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Author: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
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SeriesOperation Luna, Book 1
Duration 30m
Charles Chilton's classic science fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger...
View BookMagical Cats Mystery 5: Final Catcall
Author: Sofie Kelly
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Author Sofie Kelly
Narrator Cassandra Campbell
SeriesMagical Cats Mystery, Book 5
Duration 8h 47m
Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson gets plenty of entertainment from her extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules. But when a theater troupe stumbles into more tragedy than it bargained for, it's up to Kathleen to play detective...With her sort-of boyfriend Marcus calling it quits and her ex-boyfriend Andrew showing up out of the blue, Kathleen has...
View BookAuthor: Stephen King
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Author Stephen King
Narrator Josh Hamilton
Duration 1h 36m
From international bestseller Stephen King the first ebook ever published-a novella about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side.
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Adler
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Author Elizabeth Adler
Narrator Bernadette Dunne
Duration 8h 48m
Fen Dexter's quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fianc‚e. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he spends...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 3, Book 2
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator T P Mckenna
Duration 3h
A rich selection of Irish stories comprising: 'The Model Millionaire' by Oscar Wilde; 'Rosanna' by Agnes Castle; 'The Brown Man' by Gerald Griffin; 'Bob Pentland, or the Ganger Outwitted' by William Carleton; 'Araby' by James Joyce; 'Adventures of a Strolling Player' by Oliver Goldsmith and 'Sir Dominic Sarsfield' by Sheridan Le Fanu.
View BookAuthor: George Eliot
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Author George Eliot
Narrator Geraldine James
Duration 2h 24m
A touching tale of companionship and redemption, that challenges the age-old 'blood is thicker than water' adage. Silas Marner, a weaver, is cast out from his religious community and arrives in Raveloe, where he is feared because of his mysterious nature and brooding manner. When he is left an unwanted child to care for, his love for the child grow...
View BookThe Very World of Milton Jones, Series 1, Part 2
Author: Various
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Author Various
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SeriesThe Very World of Milton Jones Series 1, Book 2
Duration 26m
"Milton Jones, Milton Jones - so good, they named him". No-one knows where he's from - "As a child, I always remember my father saying to me 'Son, to pay for your education your mother and I had to make a lot of sacrifices.' Because they were both druids." No-one can predict what he gets up to -"I'm not getting on with my yoga teacher at the moment...
View BookAuthor: James Cary
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Author James Cary
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 48m
BBC Radio 4 sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941. Originally broadcast May - June 2009. Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other. Includes the following episodes: Royal Visit-A royal visitor is coming to inspect Bletchley Park, but the top b...
View BookAuthor: Georgette Heyer
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Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Sian Phillips
Duration 10h
Finding so young and pretty a girl as Amanda wandering unattended, Sir Gareth Ludlow knows it is his duty as a man of honour to restore her to her family. But it is to prove no easy task for the Corinthian. His captive in spring muslin has more than her rapturous good looks and bandboxes to aid her - she is also possessed of a runaway imagination.....
View BookTony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 1: The Mermaids Singing
Author: Val Mcdermid
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
Duration 13h 48m
Up until now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one's different - this one's on the loose. Four men have been found mutilated and tortured. As fear grips the city, the police turn to clinical psychologist Tony Hill for a profile of the killer. But soon Tony becomes the unsuspecting target in a battle of...
View BookStarry Night: A Christmas Novel
Author: Debbie Macomber
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Author Debbie Macomber
Narrator Rebecca Lowman
Duration 5h 21m
'Tis the season for love and second chances ... Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge first: Carrie must score the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. Living in Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a bestselling book about s...
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Gaskell
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Author Elizabeth Gaskell
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 6h 52m
This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Elizabeth Gaskell's tale of Manchester life is set in the 19th century when a series of bad harvests placed a heavy tax burden on workers. Gaskell's powerful drama, adapted here for Woman's Hour, is regarded as one of the most important novels of its time.
View BookChief Inspector Banks Book 7: Final Account
Author: Peter Robinson
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Author Peter Robinson
Narrator James Langton
SeriesInspector Banks, Book 7
Duration 9h 55m
In this chilling and surprising classic tale, the brutal, execution-style murder of a nondescript accountant opens up a deadly Pandora's Box of lies, double lives, blood, and deception for Chief Inspector Alan Banks.
View BookAuthor: Rita Bradshaw
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Author Rita Bradshaw
Narrator Anne Dover
Duration 12h 30m
As her mother lies dying, twelve-year-old Lucy Fallow promises to look after her younger siblings and keep house for her father and two older brothers. Over the following years the Depression tightens its grip. Times are hard and Lucy's situation is made more difficult by the ominous presence of Tom Crawford, who lives next door, the eldest son of...
View BookAuthor: Gabriel García Márquez
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Author Gabriel García Márquez
Narrator John Lee
Duration 14h 4m
One of the twentieth century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buend¡a family. Rich and brillia...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 3, Book 1
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookThe Navy Lark: Hms Troutbridge Rides the Swell
Author: Laurie Wyman, Sid Colin
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Author Laurie Wyman, Sid Colin
Narrator The Cast
SeriesThe Navy Lark, Book 3
Duration 2h 14m
Features: The Redundancy Drive, The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge, The Put-a-Horse-out-to-Graze Fund, Impressions for Survival. The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieute...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
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SeriesMurder Most Foul, Book 1
Duration 2h 25m
Horrible, gruesome, strange and fantastic, some of the best murder stories ever written. Some of the greatest crime stories ever written are brought together on a superb collection that will have listeners on the edge of their seats... wondering if they might be next!!! Who's that outside the door... or is it just the wind??
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb
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Author Charles Lamb
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 30m
An adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy in which hapless couples are forced into cross-dressing to avoid their loan-shark woes: Charles and Mary Lamb turn the master of all playwright's works to prose to great effect.
View BookThe Very World of Milton Jones, Series 1, Part 1
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Author Various
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SeriesThe Very World of Milton Jones Series 1, Book 1
Duration 26m
"Milton Jones, Milton Jones - so good, they named him". No-one knows where he's from - "As a child, I always remember my father saying to me 'Son, to pay for your education your mother and I had to make a lot of sacrifices.' Because they were both druids." No-one can predict what he gets up to -"I'm not getting on with my yoga teacher at the moment...
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