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Doctor Who: The Nemonite Invasion
Author: David Roden
Author David Roden
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 22m
When the sky rips open somewhere over Dover, two objects hurtle out of the Vortex and crash-land in the sea. One is the TARDIS, out of control and freefalling - but the other, a mysterious crystalline sphere, is far more sinister . The Doctor and Donna are rescued and taken to a secret command centre in the Dover cliffs. It's May 1940, and Vice-Adm...
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Author: Dennis Spooner
Author Dennis Spooner
Narrator William Hartnell Et Al
Duration 1h 54m
William Hartnell stars as the Doctor, alongside William Russell as Ian, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki in this four part story set in Ancient Rome. Written by Dennis Spooner. Whilst Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, the Doctor is mistaken for a famous lyre player and plays at Nero's court. Can the TARDIS crew...
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Author: Dorothy L Sayers
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 11
Author Dorothy L Sayers
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesLord Peter Wimsey, Book 11
Duration 10h 35m
Lord Peter Wimsey, man about town and amateur sleuth, and his man Bunter, are drawn into a series of intreguing incidents after being stranded in the remote village of Fenchurch St. Paul. What is the identity of the grotesquely disfigured corpse found in the church-yard? Who murdered him and why? Perhaps the Fenchurch bells hold their own answers t...
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Author: Harold Brighouse
Author Harold Brighouse
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 21m
'Hobson's Choice' (the title coming from the expression 'Hobson's choice' meaning no choice at all), set in Salford in 1880, is a comedy based around the battle of wills between a hard-headed cobbler and his defiant daughter. Henry Hobson has three daughters, good intentions and a fondness for the Moonraker's Inn. Maggie Hobson, the eldest daughter...
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Author: Dorothy L Sayers
Author Dorothy L Sayers
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 49m
When mystery writer Harriet Vane is accused of the murder of her lover, the evidence seems pretty damning. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not convinced and when, five hours later, no verdict has been returned, it seems the jury may not be either. But if Harriet didn't murder Philip Boyes, who did?
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Author: Georges Simenon
Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 2h 57m
Maigret Goes to School / Maigret and the Old Lady / Maigret Hesitates / The Patience of Maigret. Maurice Denham stars as Maigret with Michael Gough as Georges Simenon in four more of the French detective's most intriguing cases.
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Author: Georges Simenon
Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 2h 56m
The highly popular pipe-smoking Inspector Maigret embarks on more detective adventures which involve the darker impulses of the human heart and violent betrayals.
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Author: James Swallow
Author James Swallow
Narrator Will Thorp
Duration 2h 9m
The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil...
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Author: Justin Richards
Author Justin Richards
Narrator Freema Agyeman
Duration 2h 36m
The Doctor and Martha arrive at Castle Extremis, which is about to play host to the signing of a peace treaty. But not everyone wants the war to end. Who is the little girl who haunts the castle? Who is the hooded figure that watches from the shadows? And what is the secret of the legendary Mortal Mirror?
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Author: BBC Audiogo
Author BBC Audiogo
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 42m
In 1958 Phil and Jill's first children were born-the couple were blessed with twins, daughter Shula and son Kenton.
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Author: BBC Audiogo
Author BBC Audiogo
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 42m
By 1967 Phil and Jill were the proud parents of the perfectly balanced family: Two girls and two boys. David and Elizabeth completed the family, but there were concerns about little Elizabeth's heart.
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Author: Oli Smith
Author Oli Smith
Narrator Nicholas Briggs
Duration 4h 48m
"My watch is running backwards." Colorado, 1981. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Appletown-an idyllic village in the remote American desert where the townsfolk go peacefully about their suburban routines. But when two more strangers arrive, things begin to change. The first is a mad scientist-whose warnings are cut short by an untimely and bruta...
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Doctor Who and the Green Death
Author: Malcolm Hulke
Author Malcolm Hulke
Narrator Katy Manning
Duration 4h
'The Green Death' begins slowly. In a small Welsh mining village a man emerges from the disused colliery covered in a green fungus. Minutes later he is dead. UNIT, Jo Grant and Doctor Who arrive on the scene to investigate, but strangely reluctant to assist their inquiries is Dr. Stevens, director of the local refinery, Panorama Chemicals. Are they...
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Author: Oli Smith
Author Oli Smith
Narrator Matt Smith
Duration 1h 4m
Arriving on Earth in the midst of the American Civil War, the Doctor and Amy must get a posse together to help them retrieve an alien artefact that has fallen into the clutches of the Confederate Army. The terraforming device belongs to the Cei, a race of invaders who plan to use it to turn the planet into a new home world. But neither the Army nor...
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Author: Peter R Newman
Author Peter R Newman
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 38m
The TARDIS travellers discover that the crew of an Earth spaceship have been hijacked by the Sensorites, and they in turn are transported to the alien's planet. Humans and Sensorites alike are stricken by a deadly illness, for which the Doctor struggles to find a cure.
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Author: Sue Teddern
Author Sue Teddern
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 8m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about two single parents who meet on an internet chat site and strike up a friendship. Originally broadcast in the "Woman's Hour Drama" slots from 2 November 2009 - 6 November 2009 under the series name of "singleparentpals.com". The complete series 1 contains the following episodes: You Are Not Alone - When a nervous...
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Author: Sue Teddern
Author Sue Teddern
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 7m
The complete second series of the BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about two single parents who met on an internet chat site and developed a friendship. First broadcast in the "Woman's Hour Drama" slots from 23 August - 27 August 2010, this follows on from the first series which was originally transmitted in 2009 under the name of "singleparentpals.com"...
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Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Paul Scofield, Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Duration 4m
"If it were done when 'tis done..." From the BBC Sound Archives, one of Shakespeare's most famous and memorable speeches, with Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, bringing these ominous words vividly to life
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Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Denis Quilley
Duration 2m
"Is this a dagger which I see before me....." With Denis Quilley as Macbeth, this recording from the BBC Sound Archives brings Shakespeare's memorable words to life..
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Merchant of Venice: Act 4 Scene 1
Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Hannah Gordon
Duration 1m
"The quality of mercy is not strained...." In this recording from the BBC Sound Archives, Hannah Gordon is Shakespeare's wise Portia.
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Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 39m
Shakespeare's romantic adventure full of tyrants, incest, murder, knights, teenagers, pirates, brothels, sublime poetry, young love, a great hero and the goddess Diana.
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