story.

Destiny - written by Tim Parks, read by Michael Kitchen
01:00, 17:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
A political journalist travels to Italy to get to the bottom of why his son committed suicide . . .

Lady Susan - written by Jane Austen , read by cast
06:00, 14:00, 22:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)

The Canterbury Tales 2 - written by Geoffrey Chaucer, read by various
06:30, 14:30, 22:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
The pilgrims continue to tell their stories on the way to Canterbury . . .

Tuesday, 21 August
Life Of Oscar Wilde - written by Hesketh Pearson, read by Simon Russell Beale
07:00, 15:00, 23:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
The fascinating story of the bon viveur and master of the bon mot

The Arabian Nights - written by Sir Richard Burton, read by Philip Madoc
23:30, 08:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)

Thursday, 23 August
Married and Done For - written by Cuthbert Bede, read by Philip Bird
08:00, 16:00, 00:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Mr Verdant Green has to - horror of horrors - travel to the north of England!

Monday, 27 August
Gulliver's Travels - written by Jonathan Swift, read by Hugh Laurie
00:30, 07:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Swift's biting satire spares no-one

Tuesday, 28 August
Les Miserables - written by Victor Hugo, read by Bill Homewood
06:00, 14:00, 22:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
The original story of the multi-award winning musical!

Wednesday, 29 August
The Canterbury Tales 3 - written by Geoffrey Chaucer, read by various
06:30, 14:30, 22:30 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
The pilgrims continue to tell their stories on the way to Canterbury . . .

Thursday, 30 August
A Tale Of Two Cities - written by Charles Dickens, read by Martin Jarvis
02:00, 10:00, 18:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
It is a far, far better thing . . . Love and honour in the French revolution