Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | The She Wolf | 20131213 | by Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki.
A mischievous story in which Saki's regular character Clovis springs an elaborate trick on fellow guests at a house party. A playful satire on Edwardian society with a streak of the ludicrous.
Read by Maureen Beattie
An Edwardian house party takes a comic turn when the hostess fancies turning into a wolf. Short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki |
02 | The Music on the Hill | 20131220 | A pragmatic society bride finds herself at the centre of a gothic ghost story. Short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki |
03 | The Seventh Pullet | 20131227 | by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
When his boring stories of unusually large potatoes fail to elicit any interest at all from fellow travellers on the daily commute, John Blenkinthrope begins to invent increasingly ludicrous and elaborate fantasies. A gently funny story about the diminishing rewards of the daily grind.
Read by Richard Greenwood.
Produced by Allegra McIlroy.
A man invents ludicrous stories to escape the boredom of the daily grind. Short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki |