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Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Paul is stalking Claude, thinking he can be the star of his new novel, but is he interesting enough? Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Paul continues to study Claude, who gets more worried he's not interesting enough to be in a novel. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 3
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Paul is struggling to make a book about banking interesting until he hits upon an idea about Claude. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 4
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Devastated to learn he was the mark in Paul and Igor’s bank robbing plan, Claude has an idea. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 5
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Claude asks Paul to help write about his romance. Meanwhile, the revealing bank report is imminent. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 6
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
After the disastrous intervention in Claude's love life, Paul has a new idea to court the waitress. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 7
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Claude and Ariadne share a love of French philosophy but then he learns she is already attached. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 8
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Claude tries to get over Ariadne, but Paul pretends they are lovers to get a dinner invite. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 9
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Paul is still resisting writing a new novel and Claude's bank is taking bigger and bigger risks. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void
Episode 10
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The bank fails, a heist is averted and Claude makes a choice that will change everyone's lives. Concluded by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Front Row
Handel's Saul, Paul Murray, The Monkees, Life in squares
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Samira Ahmed talks to opera director Barrie Kosky about his Glyndebourne production of Handel's Saul. Plus author Paul Murray talks about the follow-up to his novel Skippy Dies. Show more