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Author: David Reynolds
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Author David Reynolds
Narrator David Reynolds
Duration 2h 18m
Ten episodes from David Reynolds' award-winning radio series, which trace the history of the American Civil War. This narrative tells the story of the American Civil War through the voices of those who lived it. Written and presented by acclaimed historian David Reynolds, these extracts come from the series America: Empire of Liberty, which won the...
View BookAuthor: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
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SeriesThe Red Planet, Book 3
Duration 29m
Charles Chilton's classic science fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger...
View BookLadies of Letters Make Mincemeat
Author: Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
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Author Carole Hayman, Lou Wakefield
Narrator Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales
Duration 1h 8m
A special seasonal instalment of the ongoing correspondence between sparring pen-pals Vera (played by Patricia Routledge) and Irene (played by Prunella Scales). With a supporting cast including Vera's son Howard and his partner Anthony, chaos looks set to descend once again upon Little Shagthorne and Hethergreen.
View BookAuthor: H.G. Wells
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Author H.G. Wells
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 40m
A BBC Radio 3 full-cast dramatisation of H. G. Wells' pioneering science fiction adventure. Wells' story of an inventor who travels in time and discovers a nightmarish dystopian future has been adapted several times for TV and film. This first ever UK radio adaptation, starring Robert Glenister as the Time Traveller and William Gaunt as H. G. Wells...
View BookAuthor: Pat Barker
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Author Pat Barker
Narrator Russell Boulter
Duration 7h 35m
Spring 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class causes trouble and underscores his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor...
View BookAuthor: Douglas Reeman
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Author Douglas Reeman
Narrator David Rintoul
Duration 9h 20m
They are called The Glory Boys by those who regard their exploits with envy or contempt. Bob Kearton is one of them. Already a veteran and survivor of the close action in the English Channel and North Sea, in January of 1943, he is ordered to the Mediterranean and beleaguered Malta, a mere sixty miles from occupied Sicily. Unexpectedly promoted to...
View BookAuthor: Caroline England
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Author Caroline England
Narrator Olivia Dowd
Duration 11h 19m
Best friends forever. That's the pact you made. You'd do anything for her. And you have. She's always had it all. If you could take it for yourself...would you? A new, irresistibly compulsive novel by the bestselling author of My Husband's Lies and The Wife's Secret.
View BookDirk Pitt Series Book 3: Iceberg
Author: Clive Cussler
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Author Clive Cussler
Narrator Scott Brick
SeriesDirk Pitt, Book 3
Duration 10h 21m
The superb third Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler. The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb. Embedded in the great gleaming mass was a ship - sealed in so solidly that not even its mast protruded. Here was a sea mystery to rank alongside the Bermuda Triangle and the...
View BookDaisy Dalrymple Book 20: Gone West
Author: Carola Dunn
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Author Carola Dunn
Narrator Lucy Rayner
SeriesDaisy Dalrymple, Book 20
Duration 11h 15m
In September 1926, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher visits Sybil Sutherby, a school friend now living in Derbyshire as the confidential secretary to a novelist. Suspecting that something is seriously amiss, Sybil has asked Daisy to discretely investigate. Upon arrival, Daisy finds a household of relatives and would-be suitors living off the...
View BookAuthor: Luke Jennings
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Author Luke Jennings
Narrator Lucy Paterson
Duration 7h 26m
The basis for Killing Eve, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve and is about to debrief him. As Eve inte...
View BookThe Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah
Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
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Author Benjamin Zephaniah
Narrator Benjamin Zephaniah
Duration 10h 45m
Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one story that encompasses it all: the story of his life. In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the streets protesting about unemployment, homelessness and the National Front, Benjamin's poetry could be heard at demonstrations, outside poli...
View BookAuthor: Sarah Perry
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Author Sarah Perry
Narrator Leighton Pugh
Duration 6h 30m
One hot summer's day, John Cole decides to leave his life behind. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and stumbles upon a grand but dilapidated house. Its residents claim to have been waiting for him.... There's Hester, their controlling host; Alex and Claire, siblings full of childlike wonder; the mercurial Eve;...
View BookAuthor: Sue Fortin
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Author Sue Fortin
Narrator Amy De Bhrun
Duration 10h 40m
The truth hurts....Erin and Roisin were friends until a fatal accident ruined both their lives. Now Roisin has discovered a secret - one Erin has kept for over a decade - and she's determined to make Erin pay for her lies. Erin wants nothing to do with Roisin. She has a new life in London and no intention of going back home. Yet when her father is...
View BookAuthor: Patrick Ness
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Author Patrick Ness
Narrator Jason Isaccs
Duration 3h 52m
The monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming...This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, som...
View BookAuthor: D J Britton
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Author D J Britton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
As Chief Executive of her local council, Robyn has just days to stop recycling being wiped from her ambitious environmental plans. But the credit crunch continues to put pressure on other priorities. Meanwhile, her daughter Afrah provides a safe house for a fiercely committed environmentalist from Eastern Europe.
View BookDerek Nimmo Classics Episode 1
Author: Ian Messiter
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Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Derek Nimmo
SeriesDerek Nimmo Classics, Book 1
Duration 26m
Derek Nimmo is one of Just a Minute's famous sparkling raconteurs, whose sharp wit and skill made him a pleasure and delight to listen to. This episode is one of four which showcases his highlights - the moments which reveal Derek Nimmo at the very top of his game. First broadcast 18 April 1981, it features Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud, Peter Jones,...
View BookJeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 36m
A comical romp of an adventure involving Jeeves, Wooster and 'Bicky', whose uncle, the Duke of Chiswick, has the potential to be a wealthy benefactor to his nephew. Unfortunately, the Duke is what's known in the right circles as a 'hard-boiled egg' - ie 'notoriously the most prudent spender in England'. When Bicky contacts Bertie, our jaunt begins,...
View BookAuthor: H. Rider Haggard
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Author H. Rider Haggard
Narrator Bill Homewood
Duration 3h 50m
Set in 19th century Africa, 'King Solomon's Mines' is the tale of hunter Allan Quatermain, who is commissioned by the valiant Sir Henry Curtis and his jovial friend Captain Good to lead them to the fabled lost mines of King Solomon. And so begins a thrilling safari, as the men hunt big game and go to war with the terrifying King Twala of Kukuanalan...
View BookThe Mysterious Affair At Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 1
Duration 5h 29m
There had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn had stormed out of the house and the atmosphere had changed to one of impending doom. With impeccable timing Poirot makes his dramatic entrance...
View BookWe Just Happened To Be Passing
Author: David Nobbs
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Author David Nobbs
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
It is a quiet Saturday morning in the Hinchcliffe home. Tony and Sal, tired after a week of work, have time on their hands. But not for each other. Middle-aged and middle class, they haven't had kids and they still feel that emotional vacuum. The doorbell rings. It is an American couple-Monty and Janey-a rather loud duo they stayed with in Delaware...
View BookAuthor: Charles Chilton
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Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Red Planet, Book 2
Duration 30m
Charles Chilton's classic science fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger...
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