Opening Lines Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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Anna Karenina - Episode 1
Sun 30 Apr 2023
John Yorke looks at the themes at the heart of Leo Tolstoy鈥檚 classic novel Anna Karenina.
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Twelfth Night - Episode 2
Sun 23 Apr 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Shakespeare鈥檚 Twelfth Night and asks what makes it work.
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Twelfth Night - Episode 1
Sat 22 Apr 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Shakespeare鈥檚 Twelfth Night and asks what makes it work.
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Enduring Love
Sun 9 Apr 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Ian McEwan鈥檚 1997 complex thriller Enduring Love.
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Antic Hay
Sun 26 Mar 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Aldous Huxley鈥檚 1923 satirical novel, Antic Hay.
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Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Sun 19 Mar 2023
John Yorke considers Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
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Porgy - Episode 2
Sun 12 Mar 2023
John Yorke looks into the novel Porgy and the controversy around it.
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Porgy - Episode 1
Sat 11 Mar 2023
John Yorke looks into the novel Porgy and its creator Edwin DuBose Heyward.
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Georges - Episode 2
Sun 5 Mar 2023
John Yorke on Alexander Dumas and race in his forgotten classic; Georges.
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Georges - Episode 1
Sun 26 Feb 2023
John Yorke looks into a forgotten swashbuckler, Georges by Alexander Dumas.
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The Bronze Horseman
Sun 19 Feb 2023
John Yorke looks at Alexander Pushkin鈥檚 celebrated narrative poem, The Bronze Horseman.
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Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
Sun 12 Feb 2023
John Yorke looks at how Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story Yentl makes its mark.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 2
Sun 5 Feb 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover - Episode 1
Sun 29 Jan 2023
John Yorke takes a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence.
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Welcome to Opening Lines
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Introducing John Yorke鈥檚 series on books, plays and stories, asking what makes them work.
