My Mother Said I Never Should
John Yorke looks at Charlotte Keatley’s 1987 play My Mother Said I Never Should.
- 14 mins
- 21 Apr 2024
BBC Sounds - Opening Lines - Available Episodes
Opening Lines
Producer and writer John Yorke unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
Episodes (58 Available)
- The Shell Seekers
John Yorke explores Rosamunde Pilcher’s 1987 global bestseller, The Shell Seekers.
- 14 mins
- 14 Apr 2024
- The Sportswriter
John Yorke looks at The Sportswriter by Richard Ford.
- 14 mins
- 07 Apr 2024
- Heart of Darkness
John Yorke explores Conrad’s controversial and deeply enigmatic novella Heart of Darkness.
- 14 mins
- 17 Mar 2024
- & Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 2
John Yorke explores two more of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories.
- 14 mins
- 10 Mar 2024
- & Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 1
John Yorke explores a ground-breaking short story – Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier.
- 14 mins
- 03 Mar 2024
- Cane
John Yorke looks at Jean Toomer’s Cane about African American life in 1920s America.
- 14 mins
- 24 Feb 2024
- Siddhartha
John Yorke explores the book that embodies the soul of the counterculture – Siddhartha.
- 14 mins
- 18 Feb 2024
- Tam O'Shanter
John Yorke explores Robert Burns’s only long form narrative poem, Tam O’Shanter.
- 14 mins
- 27 Jan 2024
- Our Man in Havana - Episode 2
John Yorke looks into the dark comedy classic, Our Man in Havana.
- 14 mins
- 14 Jan 2024
- Our Man in Havana - Episode 1
John Yorke looks at Graham Greene’s classic dark comedy, Our Man in Havana.
- 14 mins
- 07 Jan 2024
- The Greatest Gift
John Yorke takes a look at Philip Van Doren Stern’s short story, The Greatest Gift.
- 14 mins
- 24 Dec 2023
- Comet in Moominland
John Yorke takes a look at Tove Jansson's 1946 novel Comet in Moominland.
- 14 mins
- 23 Dec 2023
- A Grain of Wheat
John Yorke looks at A Grain of Wheat, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s groundbreaking Kenyan novel.
- 14 mins
- 17 Dec 2023
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Yorke explores the classic of modern Argentinian literature, Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
- 14 mins
- 10 Dec 2023
- A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 2
John Yorke delves into Han Suyin’s fascinating love story A Many-Splendoured Thing.
- 14 mins
- 03 Dec 2023
- A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 1
John Yorke delves into Han Suyin’s fascinating love story A Many-Splendoured Thing.
- 14 mins
- 26 Nov 2023
- The Manxman
John Yorke looks at The Manxman by Sir Thomas Hall Caine.
- 14 mins
- 19 Nov 2023
- The Betrothed - Episode 2
John Yorke explores the Italian 19th century classic novel The Betrothed.
- 14 mins
- 12 Nov 2023
- The Betrothed - Episode 1
John Yorke explores the Italian 19th century classic novel The Betrothed.
- 14 mins
- 05 Nov 2023