The Night Tried To Kidnap the Prime Minster
Author: Martin Jameson
Author Martin Jameson
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 43m
This full-cast dramatisation by Martin Jameson for BBC Radio 4 is a fictionalised account of the incident in 1964 when a group of students attempted to kidnap the then-Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, in Scotland. Originally broadcast as the Afternoon Play on 15 July 2009, this dramatisation stars Tim McInnerny as Sir Alec, Chris Starkie as R...
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Author: Eddie Braben
Series: Morcambe and Wise, Book 3
Author Eddie Braben
Narrator The Cast
SeriesMorcambe and Wise, Book 3
Duration 2h 36m
The greatest double act of all time, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise delighted fans for forty years in music hall revues, on television and radio. Their hilarious fast-paced cross-talk with Ernie as straight man set a comic standard that will always be remembered. Enjoy the sketches once more in this third classic compilation. Even more sunshine from...
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The Goon Show: You Have Deaded Me Again
Author: Spike Milligan
Series: The Goon Show, Book 8
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 8
Duration 2h 2m
Featuring: The Greatest Mountain in the World, The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved), The Last Train (from Clapham) and The Spanish Suitcase. 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 pop...
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Author: Bill Dare
Author Bill Dare
Narrator Jon Culshaw
Duration 2h 42m
Eavesdrop on the bizarre, surprising and very secret lives of public people who have been caught unaware by the microphone. An excellent impressionist show with Jon Culshaw and other masters of the art, all about politicians and celebs caught unawares. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES
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Author: Brian Minchin
Author Brian Minchin
Narrator David-Lloyd Gareth
Duration 2h 11m
Alien larvae in a baptismal font mark the beginnings of a terrifying adventure for the Torchwood team in this exclusive audio adventure, read by Gareth David-Lloyd. Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in bla...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 1
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 1
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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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 2
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 2
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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 3
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, 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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 4
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 4
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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 6
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 6
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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 7
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 7
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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 8
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 8
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...
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Author: Charles Chilton
Series: The World in Peril, Book 9
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Various
SeriesThe World in Peril, Book 9
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...
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Doctor Who: The Taking of Chelsea 426
Author: David Llewellyn
Author David Llewellyn
Narrator Christopher Ryan
Duration 5h 2m
The Chelsea Flower Show - hardly the most exciting or dangerous event in the calendar, or so Doctor thinks. But this is Chelsea 426, a city-sized future colony floating on the clouds of Saturn, and the flowers are much more than they seem. As the Doctor investigates, a familiar foe arrives, and the stakes suddenly get much higher. The Sontarans hav...
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Author: Glyn Jones
Author Glyn Jones
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 3m
When the Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki enter a museum on the planet Xeros, they are astonished to find themselves displayed as exhibits! The TARDIS has jumped a 'time track' and offered them a glimpse of what the future could hold. The native Xerons are planning a rebellion against the occupying force of the Moroks who have inva...
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Visitors
Author: John Cleese
Author John Cleese
Narrator Eric Idle
Duration 55m
Perhaps the ultimate in TV comedy madness and absurdity, this cult series, which began in 1969, was conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It was innovative and ground-breaking comedy which inspired many of today's writers and performers. Its sketches, songs and catchphrases are...
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Author: John Dryden
Author John Dryden
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 11m
Three lives on three continents connected by one event...A young British schoolboy obsessed with school massacres, a radio journalist in India on the trail of a scoop for the BBC and the boss of an American church-owned clothing firm are the threads that run through this intricate, suspenseful three-part thriller from award-winning writer-director...
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Author: Bob Larbey, John Esmonde
Series: The Good Life, Book 8
Author Bob Larbey, John Esmonde
Narrator Penelope Keith
SeriesThe Good Life, Book 8
Duration 55m
Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington star as the Goods and the Leadbeaters, Surbiton neighbours whose conflicts arise from Tom and Barbara's self-sufficient lifestyle. This volume features the last two episodes ever made: the Christmas special 'Silly, But It's Fun' and the Royal Command Performance episode 'When I'm 65...
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The Good Life: The Wind-break War
Author: Bob Larbey, John Esmonde
Series: The Good Life, Book 4
Author Bob Larbey, John Esmonde
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Good Life, Book 4
Duration 1h 56m
Four classic episodes of the popular BBC TV series starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington. The episodes are A Tug of the Forelock, I Talk to the Trees, The Wind-Break War and Whose Fleas Are These?
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Author: Kenneth Grahame
Author Kenneth Grahame
Narrator Alan Bennett
Duration 3h 13m
Portraying each character in his own inimitable fashion, Alan Bennett reads the original story of Ratty, Mole, Badger and, of course, Toad.
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Author: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
Author Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 26m
Wine shop owner Gerald desperately needs money: his business is failing and the landlord has raised the cost of the lease. When he inherits a watch that used to belong to wartime Nazi Joachim Von Ribbentrop he believes that his financial troubles are over. But it sparks conflict with his wife and brother, who question the ethics of the potential sa...
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