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Author: Steve Wozniak
Author Steve Wozniak
Narrator Patrick Lawlor
Duration 9h 13m
The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young...
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Just A Minute: The Best of 2011
Author: Ian Messiter
Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Nicholas Parsons
Duration 1h 51m
Four specially selected episodes of Radio 4's much-loved panel game, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. 'Welcome to Just a Minute! And as the Minute Waltz fades away... Please talk for 60 seconds on a random subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation...' First broadcast in 1968, 'Just a Minute' is one of the longest-running radio comedy shows. A...
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The Rogue: Searching For the Real Sarah Palin
Author: Joe Mcginniss
Author Joe Mcginniss
Narrator Arthur Morey
Duration 11h 1m
After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon. On Election Day 2008, McGinniss began his on-the-ground reporting that culminated, famously, in his moving next door to Sarah Palin...
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Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own
Author: Josie Long
Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 13m
The fourth and final episode, Propriety, Plants, Grandparents, and Growing Your Own, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planets Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 11 March 2009 and repeated o...
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Author: Sautoy Marcus Du
Author Sautoy Marcus Du
Narrator Marcus Du Sautoy
Duration 2h 13m
This ten-part history of mathematics reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. He explores...
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Author: Martin Sixsmith
Series: Russia, Book 1
Author Martin Sixsmith
Narrator Martin Sixsmith
SeriesRussia, Book 1
Duration 5h 37m
The first 25 episodes from the landmark BBC Radio series. Martin Sixsmith brings his firsthand experience of reporting from Russia to this fascinating narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union finally lost its grip on power. Power struggles have a constant presence in his story, from the Mongol hordes that invaded in the 13th...
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Coal and Dole: Voices of the Powerless
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 33m
In this episode taken from the BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg visits Merthyr Tydfil to look at the plight of the miners in the Depression. The industrial communities of South Wales, built first on iron smelting in the 18th century, and coal in the 19th, had known great prosperity. Merthyr Tydfil was once the largest town in Wales, and in 1914, 25...
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The Crofters' Farewell: Voices of the Powerless
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 31m
Visiting the Hebridean island of Mull today, it's not long before someone mentions the steep decline in population that the Scottish highlands and islands suffered 150 to 200 years ago. And it was a depopulation that the crofters were powerless to do anything about-in a phrase that sounds a knell almost as chilling as today's 'ethnic cleansing', th...
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Author: Melvyn Bragg
Series: Routes of English, Book 1
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English, Book 1
Duration 2h 46m
Melvyn Bragg looks at how English has evolved over 1,000 years, looking at the disappearance of old dialects like that of Cumbria, and how it has been enriched by foreign languages, from Latin, Old French, and then dozens more as conquest, trade and immigration played their part in recent centuries.
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Down and Out In Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Author George Orwell
Narrator Jeremy Northam
Duration 6h 54m
Orwell was arguably one of the first 'gonzo' journalists. In this unabridged, enlightening and often shocking expose of life on the streets of two of Europe's most romanticised and celebrated cities, Orwell describes in detail the day-to-day life of a 'down-and-out', which involves hunger, filth, derision and often prejudice and violence. Alcohol i...
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 1
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 1
Duration 29m
"How to be a popular figure around town" Note: This is part one of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 2
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 2
Duration 29m
"How to have a Baby" Note: This is part two of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 3
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 3
Duration 29m
"How to be a leader of men" Note: This is part three of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 4
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 4
Duration 28m
"How to be a father - part one" Note: This is part four of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 5
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 5
Duration 29m
"How to be a father - part two" Note: This is part five of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Series: Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 6
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 6
Duration 28m
"How to meet the Challenge of the 21st Century" Note: This is part six of a series of six parts.
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John Arlott's Cricketing Wides, Byes and Slips!
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator John Arlott
Duration 1h 9m
John Arlott was BBC's Voice of Cricket for more than 30 summers and reported on all the key cricket matches from the 40's to his final commentary in 1980 at Lords. The imagery and wit of an uncomparable broadcaster is captured here in a unique collection of historic moments. From the 40's we hear about Bradman's last test, from the 50's Compton's h...
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Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs
Author: Rhod Gilbert
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator Various
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This final episode features live music from The Hoosiers, including the hit Worried About Ray, and the guest comedian is Jo...
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Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrell of Laughs
Author: Rhod Gilbert
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator Various
Duration 56m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show for Radio 2 featuring regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. Episode four features live music from Goldheart Assembly, including hits King of Rome, Engraver's Daughter and new sin...
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Author: Rhod Gilbert
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator The Cast
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This second episode features live music from Athlete, including hits Superhuman Touch and Half Light, and the guest comedian is tr...
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Author: Rhod Gilbert
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator The Cast
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This fifth episode features live music from Divine Comedy, including the hit National Express, and the guest comedian is Sh...
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