Alasdair Beckett-King
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1,752 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Sep
Alasdair Beckett-King’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Sorry.
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And that is the end of the boxcar children.
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So, Eleanor, I can tell that you love this book as much as I did as a child.
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What do you think aged well about the boxcar children?
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I think contemporary critics objected to the lack of supervision and how much I suppose they objected to how much fun the children were having, but they objected to how independent the children were.
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I think that probably is what children then and now would like about it.
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it is the independence of the children.
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You know, the Swiss family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
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Making your own little cabin in the Robin Hood.
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Robin Hood.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I think the the fun resourcefulness of the kids is the timeless part of the story.
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And that's what appealed to me when I was a kid.
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Bear in mind though, I did hate it as a kid.
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I did really hate it as a kid.
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What do you think has not aged well about the boxcard children?
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Should we put down a t shirt?
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They're perfectly smooth.
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I'm sorry, you you want like a in your face pop punk late nineties version of the boxcar chore.
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Well, since I was a child I don't think it's gotten any worse.
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