Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale

Based on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Offred is made an offer. Should she accept? Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America. Read by Buffy Davis.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Duration: 1'08'00''
  • Broadcast date: 1995
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Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

1995 | 1'08'00''

Offred is made an offer. Should she accept? Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century Ame...

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

1995 | 1'05'30''

The conclusion of Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America. Read by Buffy Davis.

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

1995 | 1'08'00''

Offred is made an offer. Should she accept? Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century Ame...

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

1995 | 1'05'30''

The conclusion of Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America. Read by Buffy Davis.

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 1

1995 | 1'08'00''

Offred is made an offer. Should she accept? Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century Ame...

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale | Part 2

1995 | 1'05'30''

The conclusion of Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America. Read by Buffy Davis.
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The Handmaid's Tale | BBC Radio 4 | 2011

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