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Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust Adapted for BBC Radio.

By November 1, 2017Adaptations, Authors

After the drama of being published earlier than anticipated Philip Pullman’s newest novel, The Book of Dust: Volume 1 ‘La Belle Sauvage’ is well on the way to becoming a great success.

The British Broadcasting Corporation has joined forces with Pullman to create a fantastic adaptation of the novel for BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. The radio adaptation is read by author, actor, and historian Simon Russell Beale. Some of you may know Simon from his appearances in Into The Woods as the Baker’s father, or as parts in Penny Dreadful in 2015-16, and The Hollow Crown back in 2012.




Check out the clips below from BBC Radio 4 to whet your appetite for the full radio drama. One clip offers a glimpse of Pullman’s book adapted for radio, and the other is words of wisdom from Pullman himself.

There is a link further down the page to access the full radio drama via the BBC.

Enjoy!

Listen to a short clip of the BBC drama here

Listen to Philip Pullman’s hints and tips for budding writers

From the BBC Website:

The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage

Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman’s NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy.

LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story.

We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns…

For this highly anticipated novel, Radio 4 has cleared the Saturday afternoon schedule on 21st October for a special omnibus edition, featuring extra material, to be followed by a Book at Bedtime broadcast on weekdays from Monday 23 October – Friday 3 November.”




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