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The Infinite Monkey Cage: How To Build A Universe
Author: Robin Ince
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Author Robin Ince
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 44m
From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms. Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince take the musings of the great and the good of British scienc...
View BookAuthor: Judy Upton
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Author Judy Upton
Narrator Nadine Marshall
Duration 43m
Resourceful mum, Shanice, is persuaded by her next-door neighbour, Evie, to take up the bizarre sport of jelly wrestling to make ends meet in this BBC Radio 4 'Afternon Play'. 'Jelly Babes' was originally broadcast on 13 April 2011. Becky, AKA 'Azaria The Amazon', shows Shanice the ropes, and she is soon wowing the rowdy stag night audiences with h...
View BookAuthor: Oscar Wilde
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Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 30m
The affair between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquess of Queensbury, led to a series of three trials in 1895, and Wilde's imprisonment for two years. He died three and a half years later in Paris at the age of 46. This recording recreates these sensational trials from the original transcripts.
View BookAuthor: Weil Andrew
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Author Weil Andrew
Narrator Weil Andrew
Duration 8h 31m
At the heart of Healthy Aging is Dr. Weil's belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. To that end, he draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity- diet, ac...
View BookIt's Your Round, Series 1, Episode 6
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's Your Round Series 1, Book 6
Duration 27m
'It's Your Round' is the comedy panel game where the format is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the panellists has brought along their own round for the others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and unpredictable. In this final episode Johnny Vaughan, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty and Arthur Smith battle it out to see who...
View BookTom Wriggleworth's Open Letters, Series 1
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
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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.
View BookAuthor: Dave Gorman
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Author Dave Gorman
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 48m
'Genius Series 3' sees Dave Gorman and celebrity guests Charlie Brooker, Matthew Wright, Gyles Brandreth, Rob Newman, Germaine Greer and Simon Munnery chew over ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Genius invites listeners to air those incredible concepts that strike you just before falling int...
View BookJust Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
Author: Paul Bloom
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Author Paul Bloom
Narrator Mike Chamberlain
Duration 6h 41m
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is the role of society-and especially parents-to transform them from little sociopaths into civilized beings. In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans...
View BookIt's Your Round, Series 1, Episode 5
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's Your Round Series 1, Book 5
Duration 27m
It's Your Round' is the comedy panel game where the format is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the panellists has brought along their own round for the others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and unpredictable. Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations inta...
View BookAuthor: Jane Robinson
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Author Jane Robinson
Narrator Carole Boyd
Duration 6h 57m
Robinson presents the inspiring story of the first young women who overcame all the odds to get their education and attend university. Using the words of the women themselves, this book charts the fight for and expansion of higher education for women.
View BookAuthor: Heather Couper
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Author Heather Couper
Narrator The Author, Various
Duration 6h 46m
In this 30-part BBC Radio 4 series, astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our understanding of the universe. Her journey begins at the beginning as people first gaze in wonder at the life-giving Sun, the wandering planets and the changing phases of the Moon. Along the way we meet the ancient astronomers, as well as many pioneering scienti...
View BookIt's Your Round, Series 1, Episode 4
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's Your Round Series 1, Book 4
Duration 27m
'It's Your Round' is the comedy panel game where the format is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the panellists has brought along their own round for the others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and unpredictable. Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations int...
View BookAuthor: Muhammad Ali
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Author Muhammad Ali
Narrator Dion Graham
Duration 16h 26m
In his own words, the heavyweight champion of the world pulls no punches as he chronicles the battles he faced in and out of the ring in this fascinating memoir edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison. Growing up in the South, surrounded by racial bigotry and discrimination, Ali fought not just for a living, but also for respect and r...
View BookAuthor: Carr Alan
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Author Carr Alan
Narrator Carr Alan
Duration 8h 23m
It must seem strange to you that I've called a book Alanatomy. For anyone who has taken the time to see my stand-up performances or watched my chat show, 'Chattyman', knows that my body has hardly been kind to me - in fact there've been times when we've actually stopped talking to each other. Balding, myopic, often flaky with psoriasis, back fat th...
View BookIt's Your Round, Series 1, Episode 3
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's Your Round Series 1, Book 3
Duration 27m
'It's Your Round' is the comedy panel game where the format is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the panellists has brought along their own round for the others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and unpredictable. Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations int...
View BookAuthor: Josie Long
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Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 14m
The third episode, Obscure Animal Facts, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planet's 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 4 March 2009 and repeated on 30 December 2010. In Obscure Animal Facts...
View BookAuthor: Niall Ferguson
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Author Niall Ferguson
Narrator Roy Mcmillan
Duration 33h 13m
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the "indispensable man", whose advice has been sought by every president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, Kissinger has also attracted immense hostility from critics who have cast him as an amoral Machiavellian - the ultimate cold-blooded "realist"...
View BookAuthor: Mitchell Victoria Coren
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Author Mitchell Victoria Coren
Narrator Victoria Coren Mitchell
Duration 1h 50m
Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer in this four-part BBC Radio 4 series. In these four episodes, presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell and guests discuss their lives as seen through the prism of the cars they have known, the journeys they've been on and the things they keep in their boot for...
View BookIt's Your Round, Series 1, Episode 2
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesIt's Your Round Series 1, Book 2
Duration 27m
'It's Your Round' is the comedy panel game where the format is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the panellists has brought along their own round for the others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and unpredictable. Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations int...
View BookFry's English Delight: Word Games
Author: Stephen Fry
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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...
View BookAuthor: Josie Long
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Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 14m
The second episode, The Enlightenment, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planet's 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 25 February 2009 and repeated on 29 December 2010. In the second episode,...
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