BIG TOE BOOKS – AUTUMN SCHEDULE (September-November)
Big Toe is on air between 7 and 8am every weekday morning on BBC7 digital radio. You can listen again to all the stories below. Please go to bbc.co.uk and click through to BBC7 where you’ll find Big Toe Books. You can link through from the Big Toe page to Go4it on Radio 4 where there is also a listen again facility.
WEEK 39 ( 22 nd -28 th Sep)
Oliver Twist read by Burn Gorman (Torchwood and Bleak House)
The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer Read by Tom Farrelly
Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Read by David Holt
Featherboy by Nicky Singer Read by Joe Absolom
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C O’Brien Read by Amanda St John
WEEK 40 ( 29 Sep- 5 th Oct)
The Quigleys by Simon Mason Read by Kate Harbour
The War Diaries of Alistair Fury by Jamie Rix Read by Marc Warren (Hussle and lots more)
The Windsinger written and read by William Nicholson
WEEK 41 ( 6 th Oct-12 th Oct)
It’s Only Annie by Tony and Jan Payne Read by Katie Walker
Brighton Rocks by Neil Arksey (special commission) Read by Natalie Cassidy (not allowed to make any reference to East Enders) SCHOOL THEME Jennings Goes to School by Anthony Buckeridge Read by Stephen Fry
Teacher’s Pet by Maurice Gleitzman Read by Bronwyn Lim
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Disco Fever by E B Hawkins Read by Joel Chalfin
WEEK 42 ( 13 th Oct-19 th Oct)
Little Darlings by Sam Llewelyn Read by Lesely Joseph
Broomstick Removals by Ann Jungman read by Nisha Nayar (social worker Elaine in Tracy Beaker TV series)
Corby Flood by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Read by Rosie Wilkinson
The House of Windjammer by V A Richardson Read by Martin Freeman (Office, Hitch Hiker’s etc)
Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service by Simon Cheshire Read by Tom George
WEEK 43 (20 th Oct-26 th Oct )
The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Read by Alan Bennett
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Read by Martin T Sherman
Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson Read by Kevin Whately (must have done other stuff since Morse .. probably also on ITV)
WEEK 44 (27 th Oct-2nd Nov)
Jeremy Brown on Mars by Simon Cheshire Read by Tom George
Akimbo and the Crocodile Man by Alexander McCall Smith Read by Maynard Eziashi
5 Children and It by E Nesbitt Read by Sheridan Smith (Grown Ups, Two Pints of Lager etc)
The Twitches by Roy Apps Read by Nigel Greaves
Stacey Stone: Rat’s Tale and Top Gossip both by Roy Apps (drama)
WEEK 45 ( 3 rd Nov- 9 th Nov )
My Life by Allan Saddler Read by Calum Callaghan
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The Willows in Winter by William Horwood Read by David Suchet
Mr Majeka by Humphrey Carpenter Read by Liz Carney
Firesong by William Nicholson read by Mark Cameron
WEEK 46 ( 10 th Nov-16 th Nov )
A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley Read by Imogen Rands
Flat Stanley, Flat Again by Jeff Brown Read by Andrew Dunn (Tony from Dinner Ladies and lots more recent telly)
Midnight For Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo Read by Richard Midgley
Second Fiddle by Siobhan Parkinson Read by Susan Crothers
Vinegar Street by Philip Ridley Read by Susanna Northern
Worst Child I Ever Had by Anne Fine Read by Jessica Willcocks
WEEK 47 ( 17 th Nov- 23 rd Nov )
Jennifer’s Diary by Anne Fine Read by Jessica Willcocks
Big George by Eric Pringle Read by Rupert Degas
Just Joshua by Jan Michael Read by Barbou Ceesay
Marshmallow Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge by Karen McCombie Read by Tracey Wiles
WEEK 48 ( 24 th Nov- 30 th Nov )
Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson Read by Stacey Sampson
Grandpa Chatterji by Jamila Gavin Read by Sajeev Bhaskar
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Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar Read by Martin T Sherman
Fat Boy Swim by Katherine Forde Read by Joe McFadden
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (anniversary in November) Read by Juliette Stevenson
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