AuthorCarole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
NarratorPrunella Scales, Patricia Routledge
Duration2h 15m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, British Radio Sitcoms and Sketch Shows
PublisherBBC
VersionUnabridged
A follow up to 'Ladies of Letters & Ladies of More Letters'. Vera and Irene now communicate daily by e-mail about the the usual domestic mishaps: Irene's daughter Lesley is refusing to marry the worthy but boring Brian; Vera's exhausted daughter Karen has abandoned her third baby at the hospital and eloped with a male nurse; and Vera's gay son Howard and his partner Anthony are trying for a baby - with the help of a surrogate mother and a television crew. Irene and Vera's thinly-veiled put-downs and gossip give a wonderful insight into the trials of modern family life.
Fags, Mags & Bags, Series 1: Episode 5
Author: Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
Author Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
Narrator Various
SeriesFags, Mags & Bags, Book 5
Duration 28m
The Festival of Maltodextrin. Corner shop owner Ramesh concocts a fake religious festival to shift unsold fireworks.
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Author: Lou Wakefield, Carole Hayman
Author Lou Wakefield, Carole Hayman
Narrator Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales
Duration 1h 8m
Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge take on the world in another hilarious series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy hit. The caustic correspondence between Irene Spencer and Vera Small is always richly entertaining, and these latest letters are no exception. Catty and competitive as ever, the pensioner pen-pals find themselves in yet more trouble in thi...
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Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Series 1
Author: Armando Iannucci
Author Armando Iannucci
Narrator The Author
Duration 2h 59m
Armando Iannucci and his guests return with a heady mix of topical sketches, chat and lots of lies, in front of a live audience. Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive is a topical, events-driven radio comedy hosted by comedy guru Iannucci recorded in front of a live audience. With the sketchability of The Now Show, combined with the going-off-on-a-mad...
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Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat
Author: Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Author Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Narrator Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales
Duration 1h 8m
A special seasonal instalment of the ongoing correspondence between sparring pen-pals Vera (played by Patricia Routledge) and Irene (played by Prunella Scales). With a supporting cast including Vera's son Howard and his partner Anthony, chaos looks set to descend once again upon Little Shagthorne and Hethergreen.
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Author: Andrew Nickolds
Author Andrew Nickolds
Narrator Christopher Douglas, Full Cast
Duration 2h 47m
Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon in the complete Series 10 of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy series 'The funniest sitcom ever to grace Radio 4' Radio Times. Ed Reardon - hack writer, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email - returns in the radio sitcom, written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
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The Penny Dreadfuls, Collection 1 - the Curse of the Beagle, the Odyssey, Macbeth Rebothered
Author: Thom Tuck
Author Thom Tuck
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Penny Dreadfuls Collection, Book 1
Duration 2h 50m
The Penny Dreadfuls examine the life of Guy Fawkes, undertake a satirical version of the French Revolution and turn their comic eye towards Hereward the Wake The Penny Dreadfuls - Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck - are a comedy trio who specialise in retelling historical events in their own, inimitable way. In these riotous revisionist plays,...
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Author: Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Author Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Narrator Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales
Duration 1h 4m
When Irene Spencer meets Vera Small at her daughter Lesley's wedding reception they embark upon a correspondence that is quite unlike any other in the history of letter-writing. Both Irene and Vera are happily widowed and endowed with errant offspring. They live in a world of church fetes and amateur dramatics, but love nothing more than dipping th...
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Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
Author: Lou Wakefield, Carole Hayman
Author Lou Wakefield, Carole Hayman
Narrator Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge
Duration 1h 9m
Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge make a clean sweep in a further series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy hit. The ladies are back, and this time they're full of Springtime recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. Once again, however, disaster is never very far away... Reunited at the bedside of a mutual old flame, Irene and Vera feel a sudden u...
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Author: Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Author Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Narrator Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge
Duration 2h 12m
Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge star in the second popular BBC Radio 4 series. After meeting at Irene's daughter Lesley's wedding reception, Irene Spencer and Vera Small become firm - sometimes too firm - friends, and so began their extraordinary correspondence. Here we find Vera installed at Far Shores Trailer Park and Irene living the "hig...
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Author: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
Author Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 44m
The Two Ronnies was one of Britain's most successful comedy sketch shows, and dominated the TV schedules for sixteen years between 1971 and 1987. This compilation of classics from the much-loved show includes the sketches 'The Strange Case of Mrs. Mace', 'Plain Speaking', 'Grublian', 'Dr. Spooner Re-Visited', 'A Doctor's Life' and 'About a Bout'. T...
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Laura 5 May 2024
Two of the greatest!
I heard an episode on radio 4 and searched in vain for the audiobooks.
So happy to find! (Laura, 30)