(I thought better of best-cover-ever Death to the Daleks, or of best-opening-line ever Dalek Invasion of Earth ("Through the ruin of a city stalked the ruin of a man"). And I could also have gone for Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger or The Twits, or Mr Silly, but they should be set texts for kids, so I chose one you might not have heard of.)Apparently no-less-august a person than Brian Cant read "The Hermit and the Bear" for Jackanory in March 1988. Like Tom Baker reading "The Iron Man", Rik Mayall reading "George's Marvellous Medicine" and the million-and-one books read by Bernard Cribbens, these things should be made available for download - perhaps just as MP3 sound files.
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"Through the ruin of a city stalked the ruin of a man"
Ahhha, that's where the line came from.
Bernice Summerfield, the gift that keeps on giving.
You mean you didn't know?!? Noise monkey, you are sacked!
I don't get enough free time to read all the books too; there are lots!
My girlfriend loved the book about badger-faced pirates, by the way
Hooray! She obviously has strange tastes.
My favourite children's novel begins on Barnes Common. I always imagined an adaptation would look like early Hitchcock.
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