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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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August 23 · 14 min
Midnight Cowboy
John Yorke looks at Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy.
August 16 · 14 min
Libra - Episode Two
John Yorke explores Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra.
August 9 · 14 min
Libra - Episode One
John Yorke explores Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra.
July 26 · 14 min
Trouble in Mind
John Yorke takes a look at Alice Childress’s groundbreaking 1954 play.
July 19 · 14 min
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
John Yorke explores Horace McCoy’s 1930s noir classic, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
July 12 · 13 min
Anna Christie - Episode 2
John Yorke looks at Eugene O’Neill’s play Anna Christie.
July 5 · 13 min
Anna Christie - Episode 1
John Yorke looks at Eugene O’Neill’s play Anna Christie.
June 7 · 14 min
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
John Yorke explores Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas.
May 31 · 14 min
Moon Tiger
John Yorke explores Penelope Lively’s dazzling classic novel Moon Tiger.
May 10 · 14 min
Don Quixote - Episode Two
John Yorke explores Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal epic, Don Quixote.
May 3 · 14 min
Don Quixote - Episode One
John Yorke explores Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal epic, Don Quixote.
April 16 · 14 min
Transcription
John Yorke takes a look at Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
April 4 · 14 min
Celebrating Stoppard
John Yorke celebrates the radio dramas of Tom Stoppard.
April 2 · 13 min
Flight - Episode Two
Flight by Walter White concerns the complex issue of ‘passing’. John Yorke investigates.
March 22 · 14 min
Flight - Episode One
John Yorke on a fascinating insight into Black American history: Flight, by Walter White.
March 15 · 14 min
My Antonia
John Yorke explores Willa Cather’s novel of frontier life, My Ántonia.
March 1 · 14 min
The Virginian
John Yorke explores Owen Wister’s Western novel The Virginian.
February 25 · 14 min
Gone with the Wind - Episode 3
John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
February 15 · 14 min
Gone with the Wind - Episode 2
John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
February 8 · 14 min
Gone with the Wind - Episode 1
John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.

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