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Author: Simon Passmore
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Author Simon Passmore
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 56m
A fast-paced psychological thriller from BBC Radio 4's 'Saturday Play' slot, originally broadcast 26 March 2011. A city banker is found dead in an opulent apartment. At the funeral, his former girlfriend Helen is unexpectedly questioned about when she last saw him. Did he mention computer files, or give her anything as a keepsake? Helen's suspicion...
View BookAuthor: Esther Freud
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Author Esther Freud
Narrator Esther Freud
Duration 3h
Written through the eyes of a six-year-old girl, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of two sisters taken on the trail to Marrakesh during the late sixties by their well-meaning but impulsive hippy mother.
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Patrick Malahide
Duration 3h
A collection of eight classic horror stories: 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W Jacobs; 'Timber' by John Galsworthy; 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe; 'The Squaw' by Bram Stoker; 'Martin's Close' by M.R James; 'The Man in the Bell' by W.E Aytoun; ' Caterpillars' by E. F Benson and 'A Tale of Terror' by Thomas Hood.
View BookI Will Finish With the Story of A Good Cat
Author: Anonymous
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Author Anonymous
Narrator Liza Goddard
Duration 1m
A short overture to the value of trusty animal friends, that also incorporates some historical interest and is a warming closer and thinking-point taken from CSA Word's 'Cats' collection'.
View BookAuthor: Sebastian Bacziewicz
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Author Sebastian Bacziewicz
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SeriesPilgrim Series 2, Book 1
Duration 43m
The first play in Pilgrim Series 2, a collection of four BBC Radio 4 modern-day fantasy adventures written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and starring Paul Hilton as Pilgrim. The Drowned Church was originally broadcast in the Afternoon Play slot on 31 August 2010. What if all the myths and folktales of these islands were true? And what if they were not o...
View BookAuthor: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Author Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Duration 1h 26m
Wine shop owner Gerald desperately needs money: his business is failing and the landlord has raised the cost of the lease. When he inherits a watch that used to belong to wartime Nazi Joachim Von Ribbentrop he believes that his financial troubles are over. But it sparks conflict with his wife and brother, who question the ethics of the potential sa...
View BookThe Goon Show: The Case of the Missing Heir
Author: Spike Milligan
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Author Spike Milligan
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SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 24
Duration 2h
Four previously unreleased episodes of the archive radio comedy, selected by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan's biographer. The episodes are: The Case of the Missing Heir (11/1/55), The Secret Escritoire (27/9/55), The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy (24/11/58), The Dreaded Piano Clubber (26/12/86). Goon but not forgotten! From 1952 to 1960 the Goons rule...
View BookAuthor: Robert Harris
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Author Robert Harris
Narrator Michael Jayston
Duration 9h 43m
Set in Martha's Vineyard, 'The Ghost' tells the story of a writer who accepts the request to ghost-write the memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister. He soon realises he has made a mistake. The ex-Prime Minister turns out to be a man with many secrets.
View BookAuthor: P. D. James
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Author P. D. James
Narrator Julian Glover
Duration 9h 47m
The year is 2021. No child has been born for a quarter of a century. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, Warden of England, the old are despairing, the young beautiful but cruel.
View BookCousins' War Series Book 1: The White Queen
Author: Philippa Gregory
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Author Philippa Gregory
Narrator Susan Lyons
SeriesCousin's War, Book 1
Duration 15h 2m
Philippa Gregory-the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Parker Pen Novel of the Year The Other Boleyn Girl-delivers the first in a series of historical novels set during the tumultuous War of the Roses. This compelling tale of romance, rivalry, and revenge unfolds through the eyes of Elizabeth Woodville, the woman whose renowned beauty catapu...
View BookAuthor: Andy Mcnab
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Author Andy Mcnab
Narrator Paul Thornley
Duration 10h 30m
When a young trooper is shot in the head at the Regiment's renowned Killing House, Nick Stone is perfectly qualified to investigate the mysterious circumstances more deeply. He has just returned from Moscow - still trying to come to terms with the fact that his girlfriend and baby son are safer there without him - so combines an unrivalled understa...
View BookFather Brown, Series 2: The Complete Series
Author: G K Chesterton
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Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h 45m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In Series 2, the High Priest of detection becomes involved in s...
View BookDoctor Who: The Way Through the Woods
Author: Una McCormack
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Author Una McCormack
Narrator Meera Syal
Duration 4h 27m
England, today. Between the housing estate and the motorway lies an ancient wood. The motorway bends to avoid it. Last week, teenager Laura Brown went missing. Tonight, Vicky Caine will miss her bus and take a shortcut through the wood. And she will disappear too. England, 1917. Between the village and the main road lies an ancient wood. The old Ro...
View BookAuthor: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Nigel Hawthorne
Duration 3h
Seven chuckle-inducing tales including: 'Brugglesmith' by Rudyard Kipling, 'The Cricket Match' from 'England, their England' by A.G. Macdonell, 'Reginald on House Parties' by Saki, 'The Great Winglebury Duel' by Charles Dickens, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain, 'A Photographer's Day Out' by Lewis Carroll and 'Jeff Pe...
View BookAuthor: Angela Huth
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Author Angela Huth
Narrator Rosalind Ayres
Duration 11m
A doting Grandmother comes a cropper of temptation when attempting to prove to her daughter that she can care for her children. Set on showing the kids a good time, Gran plays dressing up, the children's favourite game, although getting carried away with the charade may prove misguided.
View BookFags, Mags & Bags, Series 1, Episode 2: The De-magowaning of Ramesh
Author: Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
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Author Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary
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SeriesFags, Mags & Bags Series 1, Book 2
Duration 28m
The De-Magowaning of Ramesh. Corner shop owner Ramesh has toothache and Sanjay embraces retail.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
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SeriesMiss Marple, Book 9
Duration 2h 9m
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major'...
View BookAuthor: Brett Mckenzie, Jemaine Clement
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Author Brett Mckenzie, Jemaine Clement
Narrator The Authors
Duration 2h 58m
The complete BBC Radio 2 series from Perrier Award nominated duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement features Rob Brydon and Neil Finn. Flight of the Conchords are Bret McKenzie (guitar and vocals) and Jemaine Clement (vocals and guitar) and they're New Zealand's fourth best folk guitar-based jazz, techno, hip-hop duo. Over six episodes we follow the...
View BookAuthor: Anthony Mccarten
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Author Anthony Mccarten
Narrator John Lee
Duration 8h 40m
Brought to you by Penguin. On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European po...
View BookAuthor: Hanna Jameson
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Author Hanna Jameson
Narrator Anthony Starke
Duration 12h 15m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Last by Hanna Jameson, read by Anthony Starke. BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead. BREAKING: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm. Jon Keller was on a trip to Switzerland when the world ended. More than anything he wishes he had...
View BookAuthor: P. D. James
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Author P. D. James
Narrator Daniel Weyman
SeriesInspector Adam Dalgliesh, Book 12
Duration 12h 44m
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of both staff a...
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