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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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Fry's English Delight, Series 4
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 1h 50m
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4. 'The Mouth': Why is the human food processor and word processor in the same unit? Stephen Fry takes you inside 'this hole we call cake' - the most important part of speech. 'Brevity': A celebration of the miniature in English. Tim...
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Fry's English Delight: Word Games
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 49m
Is English an innately playful language? Are word games good for you? Do we divide into number and word players? And could Scrabble have been invented in any other language? In this special programme, Stephen examines many word games, and we'll hear some familiar voices playing unfamiliar games-Sheila Dillon from The Food Programme plays Font or Ch...
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Tom Wriggleworth's Open Letters, Series 1
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
Duration 1h 50m
Through the medium of four open letters, the comedian Tom Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain. His subjects range from traffic wardens to estate agents, with Tom recalling his own funny and ridiculous experiences as well as recounting the absurd encounters of others.
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Author: Robert Graves
Author Robert Graves
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 53m
Robert Graves relates his time in the trenches. Robert Graves's writing is versatile and intense. Famous as a war poet, his prose works are on a stage of their own, especially this piece, which is an autobiographical account of Grave's school days and life as a soldier in the trenches in World War 1. Political as well as personal, the piece is imp...
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A Close Shot With A Charge of Sixpence
Author: Sir Samuel Baker
Author Sir Samuel Baker
Narrator Dinsdale Landen
Duration 17m
Sir Samuel White Baker, (b. 8 June 1821 - d. 30 December 1893) was a British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. This account of a big game encounter is a thrilling testimony that relays the sights, smells and especially sounds of a nineteenth-century hunting experience.
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Just A Classic Minute Volume 5
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 19m
Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton introduce four classic archive episodes of the ever-popular Radio 4 comedy panel game.
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Just A Classic Minute Volume 6
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 13m
Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton introduce Ian Messiter's four classic archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game. Just as uproariously funny and terrifically popular today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1967, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or devi...
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Just A Minute: The Best of 2005
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 52m
The Best of Just a Minute is a yearly event which brings together the greatest shows of the year. Just a Minute was devised by the late Ian Messiter, who came up with the idea on the top of a number 13 bus, where he suddenly remembered the horrible task of speaking for one minute without hesitation or deviation being meted out by one of his school...
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