In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? When lies are still being told to this day,

who do you believe? I wouldn't even know where to start and I'm with the IRA.

Steakknife. Listen first on BBC Sounds. This is the BBC.

Hello, today a spinster, a showgirl, and two somewhat unusual approaches to motherhood.

Here to introduce their good read are the actress and writer Alice Lowe, perhaps best known

for co-scripting and co-starring in the award-winning movie Siteseyers, and for this year's

Prevenge, a dark comedy she not only scripted

and acted in, but directed. With Alice is the writer, performer and improviser, Andrew Hunter Murray,

one of the wits behind the panel show QI, a QI elf, in other words. He also presents no such

thing as a fish and is a contributor to private eye.

Andrew, would you start us off with your good read?

Yes, my good read is Miss Pettigrew lives for a day by Winifred Watson.

It's an oldie, first published in 1938, and it's about a woman, Miss Pettigrew, who is a governess,

she's broke.

She's very humble.

She's very shy.

No one has ever looked at her.

I think someone says that.

And then she gets offered a job, final throw of the dice.

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