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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Because when I read it, I was like, this is ridiculous, you know, you can't just have their grandfather turn out to be a millionaire and turn out to be nice.
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Yes, presumably.
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You'd think there'd be at least some kind of explanation of how it was a misunderstanding that he didn't like their mother.
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addressed or explained.
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He's simply a good millionaire.
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Who hates w one woman for presumably very good reasons.
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I think it's just a morally dislikable book, but I don't really think that affects your enjoyment of it.
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Yeah, it's very manifest destiny.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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It's good to be rich.
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if you're good and not rich, it will turn out your grandfather was a millionaire.
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That's the thing, compared to Enid Blython, it's not as morally repugnant.
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They don't really embody the prejudices of the writer.
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But the values of the writer are real.
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Irish Mary.
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They don't say anything to Irish Mary.
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Yeah.
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Perfectly polite to that boy who won the race.
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Would you read this to your hypothetical child, Eleanor?
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