Kingsley Amis . Dvanáctidílna četba na pokračování ze stejnojmenné novely.
Čte Martin Jarvis.
Nastudovalo BBC Radio 4 v roce 1992 (celkem 158 min.).
Pozn.: Comic novel of academic life, following the misfortunes of junior lecturer Jim Dixon.
Obsah: 1 The barriers are down as Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date. – 2 Will an ‚arty‘ weekend at the Welches give Jim an opportunity to impress his colleagues? – 3 As Jim tastes university high life at a faculty party, he spies something unsettling. – 4 Jim resolves never to move his eyeballs again when he wakes up to find trouble raging. – 5 Jim tries to impress the faculty and woo a girl – but panic makes him take rash action. – 6 Jim goes to the ball – where indiscretions are discovered and fantasies indulged in. – 7 On a whim, lecturer Jim takes a gamble, steals Professor Barclay’s taxi and gets lucky. – 8 Professor Welch’s pomposity infuriates Jim, but he has to be cunning to apprehend his foe. – 9 To stop the formidable Mrs Welch catching him out, Jim must create a plausible diversion. – 10 Jim resolves to win Christine from the bearded sportsman, but he’ll have to fight for her. ll have to fight for her. – 11 A tipsy Jim makes an unconventional speech, some good impressions and a few enemies. – 12 Some good news leaves lecturer Jim Dixon tickled pink – but he faces a race against time.