George Eliot’s Middlemarch, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain or some Barsetshire one by Anthony Trollope. Over on the island, they make a thrilling discovery, which leads them deep into the dungeons of Kirrin Castle on a dangerous adventure. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins offer you more than your fair share of laughs, songs, and silliness in their imaginatively titled BBC Radio 4 series.

When her wish comes true and there's a surprise at the end of the rainbow, Twinkle must get her new baby brother, Fizz, back home before bedtime. The only ally Wilf has in his desperate struggle to put a stop to Alan's ridiculous-but also quite upsetting, really, when you think about it-plans to destroy the world is his little sister, Dot (and her trusty "blanky," of course). Mel has written two non-fiction books and has appeared in sitcoms and panel shows, as well as on radio and on stage, most notably in Stephen Sondheim's Olivier Award-winning Company in the West End.Main character Carol, a middle-aged woman forced to move back in with her parents after her stepchildren cut her out of their lives. Plot A story told over four generations of Welsh women – an unstoppable pensioner, her estranged daughter, her abandoned daughter, and then her daughter – written by the actor and Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones. The Garden, co-producer of Netflix phenomenon Squid Game: The Challenge, has promoted Lucie Duxbury to Head of Programmes, Spencer Kelly to Director of Factual and brought 24 Hours in Police Custody Series Director Jermaine Blake onto its staff as an Executive Producer.

This debut novel comes from the comedian and former Bake Off co-host Mel Giedroyc, one half of Mel and Sue. As well as finding the story funning their are some emotional and heart warming bit too, so I feel she has covered all bases for a good read. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. But when her husband suddenly goes bankrupt, all this is whipped away from her and she can start to find herself again.

We talked to her about her ferocious devotion to Jean Valjean, the funny book she always gives as a gift and the book so scary she'd only read it when other people were in the room. Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this enchanting, heartwarming tale is perfect for little listener everywhere and will help them settle down for bed. Previous works Three novels (Holding, A Keeper and Home Stretch), a quick-read novel (The Swimmer), two memoirs (The Lives and Loves of a He Devil and So Me) and an agony uncle book (Ask Graham).