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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’s biography of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer and creator of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter.
Despite her Kensington upbringing, Potter was ‘emotionally rooted’ 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 Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in December 2006.
Last on
Mon 12 Jan 2026
02:30
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Sun 11 Jan 2026 07:30Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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- Mon 12 Jan 2026 02:30Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra