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Alan Bennett's Cookery Tips

Mary Poppins meets Adrian Mole in Nina Stibbe's letters from the heart of 1980s literary London.

Nina exchanges cookery tips with Alan Bennett and finds Thomas Hardy irritating.

Read by Rebekah Staton
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

15 minutes

Music used in the programme

Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper


Our House by Madness


Pass The Dutchie by Musical Youth


Town Called Malice by The Jam


The Love Cats by The Cure


Venus by Bananarama

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Rebekah Staton
Producer Gemma Jenkins
Abridger Penny Leicester
Author Nina Stibbe

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Eve 2013 09:45
  • Tue 6 Nov 2018 14:45
  • Wed 7 Nov 2018 02:45

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