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Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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Author Elizabeth Gaskell
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Duration 6h 52m
This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Elizabeth Gaskell's tale of Manchester life is set in the 19th century when a series of bad harvests placed a heavy tax burden on workers. Gaskell's powerful drama, adapted here for Woman's Hour, is regarded as one of the most important novels of its time.
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 3, 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 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: Greg Davies
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Author Greg Davies
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Duration 1h 52m
We Are Klang are three stand-up comedians. Their sell out Edinburgh show was nominated for an if.comedy award and this spoof radio series was specially commissioned for BBC7. When Britain's most ridiculous alcoholic sets his heart on becoming a war poet, little does he realise that his poetry will kill as many people as the Vietnam War itself. As f...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 2, 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 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
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 2, 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: J B Priestley
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Author J B Priestley
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h
This classic of British theatre opens with the engagement party of Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft, son of a prosperous businessman, in the imaginary city of Brumley. Into these celebrations enters Inspector Goole, who announces an unpleasant suicide: a young woman named Eva Smith has swallowed disinfectant and died. One by one he implicates all of...
View BookHancock's Half Hour: A Sunday Afternoon At Home
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Duration 30m
23 Railway Cuttings is a scene of boredom and inactivity as the occupants try to while away a British Sabbath in 'Sunday Afternoon at Home'. Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenella Fielding.
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 2, 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: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
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Duration 32m
King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most performed and celebrated plays - presented here in accessible story fom by brother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb. An ideal story for newcomers to Shakespeare, young people and as an additional study aid for students.King Lear is to abdicate, and wants to divide his kingdom between his three daughters....
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 2, Book 1
Duration 0m
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
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Duration 2h 56m
In this BBC full-cast production of Romeo And Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers fight for each other until their dying breath. Can their two feuding families reconcile?With the intimacy of radio, the full beauty and meaning of some of the most lyrical lines ever written can be truly heard: tenderness and passion, betrayal and bigotry are bri...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 1, Book 3
Duration 42m
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: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 1, 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: J. M Barrie
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Author J. M Barrie
Narrator Full Cast, Toyah Wilcox
Duration 2h 3m
When Peter Pan flies into the night nursery of Wendy, John and Michael Darling, he takes them on the journey - and the adventure - of a lifetime. Mermaids, wolves and Indians weave their spell in the magical Never Never Land - where also lurks the wicked Captain Hook...Toyah Willcox stars as Peter Pan, with Ron Moody as Captain Hook, Roy Hudd as Sm...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
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SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 1, 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 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: Spike Milligan
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Author Spike Milligan
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SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 18
Duration 2h
Featuring: African Incident, Tiddlywinks, Giant Bombardon, The Tay Bridge. Anarchic, ground-breaking and hilariously inventive, The Goon Show re-shaped comedy and set new standards in the genre. The mix of brilliant wordplay, mental slapstick and surreal clowning ensures the popularity of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe will never w...
View BookAuthor: Dirk Maggs
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Author Dirk Maggs
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Duration 1h
Accused of crimes against humanity, the Last Son of Krypton stands powerless before a court dominated by Lex Luthor - criminal genius turned Prosecutor. Has Superman really corrupted our children? Can he justify his continued interference in world affairs? Do we know the truth about his powers? Can Lois Lane defend "50 years of the Man of Steel"?
View BookCan You Tell Me the Name of the Prime Minister?
Author: Martin Jameson
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Author Martin Jameson
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Duration 44m
A BBC Radio 4 science-fiction mystery by Martin Jameson, originally broadcast as the Afternoon Play on 14 May 2010. A week after the election, Liz de Souza, a psychiatrist, examines a patient at a secure government research facility who's convinced that Tony Blair is still Prime Minister. Starring Amita Dhiri as Liz de Souza and Suzanna Hamilton as...
View BookMclevy: Christmas Special 2006
Author: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 25m
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: John Wyndham
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Author John Wyndham
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Duration 1h 26m
John Wyndham's classic tale of monsters from the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster comes alive in this full-cast BBC radio dramatisation. At first, the fireballs seemed to be nothing more than a dazzling display of lights in the sky, plunging into the deepest oceans and disappearing without trace. But when ships started sinking inexplica...
View BookTrevor's World of Sport Series 2
Author: Andy Hamilton
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Author Andy Hamilton
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Duration 2h 48m
The second in the series. Trevor and Sammy are the movers and shakers at agency TS Sports Stars. Yet although friends for 20 years and business partners for nine, they are chalk and cheese
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