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Author: Caryl Churchill, Megan Austin Oberle
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Author Caryl Churchill, Megan Austin Oberle
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 38m
It's the middle of the high-flying, go-getting 80's in Magge Thatcher's England and Marlene finally has something to celebrate - she's just been made Managing Director of Top Girls Employment Agency. But with no friends to speak of, and a past she'd just as soon forget, the guests at Marlene's party are a collection of famous women from history. So...
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Author Ken Narasaki
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 31m
Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-w...
View BookAuthor: John Creasey
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Author John Creasey
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 5h 39m
Terence Alexander stars in these two classic crime dramas, adapted from the novels of John CreaseyMeet The Honourable Richard Rollison - a.k.a the Toff. A debonair aristocrat and ace amateur sleuth, he's the scourge of London's criminal underworld: sometimes working alone, sometimes hand-in-glove with the police. But wherever he goes, he leaves his...
View BookInspector West: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection
Author: John Creasey
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Author John Creasey
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 9h 54m
Three vintage crime serials, adapted from John Creasey's hugely popular thrillersRoger West is a home-loving, hard-hitting and very human policeman. Nicknamed 'Handsome' West, he's more than just a pretty face - he's also Scotland Yard's youngest, smartest detective and a crime-solving supremo. Six of his adventures were dramatised for radio betwee...
View BookA Charles Paris Mystery: A Doubtful Death
Author: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
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Author Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrator Bill Nighy, Full Cast
Duration 2h 10m
Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles ParisCharles Paris is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept drama company. No fan of immersive theatre, he's unimpressed with the director's vision and less than thrilled to be rehearsing alongside puppeteers and mime artists.But he soon finds...
View BookA Charles Paris Mystery Book 4: An Amateur Corpse
Author: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
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Author Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrator Bill Nighy, Full Cast
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 4
Duration 1h 52m
Charles is out of work again, and to make matters worse his mother has come to stay and he's no way of escaping her. So when he's offered some voiceover work by old friend, Hugo, he's delighted to get out of the house. But Hugo's marriage is in trouble: his much younger wife, Ellie, spends all her time at her Amateur Dramatic Group, and Hugo is dri...
View BookA Charles Paris Mystery Book 17: Dead Room Farce
Author: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
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Author Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrator Bill Nighy, BBC Full-Cast
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 17
Duration 1h 51m
Bill Nighy stars as actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Simon Brett's novelCharles' career is on the up. He's starring in a revival of a popular (though hackneyed) 70's farce – and while his fellow actors aren't exactly who you'd want to find yourself in bed with, he's happy to be in work.But...
View BookDSI Julie Enfield Investigates
Author: Nick Fisher
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Author Nick Fisher
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 11h 43m
All five series of the BBC Radio 4 crime drama featuring Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield, starring Imelda StauntonDogged DSI Julie Enfield probes eight gruesome cases in these dark, atmospheric radio dramas.Terminus finds her investigating the 'Lucky Charm' murders, as she searches for an elusive serial killer who haunts the railway station....
View BookAuthor: Colin Dexter
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Author Colin Dexter
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 38m
Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories. In Last Seen Wearing, Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing person case from a dead colleague. But two years, three months and two days after teenager Valerie Ta...
View BookAuthor: Tennessee Williams
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Author Tennessee Williams
Narrator Edward Albee
Duration 2h 49m
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the public...
View BookThe Ruth Rendell BBC Radio Drama Collection
Author: Ruth Rendell
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Author Ruth Rendell
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 52m
Full-cast dramatisations of seven of Ruth Rendell's tense psychological thrillers. This collection includes: Tracks 1-2 - The Bridesmaid: A beautiful stone statue and her living double lead Philip into a nightmare of obsession and murder. Tracks 3-4 - Going Wrong: Besotted with his childhood sweetheart, Leonora, psychopathic Guy Curran will do a...
View BookAuthor: Lindsey Davis
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Author Lindsey Davis
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Duration 12h 21m
Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco. The Silver Pigs:One fine day, A.D. 70, Sosia Camillina quite literally runs into Marcus Didius Falco on the steps of the Forum. It seems Sosia is on the run from a couple of street toughs, and after a quick and dirty...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
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Duration 1h 18m
A full-cast BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, known to be a favourite among her own works.When Doctor Calgary visits the Argyle family, he believes he brings good news. He is there to clear the name of Jacko, who was convicted of the murder of his own mother, Rachel. But the doctor's news is not greeted with the enthusiasm he expec...
View BookAuthor: John Webster
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Author John Webster
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Duration 2h 20m
Barbara Jefford, Robert Stephens and Alec McCowen lead a distinguished company in this haunting performance of Webster's powerful tragedy of murder, revenge and thwarted love.
View BookAuthor: Oliver Goldsmith
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Author Oliver Goldsmith
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Duration 1h 55m
Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play concludes happily.
View BookAuthor: Noel Coward
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Author Noel Coward
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Duration 1h 16m
The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. PRIVATE LIVES shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth.
View BookAuthor: W. G. Sebald
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Author W. G. Sebald
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 29m
Inspired by an old photograph album to investigate the life of a lost relative, a man finds himself on a journey that traverses the 20th century, leading him from an American asylum to the shores of the Dead Sea. Adapted by Edward Kemp from W G Sebald's acclaimed novel about the experiences of Jewish emigrants. Starring John Wood, Henry Goodman, El...
View BookUnder Milk Wood and Other Plays
Author: Dylan Thomas
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Author Dylan Thomas
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Duration 2h 12m
'Under Milk Wood' is Dylan Thomas' most successful play: an all-seeing narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of an imaginary small Welsh village, Llareggub. The classic 1954 recording, featuring a cast led by Richard Burton as 'First Voice', is considered to be definitive. This collection al...
View BookThe Playboy of the Western World
Author: John Millington Synge
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Author John Millington Synge
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Duration 1h 27m
One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge premiered this play in 1907. It immediately provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous 'Playboy' riots. It has been recorded and adapted many times, but this recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack
View BookAmbridge Affairs: Love Triangles
Author: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 31m
Two stories of love, lust, happiness and heartache from Britain's longest-running radio serial. Pub landlord Sid Perks is led astray when his keep-fit regime at the local gym leads to a steamy affair with Jolene Rogers, a country-and-western singer. For Emma Carter, choosing a husband is not so straightforward. She finds herself torn between loyal,...
View BookAuthor: Vikram Seth
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Author Vikram Seth
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Duration 5h 44m
The story unfolds through four middle class families - the Mehras, Kappoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married. But not to just anyone she happens to fall in love with. There are standards to be met and finding a husband for Lata becomes a family affair in which all the members...
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