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Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley &endash; but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...

'A marvellous story that knows how to grab the emotions' The Guardian

Patrick Malahide has had a distinguished stage career in both classical and contemporary drama. His films include Captain's Corelli's Mandolin, Billy Elliot and The World Is Not Enough, but he is probably best known for his television roles in Goodbye Mr Chips, The Singing Detective and Middlemarch.

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Patrick Malahide has had a distinguished stage career in both classical and contemporary drama. His films include Captain's Corelli's Mandolin, Billy Elliot and The World Is Not Enough, but he is probably best known for his television roles in Goodbye Mr Chips, The Singing Detective and Middlemarch.

Abridged by Anne Rees Jones
Produced by Mellie Buse
Music composed by Martin Cook

RUNNING TIME APPROX. 3 1/2 HOURS ABRIDGED ON CASSETTES AND CD'S.

PUFFIN Fiction
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Swedish Audi Version available from:

ISBN: 9179532390
ßUpplasare : Stefan Ekman
www.bonnieraudio.se

 

Denmark

© 1987, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A.S., Kebenhavn

En ven i noden (Danish title)
8 kassette

Indtaling: Paul Becker
Oversaettelse: Rose-Marie Tvermoes

Om lydbogen:

Ved begyndelsen af 2. verdenskrig bliver Willie, sammen med en maengde andre born fra Londons slumkvarter, flyttet ud pa landet. Willie bliver anbragt hos den ensomme enkemand Tom. Hos Tom moder Willie for forste gang i sit liv venlighed, far lov at spise sig maet, far ordentligt toj pa kroppen og &endash; for forste gang i sit liv sin egen seng. Men en dag sender hans mor bud after ham, og Willie ma, meget mod sin vilje, rejse til London. Dage og uger gar uden at Tom far noget livstegn fra Willie. Til sidst begiver han sig til London for at lede efter ham…


Cassette Version

October 1st 1990 &endash; BBC Radio Five

R5Tom Oakley, an elderly countryman living alone after the death of his wife and child, is known as ' a grumpy old man' to the locals. And he's none too pleased when in 1939, at the start of the last war, he has a nine-year-old London evacuee named Willie landed on him. But it is a move that will change both their lives. Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mister Tom won the 1981 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

7.20pm Goodnight Mister Tom

The first of a ten-part story, set during the Blitz, by Michelle Magorian.

Reader: David Brierley

David Brierley has appeared in many television programmes but is most notable for being the voice of the robot dog K-9 during the 1979-80 season of the BBC Science Fiction series Doctor Who.

Producer: Peter Fozzard

 

Godnatt Mister Tom MICHELLE MAGORIAN

SRF Tal &Punkt AB
Forlaget Kassettbok
122 88 Enskede, 08-39 93 00

For Willie &endash; nastan nio ar men liten for sin alder och faderlos &endash; blir motet med den lilla byn Wierwold nastan en chock. Forst blir han bestort over tystnaden och forskrackt for alla djur han moter, men sa smangingom borjar han gilla sin nya omgivning.

Tillsammans med en mangel andra barn fran Londons slumkvarter har han flyttats ut pa den engelska landsbygden for att komma ifran riskerna for flyganfall mot London. Av en slump kommer Willie att hamna hos den gamle enstoringen Thomas Oakley.

Hos Mister Tom moter Willie for forsta gangen I sitt liv vanlighet, far atta sig matt, far ata sig matt, far klader och en egen sang. Han moter manniskor som vill honom val och far kamrater. Men den har lyckliga tillvaron avbryts av att Mister Tom far nagot livstecken fran Willie. Till slut ger den gamle sig ivag till London for att soka efter honom.

En fangslande berattelse I gammal fin, traditionell engelsk stil for bade barn och vuxna.

Fortattare: Michelle Magorian
Forlag: Tidens forlag
©Kassettbok 1993
©Michelle Magorian 1981
Oversattare: Meta Ottosson
Upplasare: Stefan Ekman
Originalets title: Goodnight Mister Tom
Omslagbild: Elizabeth Nyman
Sattning and original:
Henriksson's TEXT & BILD AB
Inehaller: 7
Speltid: Ca 10 timmar
ISBN 91-7950-269-5

 

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Goodnight Mister Tom - 8 cassettes

Reader: Oliver Clement

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