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A Good Read: Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A disgraced university tutor, a dysfunctional family, and a love-letter to literature.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.

0:07.0

It was an extraordinary news story.

0:09.0

The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,

0:14.0

mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.

0:18.0

One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for

0:21.7

Leukin. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex von

0:26.7

Tunselman. This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:37.2

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

0:38.9

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

0:42.0

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

0:46.3

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

0:51.8

Hello with me today, comedian and author Sharperak Korsandi.

0:55.6

A regular on such radio and TV shows is just a minute,

0:58.8

have I got news for you and mock the week?

1:01.2

Sharperak's publications include her childhood memoir,

1:04.3

a beginner's guide to acting English,

1:06.6

the novel, Nina is Not Okay,

1:09.3

and coming up next summer, Scatterbrain.

1:12.1

With her is Anne Hegarty, one of the chasers on ITV's quiz show The Chase,

1:16.7

where she's known as The Governance.

1:18.5

Among much else, Anne's also presented the game show Britain's Brightest Family.

1:22.8

She's been a contestant in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here,

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