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  • The Survivors

    A family struggling to escape their past - and to locate their second favourite son - in this week's murder mystery episode. Old high school frenemies, expats emos and a prison BnB, get ready for some real twists and turns in an improvised story inspired by the blurb of the book "The Survivors" by Jane Harper.

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    32 min
  • Hurdy Gurdy

    A plague is ripping through the town killing everyone in its path, a local man trialing his homemade a vaccine from cow spinal fluid, so how can one young Monk catch a break from cleaning toilets to help save the world?

    This weeks improvised story was inspired by the blurb from the book, Hurdy Gurdy by Christopher P Wilson

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    24 min
  • Classic Blurb - Wuthering Heights

    Those famous books everyone's supposed to have read? Don't worry, you're not the only dumdum pretending you actually have. We're exposing our sizable literary knowlege gaps this week in our first instalment of "Classic Blurb" episodes. Hear us take on the celebrated classic Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. None of us have read it, but we're making up for it in style by creating our own, probably fairly similar, story. It's all about a candy empire, right?

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    32 min
  • Flake

    An ice cream turf war erupts as two step brothers compete for one towns business and when the weather heats up so does the competition.  Will they put things behind them and take over the towns ice cream supply together, or will one find a banana up their ice cream vans exhaust pipe? All these questions answered and more in this weeks episode of The Blurb.

    This weeks improvised story was inspired by the blurb from the book, Flake by Matthew Dooley.  


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    27 min
  • Murder Most Unladylike

    We're kicking off the new year with another banging murder mystery. In this week's thrilling episode two school girls' hunt for a killer sees them answering some big questions. What is 3+6? Can siblings be unrelated? And just what is wrong with the internet? Based on the blurb of the book Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens.


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    28 min
  • Miss Pinkerton

    The last episode of 2020 and of course our recording equipment decided to go bananas! Apologies for the poor sound quality this week, we do hope you bear with us. All in all a small price to pay for a riveting thriller that lay ahead, featuring a detective on skis, a case cracking nurse and donuts as decoys. Blurb from the book Miss Pinkerton by Mary Roberts Rinehart. If you have a favourite book you'd like to hear us take on, please email us at; [email protected] Keep up to date with all thing The Blurb  Instagram: @TheBlurbOfficial Twitter: @TheBlurbPod

    33 min
  • Christmas at the Island Hotel

    It's Christmas! A little Scottish hotel is in big need of a Christmas miracle, will they get it in time to save the holiday for the whole town? Find out on this very special Christmas episode of The Blurb. Inspired by the blurb from the book, Christmas at the Island Hotel by Jenny Colgan.

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    28 min
  • Machines Like Me

    In a classic tale of boy buys robot, robot meets girl, this week's episode brings you a whirlwind love triangle in the futuristic age of androids. Who ends up with who, or indeed what? And why? Secrets are unearthed and male celebrities ranked by their looks in this improvised story inspired by the blurb from the book, Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan.


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    29 min
  • The Daughters of Music

    A gorgeous gold digger, three amorous men and a matchmaking musical wunderkind - all in the same haunted Victorian mansion. Get ready for unexpected twists and turns in this week's spooky episode of love, loss and Beatles covers. Based on the blurb from the book 'The Daughters of Music' by Susannah Lawrence.


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    28 min
  • Luckiest Girl Alive

    A vengeful history teacher, a blue blood family and a wedding that's about to take an unexpected turn. This week on The Blurb, we find out the lengths that one woman, a multi award winning fashion magazine editor,  and her dodgy uncle, will go to to keep a shocking secret. Based on the blurb from the book "Luckiest Girl Alive" by Jessica Knoll.

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    36 min

About The Blurb

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The Blurb, an improvised comedy show where your hosts Greg Baxter, Sara Stode Winter and Adrian Lane, each week create an entire story from the blurb of a book they've never read.