Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) - award winning tutorial content from Audiopi

The GCSE podcast series for Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go, will give you invaluable insight into the book and help you prepare for your exams at the end of the school year. 

It takes you through all you need to know and will ensure that you can answer the key questions you will receive in the exams. 

The podcast series examines all the different genres associated with the book, the importance of context, the core themes including the importance of art and creativity, ethics of cloning, outsider status and mortality, gives a detail overview of the characters involved and then includes a detailed analysis of the book itself, chapter by chapter.

Tutorial Summary

This podcast asks what are Kathy, Ruth and Tommy’s roles in the novel

• How do their characters develop? Their relationships with each other, and with Hailsham and its students and guardians.
• Tommy’s art; why Ruth completes before the others and the question does she redeem herself?

Series Tutors

• Professor Laura Salisbury B.A., M.A., Ph.d Associate 
• Professor in Medicine and English Literature University of Exeter

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) - award winning tutorial content from Audiopi

The GCSE podcast series for Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go, will give you invaluable insight into the book and help you prepare for your exams at the end of the school year. 

It takes you through all you need to know and will ensure that you can answer the key questions you will receive in the exams. 

The podcast series examines all the different genres associated with the book, the importance of context, the core themes including the importance of art and creativity, ethics of cloning, outsider status and mortality, gives a detail overview of the characters involved and then includes a detailed analysis of the book itself, chapter by chapter.

Tutorial Summary

This podcast looks at what kinds of context can you write about in the exam. It examines what contexts Ishiguro uses and to what effect? This includes:

• literary context such as science fiction, dystopias, bildungsroman and
• social context, such as school (peer group friendships, fitting in, bullying), growing up, love, facing death.

Series Tutors

• Professor Laura Salisbury B.A., M.A., Ph.d Associate 
• Professor in Medicine and English Literature University of Exeter

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.



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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) - award winning tutorial content from Audiopi

The GCSE podcast series for Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go, will give you invaluable insight into the book and help you prepare for your exams at the end of the school year. 

It takes you through all you need to know and will ensure that you can answer the key questions you will receive in the exams. 

The podcast series examines all the different genres associated with the book, the importance of context, the core themes including the importance of art and creativity, ethics of cloning, outsider status and mortality, gives a detail overview of the characters involved and then includes a detailed analysis of the book itself, chapter by chapter.

Tutorial Summary

• How does Ishiguro structure the story?
• Why does he structure it this way?
• What conventions of the novel form does Ishiguro use, and why?
• This podcast considers the different phases of the book and the effect of the story being told from Kathy’s viewpoint, and other aspects of form.

Series Tutors

• Professor Laura Salisbury B.A., M.A., Ph.d Associate 
• Professor in Medicine and English Literature University of Exeter

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.



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Never Let Me Go - award winning tutorial content from Audiopi

The GCSE podcast series for Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go, will give you invaluable insight into the book and help you prepare for your exams at the end of the school year. 

It takes you through all you need to know and will ensure that you can answer the key questions you will receive in the exams. 

The podcast series examines all the different genres associated with the book, the importance of context, the core themes including the importance of art and creativity, ethics of cloning, outsider status and mortality, gives a detail overview of the characters involved and then includes a detailed analysis of the book itself, chapter by chapter.

Tutorial Summary

• This podcast gives an introduction to Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro and why it is such a great book.
• It specifically looks at the whole range of different genres Never Let Me Go fits into, including horror, coming of age, dystopia and science fiction.

Series Tutors

• Professor Laura Salisbury B.A., M.A., Ph.d Associate 
• Professor in Medicine and English Literature University of Exeter

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - award winning tutorials from Audiopi

In these podcasts on Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, we’ll be revising each section of the play in some depth, and picking out ideas or details which might come up in your Literature exam. In addition, there are in-depth podcasts on the characters within the play and the first couple of podcasts will give you a bit of background which will, hopefully, help you get the most out of your reading of the text.

Tutorial Summary

• In this podcast, we examine when Eddie is given away. We analyse the debt collectors and the use of superstition.

Series Tutors

• Mrs Jan Heron B.A., PGCE English Teacher and Examiner

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - award winning tutorials from Audiopi

In these podcasts on Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, we’ll be revising each section of the play in some depth, and picking out ideas or details which might come up in your Literature exam. In addition, there are in-depth podcasts on the characters within the play and the first couple of podcasts will give you a bit of background which will, hopefully, help you get the most out of your reading of the text.

Tutorial Summary

• This is the first podcast when we start analysing the play and it examines the setting up of the contrast between the two women and the different voices of Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons.

Series Tutors

• Mrs Jan Heron B.A., PGCE English Teacher and Examiner

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - award winning tutorials from Audiopi

In these podcasts on Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, we’ll be revising each section of the play in some depth, and picking out ideas or details which might come up in your Literature exam. In addition, there are in-depth podcasts on the characters within the play and the first couple of podcasts will give you a bit of background which will, hopefully, help you get the most out of your reading of the text.

Tutorial Summary

• In this podcast on Blood Brothers we look at how is the play structured, what is the role of the narrator, including the effects of this device, the staging, including the effects created by the set and the use of adult actors and recurring ideas/motifs.

Series Tutors

• Mrs Jan Heron B.A., PGCE English Teacher and Examiner

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - award winning tutorials from Audiopi

In these podcasts on Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, we’ll be revising each section of the play in some depth, and picking out ideas or details which might come up in your Literature exam. In addition, there are in-depth podcasts on the characters within the play and the first couple of podcasts will give you a bit of background which will, hopefully, help you get the most out of your reading of the text.

Tutorial Summary

• In this podcast we examine the Historical & social context of Blood Brothers, including Liverpool in the 1980s and Russell’s work in its social context/ recurring themes.

Series Tutors

• Mrs Jan Heron B.A., PGCE English Teacher and Examiner

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.



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Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - award winning tutorials from Audiopi

In these podcasts on Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, we’ll be revising each section of the play in some depth, and picking out ideas or details which might come up in your Literature exam. In addition, there are in-depth podcasts on the characters within the play and the first couple of podcasts will give you a bit of background which will, hopefully, help you get the most out of your reading of the text.

Tutorial Summary

• Welcome to the first of our series for Blood Brothers where we provide a brief introduction to the play/plot outline and explore what genre does it fit into and what are the key themes of Willy Russell's play.
• We take a close look at Musical theatre – the play’s place in the genre and the blending of humour and tragedy.

Series Tutors

• Mrs Jan Heron B.A., PGCE English Teacher and Examiner

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

Love what you hear and want us with you for the journey? You can subscribe to access every episode in any series on Acast+ for the price of a couple of cups of coffee a month, and become a supporter! Hit the link to Access it All.



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Animal Farm (George Orwell) - award winning tutorial content from Audiopi

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is one of the great dystopian novels of all time. It is layered with many different meanings, making it a joy to read and to interpret. The series is written by Aimee Coelho, a passionate English Teacher at Millfield and an examiner. It analyses the genre, structure and form of the novel, examines context and key characters , gives an in-depth review of each chapter, and finally helps you prepare for that all important GCSE examination.

Tutorial Summary

• This podcast examines the roles of Boxer, Mollie, Moses and Mr Jones in Animal Farm and looks at the relationships between the animals and humans. It will also examine the other characters that are involved.

Series Tutors

• Ms Aimee Coelho B.A., PGDip, PGCE English and Media Studies Teacher Millfield School 

The first 5 episodes in this series, and every series in this podcast show, are free to listen to! 

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