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Victor Canning's Mr Finchley
- Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Victor Canning
- Narrated by: full cast, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Two BBC Radio 4 adaptations of Victor Canning’s comic novels about the exploits of a shy Solicitor’s Clerk, starring Richard Griffiths. Edgar Finchley is middle-aged, unassuming and not in the habit of taking holidays - but in these two delightful dramatisations, he unexpectedly discovers the delights of travel as he crosses the Channel to the Continent and explores the English countryside.
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Victor Canning's Mr Finchley
- Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: full cast, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 21-05-2020
- Language: English
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Mr Finchley Discovers His England
- Classic Canning, Book 1
- By: Victor Canning
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside. But Fate has other plans in store...From his abduction by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most astonishing and extraordinary adventures. His rural adventure takes him gradually westward through the English countryside and back, via a smuggling yacht, to London.
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aboutdelightful charming and very unusual travels
- By hugh h on 24-09-2022
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Mr Finchley Discovers His England
- Classic Canning, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Series: Mr. Finchley, Book 1, Classic Canning, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 27-08-2021
- Language: English
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Mr Finchley Goes to Paris
- By: Victor Canning
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm. There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan, and get himself kidnapped. The fine tangle he gets into takes some unravelling! Only when eventually back in London does he complete the proposal of marriage that was interrupted at the start. This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway best seller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.
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Mr Finchley Goes to Paris
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Series: Classic Canning, Book 2, Mr. Finchley, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 27-08-2021
- Language: English
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Mr Finchley Takes the Road
- Classic Canning, Book 3
- By: Victor Canning
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey, so he sets off alone to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety of eccentrics and country characters, and several unsuitable houses. It gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble. This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.
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Mr Finchley Takes the Road
- Classic Canning, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Series: Classic Canning, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-08-2021
- Language: English
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The Uncertain Future of the Silvermans
- Classic Canning, Book 6
- By: Victor Canning
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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When George, the eldest son of Matthew Silverman, announces he won’t follow in his father’s footsteps as editor of the family-owned local newspaper, the family finds itself on a course for change. The newspaper has been going for nearly 100 years. With younger brother Alexander and sisters Loraine and Alison growing up fast, too, and gradual progress in the world around them, can Matthew do what’s best for them all?
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The Uncertain Future of the Silvermans
- Classic Canning, Book 6
- Narrated by: John Higgins
- Series: Classic Canning, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-02-2022
- Language: English
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