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The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton

The Read Series 2

Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary classic.

Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary classic.

The Remains of the Day is Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a great English house, told from the perspective of its stoic head butler, Stevens.

In the summer of 1956, Stevens embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and deeper into his past. Has tradition and reserve led to aching loss?

Winner of the 1989 Booker prize and one of the ±«Óãtv's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, The Remains of the Day is a tale of convention, love and regret in an interwar stately home that is both deeply affecting and richly atmospheric.

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Mon 13 May 2024 01:20
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Stevens Steve Pemberton
Miss Kenton Amanda Vincent-Perkins
Mechanic Brian Bedford
Director Rachel Lambert
Producer Julie Colman
Abridger Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Composer Tic Ashfield
Editor Chloe Hardwick
Executive Producer Grant Black
Production Company Rural Studios

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