Bonus: The Box of Delights

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Caroline and Guy discuss The Box of Delights by John Masefield, a beloved children's book from 1935 that might actually be a golden age detective novel too. They also consider the beloved 1984 TV adaptation, which is returning to the BBC on 7th December 2024 for a special 40th anniversary showing. This episode was originally released in December 2023 as an exclusive bonus for the Shedunnit Book Club. If you'd like to hear more bonus episodes like this in the future, join the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.1	That's betterhelp,, it's Caroline here.
0:41.1	What you're about to hear is a bonus episode that was first published for the She Done It Book Club in December 2023,
0:47.7	and which I'm now releasing more widely to mark the 40th anniversary of the TV adaptation of The Box of Delights.
0:55.0	This classic of BBC children's drama was first broadcast on BBC One between the 21st of
1:00.8	November and the 24th of December 1984, and it's now returning to BBC 4, beginning on Saturday
1:07.5	the 7th of December, 24, from 7pm, for a special anniversary repeat showing.
1:13.7	I hope you enjoy our discussion of the series and the book it's based on by John Maysfield.
1:18.4	There are some minor spoilers here, but nothing I think that should affect your enjoyment of this British festive classic.
1:24.9	And remember, if you'd like to hear all the bonus episodes like this that I make when
1:28.6	they first air, you can become a member of the She Done It Book Club now at shedunitbookclub.com
1:33.9	slash join.
1:38.8	Hello and welcome to this very festive and seasonal episode of She Done It.
1:45.4	I'm Caroline Grampton. I am joined by a very special guest, who some of you heard before,
1:50.7	Guy Cutherson, my husband, and we're recording this in our living room in December
1:55.1	with Morris the Dog sleeping on the rug next to us. What we're going to talk about today
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