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Author: Paul Magrs
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SeriesDoctor Who Hornet's Nest, Book 2
Duration 1h 4m
Visiting the English seaside town of Cromer in the summer of 1932, the Doctor happens upon the strange world of the Cromer Palace of Curios. The young Ernestina Scott is unusually beguiled by one of the museum's exhibits, and when the Doctor befriends her, they unwittingly embark upon a terrifying escapade. Chased by animated dolls through a nightm...
View BookAuthor: Alexandre Dumas
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Author Alexandre Dumas
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Duration 2h
Across the foyer of a crowded theatre, a handsome young man, Armand Duval, catches sight of one of the most desirable courtesans of Paris, Marguerite Gautier. When they meet, a mutual obsession is ignited - one that tears both their worlds apart. Set amidst the glittering splendours of 19th century Paris, the story was inspired by Dumas' own love a...
View BookAuthor: David Whitaker
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Duration 1h 59m
History must take its course...' The TARDIS materialises in the middle of a holy war between King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen leader, Saladin, in 12th Century Palestine. As the Doctor, Vicki, Ian and Barbara explore their surroundings, they are suddenly caught up in a Saracen ambush - and Barbara is kidnapped. For the time travellers, int...
View BookAuthor: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
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SeriesThe Mighty Boosh, Book 1
Duration 3h
The Mighty Boosh is unlike any show you are ever likely to see, and one that defies description. The closest you could get to the unique style of Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding would be in the early days of Reeves and Mortimer, with their cardboard props and men with sticks. But unlike Reeves and Mortimer, the Boosh zookeepers turned postmen Howa...
View BookAuthor: J. M Barrie
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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...
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Author: Various
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Duration 1h 51m
Radio 4 sitcom about four women friends, written by and starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte McDougall, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling. Four women friends cope with life, work and men. Mel is hunting for a man - any man, and Lucy wants Kevin to help her get rid of a rat. Jo and Kevin are trying for a baby so she can be a really Yummy Mummy, and Alex is...
View BookOld Harry's Game, the Christmas Specials 2010
Author: Andy Hamilton
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Author Andy Hamilton
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Duration 55m
Two fantastic festive episodes of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but Satan isn't in a very Christmassy mood. In 'Christmas Spirit', he is busy dealing with the seasonal rush. Tired of Hell being inundated with drunken morons who died doing something completely stupid...
View BookAuthor: J R R Tolkien
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Author J R R Tolkien
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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 BookOld Harry's Game, Christmas Special 2010: Episode 2
Author: Andy Hamilton
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SeriesOld Harry's Game: The Christmas Specials 2010, Book 2
Duration 27m
2010's final fantastic festive episode of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy. 'Ring in the New' sees Satan feeling fed up with the relentless chaos and grimness of Hell. So when Edith suggests a relaxing minibreak, he heads off to the Lake District - leaving Scumspawn in charge...
View BookDouble Income, No Kids Yet: Series 1
Author: David Spicer
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Duration 3h 47m
David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Liz Carling (Casualty) star in the sitcom about a young couple, Daniel and Lucy, and their circle of friends. In the first series, Lucy sets up Daniel's party, but their mates seem too busy with kids. Then, when a top author gets writer's block, Lucy and Daniel get landed with an unwelcome guest. In the third episode,...
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
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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 BookOld Harry's Game, the Christmas Special 2010: Episode 1
Author: Andy Hamilton
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Author Andy Hamilton
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SeriesOld Harry's Game: The Christmas Specials 2010, Book 1
Duration 28m
2010's first fantastic festive episode of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but Satan isn't in a very Christmassy mood. He is busy dealing with the seasonal rush. Tired of Hell being inundated with drunken morons who died doing something completely stupid at the office...
View BookAuthor: Dorothy L. Sayers
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Author Dorothy L. Sayers
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Duration 2h 19m
When Victor Dean fell to his death on the iron staircase at Pym's Advertising Agency no one was sorry. Nobody had really liked him - and even contributing to his wreath was a bit of an imposition. But when Lord Peter Wimsey (alias Death Bredon) joins the firm and asks some awkward questions it appears that Dean's death was not an accident - it was...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
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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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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: BBC Audiobooks
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Duration 1h 39m
Patrick Troughton plays the second Doctor in this four-episode adventure from 1967, set on Earth's moon and featuring a return appearance by the emotionless Cybermen. The year is 2070, and Earth's weather is controlled by a device called the Gravitron, based on the Moon and manned by an international team of experts. The TARDIS arrives to find the...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
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Author Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
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Duration 32m
Shakespeare's classic tragedy that charts the revenge-fuelled madness of the Prince of Denmark is re-told skilfully by brother and sister team Mary and Charles Lamb, who famously transformed Shakespeare's best-known plays into prose stories to make them more accessible to readers and listeners alike. Hamlet swears to avenge his father after seeing...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
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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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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: Phillip Palmer
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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...
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