{"product_id":"book-jpit","title":"Maeve Binchy: A BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC Radio collection of dramatisations and readings of Maeve Binchy's sparkling stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrish writer Maeve Binchy was one the best-loved and most successful authors of her time. Her bestselling books sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and were translated into 37 languages. This comprehensive anthology of her finest fiction, as heard on BBC Radio, demonstrates all the warmth, wit and compassion that made her so popular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt opens with \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirefly Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, her moving, humorous novel about a sleepy Irish town facing monumental change. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Nightingales, No Snakes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e comprises five short plays: 'The Night the People Came Over for Something That Was No Trouble', 'The Stepson', 'Decisions at Sea', 'The Answer Machine' and 'By the Time We Get to Clifden'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing these are five short stories exclusively created for BBC Radio - \u003cb\u003e'The Garden Party'\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e'Home Coming'\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e'Telling Stories'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Needy'\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e'The Interview'\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in the short story collections \u003ci\u003eCentral Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictoria Line\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Transports\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features four full-cast dramas set on London's Tube: '\u003cb\u003eBrixton', 'Green Park', 'Holland Park\u003c\/b\u003e' and \u003cb\u003e'Lancaster Gate'\u003c\/b\u003e. Full of wry humour, irony and empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcluding this compilation is a dramatisation of '\u003cb\u003eTaxi Men Are Invisible'\u003c\/b\u003e, and readings of eight more short stories. Specially commissioned for Radio 4, \u003cb\u003e'The Special Sale', 'The Sensible Celebration', 'Love in the Afternoon', 'The White Trolley'\u003c\/b\u003e and its counterpart story '\u003cb\u003eThe Feast of Stephen'\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003e'Euston'\u003c\/b\u003e, a seasonal tale taken from \u003ci\u003eVictoria Line\u003c\/i\u003e followed by \u003cb\u003e'Dolly's Mother'\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e'Christmas Present'\u003c\/b\u003e - both originally written for radio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © Maeve Binchy 1978 (\u003ci\u003eCentral Line\u003c\/i\u003e), 1980 (\u003ci\u003eVictoria Line\u003c\/i\u003e), 1987 (\u003ci\u003eFirefly Summer\u003c\/i\u003e), 1989 ('Dolly's Mother'), 1990 ('The Sensible Celebration'), 1992 ('Telling Stories', 'The Interview'), 1995 ('The Garden Party', 'Christmas Present'), 1997 ('Needy', 'Euston'), 1998 ('The White Trolley', 'The Feast of Stephen'), 1999 ('Taxi Men are Invisible'), 2000 ('The Special Sale'), 2001 ('Home Coming'), 2007 (\u003ci\u003eNo Nightingales, No Snakes\u003c\/i\u003e), 2008 ('Love in the Afternoon')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Maeve Binchy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirefly Summer - Drama \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Nightingales, No Snakes - 5 Dramas \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Homecoming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelling Stories \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeedy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Interview \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Transports - 4 Dramas \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrixton \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreen Park \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolland Park \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLancaster Gate \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaxi Men Are Invisible - Drama \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sensible Celebration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove in the Afternoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolly's Mother\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Special Sale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe White Trolley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Feast of Stephen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49280612958512,"sku":"BDjpit","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jpit-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770783232","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jpit","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}