The 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
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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 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...
View BookI've Never Seen Star Wars, Series 1
Author: Marcus Brigstocke
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Author Marcus Brigstocke
Narrator Marcus Brigstocke
Duration 2h 46m
I've Never Seen Star Wars is a Radio 4 entertainment series in which Marcus Brigstocke asks his guest of the week to embrace ordinary activities and experiences that they've perhaps always meant to try but haven't had the time, the courage or possibly the inclination. The challenges that the guests undertook in series one included drinking absinthe...
View BookThomas Trew and the Horns of Pan
Author: Sophie Masson
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Author Sophie Masson
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 3h
Thomas loves living in the Hidden World. His friends, the twins Pinch and Patch, are even teaching him magic, like how to make himself invisible. Then a beautiful stranger comes to Owlchurch. She holds the Horns of Pan, the Hidden World's highest award for magic. Everyone is very excited - except Thomas and the twins. Something very odd is going on...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Jonathan Cecil
Duration 7h 53m
Life was always simple for Sally Nicholas - until she became rich. Being unaccustomed to a great deal of money, Sally hasn't got the hang of it yet. Which is why she agrees to back a show written by her fiance Gerald, and staged by her brother, Fillmore. It seems like a good way of making them all happy. But when Ginger Kemp, a rather hopeless, cha...
View BookOscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
Author: Gyles Brandreth
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Author Gyles Brandreth
Narrator Bill Wallis
Duration 10h 28m
London, 1889. Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet, wit, playwright and raconteur is the literary sensation of his age. All Europe lies at his feet. Yet when he chances across the naked corpse of sixteen-year-old Billy Wood, posed by candlelight in a dark, stifling attic room, he cannot ignore the brutal murder. With the help of fellow author Arthur Conan...
View BookKiller Intent Book 1: Killer Intent
Author: Tony Kent
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Author Tony Kent
Narrator Peter Noble
SeriesKiller Intent, Book 1
Duration 14h 24m
When an attempted assassination sparks a chain reaction of explosive events across London, Britain's elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos threatening to overwhelm the government. As the dark and deadly conspiracy unfolds, three strangers find their fates entwined: Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer; Sarah Truman,...
View BookAuthor: Gina Martin
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Author Gina Martin
Narrator Gina Martin
Duration 5h 17m
Without any legal or political experience, I changed the law and made upskirting illegal in 18 months. But this book is not about changing the law. It's not about me. This is yours. It's your handbook, your road map and your toolkit for pushing for change at absolutely any level. From using social media to gain support and to getting pro bono legal...
View BookDirk Pitt Series Book 2: Mayday!
Author: Clive Cussler
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Author Clive Cussler
Narrator Scott Brick
SeriesDirk Pitt, Book 2
Duration 8h 49m
The amazing second Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler. Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground...by just one First World War...
View BookAuthor: Edith Wharton
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Author Edith Wharton
Narrator Anna Fields
Duration 8h 56m
Set in New York in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, two high-society hangers-on with the right connections but a lack of funds. To maintain their status, they decide to marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends, honeymooning in their mansions and villas. Bo...
View BookEllindale Saga Book 3: One Special Village
Author: Anna Jacobs
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Author Anna Jacobs
Narrator Anne Dover
SeriesEllindale Saga, Book 3
Duration 10h 35m
Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter, Cathie, scrimping and saving to get by. But after she suffers a violent asthma attack, the doctors say she must move to the clean, fresh air of the countryside to have any hope of survival. When Harry chances upon a patch of land for sale in Ellindale and an advert for a disused...
View BookAuthor: Craig Robertson
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Author Craig Robertson
Narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds
Duration 13h 57m
You can run from your past but you can never hide from yourself... When John Callum arrives on the wild and desolate Faroe Islands, he vows to sever all ties with his previous life. He desperately wants to make a new start, and is surprised by how quickly he is welcomed into the close-knit community. But still, the terrifying, debilitating nightmar...
View BookThe Careful Use of Compliments
Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Davina Porter
Duration 8h 6m
For philosophically-minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And whilst juggling the arrival of baby Charlie, a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable...
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