Voyage of the Beagle foreshadows Darwin's world-changing On The Origin of Species (also a CSA Word audiobook read by Richard Dawkins), in its constant intellectual quest. Darwin - still only in his early twenties - never just accepts what he sees, but wants to understand it; he shares his thinking in clear, entertaining, witty, even lyrical writing...

Durrell's autobiographical account of his childhood, concentrating on his time spent in Corfu 1935-39, is rich with both humour and naturalist observations on the ecosystems and nature of the island. A heartfelt and warming account of island life that impacted significantly on tourism in Corfu, this memoir is one for listeners all ages and inclinat...

Join Professor John Lloyd and Curator Bill Bailey as they plunge down the badger hole of ignorance in a search for the universe's most mind-boggling oddnesses. The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside unless it makes you scratch your head, stroke your...

Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string theorist's nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, hurriedly throw the dust covers off the Museum's clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of the BBC's most improving comedy panel show. This complete third BBC Radio 4 series fea...

'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War ...' Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion; in this audiobook they get a chance to tell their own stor...

Follow comedian Mark Steel (Mark Steel Lectures, The News Quiz) as he visits six lesser-known bits of Britain, finds the funniest moments in their history - and then performs a stand-up show for the local audience. In his first show, Mark finds himself in a livestock auction hall in Skipton, Yorkshire, celebrating canals, castles and cows, while in...

The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside unless it makes you scratch your head, stroke your chin or, at the very least, go 'Hmm'. Secondly, it is almost completely empty. Fortunately, helping to fill its vacant plinths is a gathering of the world's mos...

Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).

When he was fourteen years old, some friends of his parents gave wildlife sound recordist, Chris Watson, The Observer's Book of Birds. Flicking through the pages, Chris was captivated by the description of a bird which sang at night. The bird was a Nightingale; and since first reading about it, Chris has been fortunate enough to hear Nightingales b...

Few can forget where they were twenty years ago when they first heard Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. The show was an immediate smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on a Saturday night, which was particularly astonishing since the show went out on Thursdays. Since that fateful first series, the show has gone on to win Sony awards, Writers Gu...

Few can forget where they were thirteen years ago when they first heard "Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation". The show was an immediate smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on a Saturday night, which was particularly astonishing since the show went out on Thursdays. Since that fateful first series, the show has gone on to win Sony awards, Writer...

Few can forget where they were twenty years ago when they first heard Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. The show was an immediate smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on a Saturday night, which was particularly astonishing since the show went out on Thursdays. Since that fateful first series, the show has gone on to win Sony awards, Writers Gu...

The Last Over really was the last Memoir from a fine sporting journalist mainly for the London Daily Telegraph and also a former BBC broadcaster. He made this recording at the age of 91 and sadly died soon after. An authoritative account largely of cricket from a man whose knowledge of the game was second to none! E.W. 'Jim' Swanton was cricket cor...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is Simon Pegg, Pe...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is: Peter Baynham...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is: Peter Baynham...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is: Peter Baynham...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is: Peter Baynham...

It's back, the show they didn't dare call King Stupid Series 2! A new presenter, new panellists, new title, new timeslot, new silly games and more jokes than ever in the show Robert Hanks in The Independent called "a brilliant panel game" and Tracey MacLeod in Night & Day called "genuinely brilliant". The line up for this show is: Peter Baynham...

It's back! the Radio Four panel game that's not about sport, music, television, advertising, books, hats or gardening. Just funny rounds with funny ideas. The line up for this show is Bill Bailey, Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg and Peter Serafinowicz and was broadcast on 19th July 2001.

It's back! the Radio Four panel game that's not about sport, music, television, advertising, books, hats or gardening. Just funny rounds with funny ideas. The line up for this show is Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg and David Quantick and was broadcast on 26th July 2001.