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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
UP NEXT: 21:45 - 22:00Short WorksA magical story about a doting auntie, face-painting and the importance of wet wipes.
22:00 - 22:30Icklewick FMChris and Amy await the arrival of The Great Zambino but a queue is holding up traffic.
A grandmother spends her last summer with her granddaughter on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Tove Jansson's novel, first published in 1972. Translated by Thomas Teal. Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska. Grandmother .... Phyllida Law Grown-Up Granddaughter .... Sophie Thompson Young Grandchild .... Victoria O'Donnell Director: Marilyn Imrie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.
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