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Author: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 1m
In this BBC full-cast production of The Merchant of Venice, love, bigotry, greed, and justice are entwined.Shakespeare's classic play explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice, with parallel stories centred on the moneylender, Shylock, and the lovers, Portia and Bassanio. Shylock's angry insistence on the repayment of his...
View BookAuthor: J. M Barrie
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Author J. M Barrie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 56m
A BBC Radio adaptation of J. M. Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler. Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature, with masters and servants living together as equals, but Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system. He cannot help but...
View BookPaul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Author: Francis Durbridge
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Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 2h 41m
This is another six-part case for crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist Steve. First transmitted in 1965, it was the penultimate episode of the series, which on and off had spanned 30 years from 1938 to 1968.
View BookAuthor: John Le Carre
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Author Carre John Le
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 54m
A cBBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carr‚'s fourth novel, starring Simon Russell Beale as Smiley and Piotr Baumann as Fred Leiser. When word reaches 'The Department' - an ailing section of British intelligence - that Soviet missiles are being installed close to the West German border, it seems the perfect opportunity to show Control and S...
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
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Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Thora Hird, Imelda Staunton, Brian Wilde
Duration 29m
Taken from Alan Bennett: Triple Bill, April 2007 Release. A naive, inexperienced social worker calls on an elderly couple - but does she need more help than they do?
View BookAuthor: J R R Tolkien
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Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 3h 42m
Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to 'The Lord of the Rings', has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest and a dramatic climax. At the centre is the unsuspecting hero Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving, unambitious Hobbit who is suddenly thrust into the bigges...
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
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Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 29m
Alan Bennett's new, award-winning play as heard on BBC Radio 3 features the National Theatre cast. Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison and Frances de la Tour star. At a boys' grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-forme...
View BookDante's Inferno: The Divine Comedy Series, Book 1
Author: Alighieri Dante
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Author Alighieri Dante
Narrator Alex Jennings, Laurie Anderson, Colin Redgrave
SeriesThe Divine Comedy, Book 1
Duration 49m
This original and refreshingly different dramatisation follows Dante, 'lost in a dark wood', who is met by Virgil, who takes him on a tour of the underworld: a place he could end up if he decides to take his own life. Starring Corin Redgrave as Dante, Alex Jennings as Virgil, Laurie Anderson as Beatrice and Arthur Brown as The Gate of Hell and prod...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various Readers
Duration 2h 30m
Shakespeare's play, set during the Roman invasion of Britain, centres around the banishment of the man who has incurred the wrath of the king by secretly marrying his daughter. Confusion follows in an intricate plot in which nobody is quite who they seem to be.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 17m
In this BBC full-cast production of Henry IV Part 2, civil war is ravaging England. Rebels are rallying together, unified against Henry. Will Henry and his son, Hal, emerge victorious - or alive?Father and son Julian and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in the powerful production which also stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 7, Book 4
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 24m
Father and son Julian and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in this powerful production which also stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perf...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 7, Book 3
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookAuthor: R C Sherriff
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Author R C Sherriff
Narrator Various
Duration 2h
Set in British trenches during the First World War, this play deals with the horror and futility of trench warfare, as Captain Stanhope and his officers await attack in their dugout. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of the Estate of R.C. Sherriff. Copyright R.C. Sherriff 1929.
View BookAuthor: Phillip Palmer
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Author Phillip Palmer
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 8m
All five episodes of the Radio 4 full-cast detective drama written by Philip Palmer. Originally broadcast as the Woman's Hour drama during the week commencing 22 June 2009. The story takes place in the present day, and centres on notorious art forger Daniel Ballantyne, newly released from prison but now dying, who is telling his life's story to an...
View BookAuthor: Ian Rankin
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Author Ian Rankin
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 53m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Ian Rankin. A wealthy banker's daughter goes missing from Edinburgh University. Has she run away, or has something more sinister occurred? Rebus finds a six-inch coffin in her home village, a clue which leads to his discovery that she was involved in an internet game. DC Siobhan Clarke is drafte...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 7, Book 2
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookAuthor: Micheal Butt
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Author Micheal Butt
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the strange legal case of film star Peter Lorre, written and produced by Michael Butt and starring Stephen Greif. Originally broadcast as the "Afternoon Play" on 10 May 2010. Towards the end of his unique career, movie star Peter Lorre found himself at the centre of an unusual legal case. Incorporating verba...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 7, Book 1
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 4, Book 4
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
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