Â鶹Éç

Close menu

Use Â鶹Éç.com or the new Â鶹Éç App to listen to Â鶹Éç podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Live now on Radio 4 Extra

Radio 4 Extra

Journey into the Radio 4 archive.

LIVE,12:30 - 13:45

Candide by Voltaire (Omnibus)
  • UP NEXT: 13:45 - 14:00
    Inner Voices

    A woman formulates a plan for revenge on Bonfire Night.

  • 14:00 - 14:30
    The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show

    The comedy duo get up to monkey tricks in Ernie's play The Mighty Kong.

Voltaire’s witty 18th century novel of ideas about good and evil. It follows the eponymous hero Candide and the long-suffering Dr Pangloss, on an epic, picaresque journey through Europe and South America. Along the way they endure terrible misfortunes but somehow manage to retain optimism about what life has in store. It begins when Candide falls in love and is expelled from paradise. Omnibus of five parts abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Adrian Scarborough. Producer: Bruce Young First broadcast in five parts on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in November 2019.

Programme Website

More from 4Extra

Highlights