Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime is a long-running radio programme
on BBC Radio 4
, broadcast each weekday evening at 10.45–11.00 pm.
Book at Bedtime offers fiction including modern classics, new works by leading writers and literature from around the world. Books are usually abridged
and serial
ised each evening for two weeks, sometimes one and occasionally three, if it's a very long book. They are read by well-known actors. Occasionally, if a renowned author has brought out a collection of short stories, five stories from the book will be selected and one broadcast each evening, rather than serialising a novel.
Book at Bedtime is part of the BBC's Arts and Drama series.
Radio programming
Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....
on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
, broadcast each weekday evening at 10.45–11.00 pm.
Book at Bedtime offers fiction including modern classics, new works by leading writers and literature from around the world. Books are usually abridged
Abridgement
Abridgement or abridgment is a term defined as "shortening" or "condensing" and is most commonly used in reference to the act of reducing a written work, typically a book, into a shorter form...
and serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
ised each evening for two weeks, sometimes one and occasionally three, if it's a very long book. They are read by well-known actors. Occasionally, if a renowned author has brought out a collection of short stories, five stories from the book will be selected and one broadcast each evening, rather than serialising a novel.
Book at Bedtime is part of the BBC's Arts and Drama series.