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Author: Terry Wogan
Author Terry Wogan
Narrator The Author
Duration 2h 55m
Terry Wogan is one of Britain's most popular and successful broadcasters. Witty, charming and relaxed, he has undoubtedly captured the nation's heart. Here, for the first time, he tells his story, from his beginnings in Limerick to incredible success as a national celebrity, in his own delightfully laconic fashion.
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Parkinson Interviews: The Goons and Peter Sellers
Author: Michael Parkinson
Author Michael Parkinson
Narrator Michael Parkinson Et Al
Duration 2h 30m
Includes: Two Interviews from The Parkinson Show. Between and 1971 and 1982, Michael Parkinson interviewed some of the greatest show business talents in more than 500 episodes of Parkinson.
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Author: Keith Richards
Author Keith Richards
Narrator Various
Duration 23h
With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world. Over four decades, he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done. Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the...
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Author: Dawn French
Author Dawn French
Narrator Liza Tarbuck
Duration 6h 30m
Dawn French invites us into her most personal relationships with, among others, her mum and dad, her husband, her daughter and her friend, Jennifer. Dawn reveals the people, experiences and obsessions that have influenced her and that helped shape her comedy creations - including dogs, grandmas, teenage angst, school, stealing and David Cassidy. Sh...
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John Peel Remembered: Margrave of the Marshes
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 1m
John Peel Remembered includes the Radio 4 Book of the Week serialisation of Margrave of the Marshes, Peel's part-written autobiography completed by his wife, Sheila Ravenscroft.
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Johnners' It's Been A Lot of Fun
Author: Brian Johnston
Author Brian Johnston
Narrator Brian Johnston
Duration 1h 15m
Brian Johnston covered cricket for BBC Radio and Television, at home and abroad, since 1946. After Eton, Oxford and The Guards he joined the BBC only by chance. In this reading from his book he covers his career and family life from the start.
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Author: Tony Benn
Series: The Benn Tapes, Book 2
Author Tony Benn
Narrator Tony Benn
SeriesThe Benn Tapes, Book 2
Duration 1h 54m
Now issued for the first time on audio, this is the second volume of behind-the-scenes revelations from Labour MP Tony Benn's highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series. The Observer called it `Irresistible fly-on-the-wall history as it actually happens.' Late each night for over twenty-five years the Labour MP and former Secretary of State Tony Benn sat...
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Douglas Adams At the BBC: A Celbration of the Author's Life and Work
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Simon Jones
Duration 3h 47m
Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, presents a look back at the life and work of a writer who has captivated the imagination of millions. When Douglas Adams created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for BBC Radio 4, it was the genesis of a science fiction comedy legend. In this programme, Simon Jones t...
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Scott and Amundsen: Their Race To the South Pole
Author: Roland Huntford
Author Roland Huntford
Narrator Tim Piggott-Smith
Duration 7h 30m
Scott and Amundsen is a controversial double biography of the first and second to reach the South pole. This audiobook has been described as the 'case against Scott' and it does not hold back on criticism of him. Plus it looks at evidence that Scott's failure was not just because of his personality but examines problems that existed out of his cont...
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Author: Alan Bennett
Series: Alan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 3
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
SeriesAlan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 3
Duration 2h 28m
Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. Following on from Untold Stories: Part 1: Stories and Part 2: The Diaries (also available from BBC Audiobooks), Part 3: Written on the Body is both a reflection on Alan Be...
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Noel Coward; An Audio Biography
Author: Sheridan Morley
Author Sheridan Morley
Narrator Sheridan Morley
Duration 2h 33m
Playwright, actor, singer, songwriter, poet and scriptwriter, Sir No‰l Coward used his `talent to amuse' to spectacular effect for almost sixty years. Sir Laurence Olivier, Lord Mountbatten and Joyce Carey are just some of the voices heard paying tribute to the elegant star in this audio biography which is linked by the broadcaster and criti...
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Author: Gerard Hoffnung
Author Gerard Hoffnung
Narrator Humphrey Lyttleton
Duration 2h
Gerard Hoffnung was an artist, musician, broadcaster, raconteur - and genius. A true Renaissance Man, the multi-faceted Hoffnung crammed a great deal into his tragically short span. Using much previously unreleased archive material, this audio biography, presented by Humphrey Lyttelton, looks at every aspect of his life and career. From his childho...
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Alan Bennett: Diaries 1980-1990
Author: Alan Bennett
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 1h 59m
Alan Bennett's gentle, wry observations of life have made him one of the country's best-loved and most famous authors. He reads extracts from his bestselling diaries which offer a fascinating insight into his life - the work on location, life in Camden and fond, poignant memories of his childhood and home life.
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Alan Bennett At the BBC: Highlights of His BBC Career
Author: Alan Bennett
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 2h 35m
A unique anthology of Alan Bennett's radio and television work featuring extracts from his diaries and readings, tributes to friends Russell Harty and Peter Cook plus commentary and specially recorded links by Bennett himself.
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Author: Alan Bennett
Series: Alan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 4
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
SeriesAlan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 4
Duration 2h 24m
lan Bennett reads three further chapters from Untold Stories, his major collection of new writings. Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. After Untold Stories: Part 1: Stories, Part 2: The Diaries and Part 3:...
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Author: Alan Bennett
Series: Alan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 2
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Alan Bennett
SeriesAlan Bennet's Untold Stories, Book 2
Duration 2h 34m
Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. Part 2: The Diaries Alan Bennett's diaries from 1997-2004 are an erudite collection of witty yet poignant recollections told in his own unique voice. Whether appreciating...
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Author: BBC Audiobooks
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Tim Piggott-Smith
Duration 2h 32m
'We Churchills die at forty,' said Winston in 1908, 'and I want to put something more on the slate before then.' By the time he died in 1965, the slate was full. From his earliest days Churchill was an ambitious character, eager for action.He achieved fame and popularity through his dispatches from the Boer War, and in 1900 was elected MP for Oldha...
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Free At Last: The Diaries 1991-2001
Author: Tony Benn
Author Tony Benn
Narrator Tony Benn
Duration 5h 13m
Taken from the new book of the same name, these are Tony Benn's diaries from 1991 - 2001, read by Tony Benn. They encompass the Gulf War, the rise of New Labour, and the global consequences of the attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001. These political observations are entwined with a moving personal account of family life to produce a...
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Author: Gerald Durrell
Author Gerald Durrell
Narrator Hugh Bonneville
Duration 4h 20m
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...
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Author: E.W. Swanton
Author E.W. Swanton
Narrator The Author
Duration 3h 9m
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...
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Author: Lorna Byrne
Author Lorna Byrne
Narrator Maureen O'Brien
Duration 11h 13m
Byrne is not alone in believing in angels: three quarters of Americans and more than a third of Britons are also convinced that such heavenly helpers exist. If you met a woman who said that she talked to angels every day, you might be forgiven for raising a discreetly cynical eyebrow but somehow, Lorna Byrne is different.Thousands of people say tha...
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