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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear (Omnibus)

The story of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer and creator of Peter Rabbit. Biography read by Lindsay Duncan.

Linda Lear鈥檚 biography of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer and creator of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter.

Despite her Kensington upbringing, Potter was 鈥榚motionally rooted鈥� in the Lake District and farm life appealed to her. These were the landscapes which nurtured her creative imagination.

Omnibus of five-parts abridged by Alison Joseph.

Read by Lindsay Duncan.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2006.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 12 Jan 2026 02:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Jan 2026 07:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 11 Jan 2026 12:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 11 Jan 2026 18:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 12 Jan 2026 02:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra