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Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront Í¡Orphan Jane falls in love with the enigmatic Rochester, but he is concealing a dark secret. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront Í¡On the bleak Yorkshire moors, Heathcliff and Cathy?s elemental passion runs wild - but their obsession has devastating consequences. Agnes Grey by Anne Bront Í¡Determined to make her way in the world, penniless young Agnes Grey becomes a governess. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bront Í¡Gentleman...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Alexander McCall Smith's hugely popular novels featuring Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of Botswana's only female private detective agency, have become international best sellers. These acclaimed productions, complete with vibrant music, bring the exotic world of the books to life. In these eight episodes, Mma Ramotswe takes on her first case -and a new secretary; tries to solve a bone mystery; tackles a domestic drama and a doctor's erratic behaviour;...
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2020
Description
J.M. Barrie is famous worldwide for his iconic creation, Peter Pan. However, many of his other works have been undeservedly forgotten. This collection contains three of his lesser-known plays, revisited for radio, as well as a dramatisation of his beloved story of the boy who never grew up.
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Dramatisations and readings of EM Forster's finest works, plus Stephen Wakelam's radio play A Dose of Fame and the documentary feature Forster in India: Sex, Books and Empire. One of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century, EM Forster was also an accomplished short story writer. This collection includes stunning adaptations of his classic novels A Passage to India, Where Angels Fear to Tread, A Room with a View and Howards End. Among the...
Author
Publisher
Random House Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Lenny Henry stars as Frank, a lifer on day release. Double murderer Frank Watt is allowed out of prison for a series of days prior to being released on licence. On day one, he's looking forward to coming out, but he's institutionalised and things have changed a lot since the 80's. Plus, Frank's got some old business to sort.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men. Over the three hilarious series of 'Up the Garden Path', Izzy, played by Imelda Staunton, deals with the complicated ups and downs of her attempts to find true love.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019
Description
`Planet B' is a virtual world with the slogan: "Where you can be whatever you want to be." Users can download themselves into it and play as a life-size avatars in a 3D world. When Lioba Fielding dies in the real world, her boyfriend John Armstrong downloads himself into Planet B in an attempt to find her avatar. As he travels between various worlds he becomes entangled in an array of strange scenarios, teleporting from each adventure to the next...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/BBC audio
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Series 1 and 2 of the much-loved radio sitcom starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series' popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded several episodes for BBC radio. Here, collected together for the first time, are all 21 episodes from the first and second radio series, scripted by Hancock's...
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019
Description
The definitive collection of full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of Henry James' classic novels - plus a bonus documentary about his life and work. One of the greatest and most influential American novelists, Henry James is loved for his compelling storytelling, vividly realised characters and perceptive exploration of the shifting relationships between Europeans and Americans. But he also possessed extraordinary insights into the secrets of the human...
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The 'Classic Radio Theatre' range presents notable radio productions of much-loved plays by some of the most renowned playwrights, & starring some of Britian's finest actors, including Dame Judi Dench, Patricia Routledge, & Paul Scofield.
16) Bang-bang-a-boom
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Finish
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Dark Space 8 - an advanced monitoring station floating serenely among the stars. Its crew - a dedicated and highly-skilled group of professionals. Its mission - to boldly host the Intergalactic Song Contest.
17) Jubilee
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Finish
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The Dalek's are back! They have another plan to invade our world. Maybe this time because they want to drill to Earth's core. Or maybe because they just feel like it.
18) Elsinore
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Sebastian Baczkiewicz's thrilling prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set in an alternative 1930s Europe.
19) Bayeux Tapestry
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A combination of verse from Simon Armitage and prose from Jeff Young lends a voice to the chain of events depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. This production chronicles the history surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the ascension of Duke William of Normandy to the English throne. Harold, Duke of Wessex, takes the English throne, despite Edward the Confessor's wish that William Duke of Normandy should be his heir. Seeking retribution,...
20) The Russia house
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2011
Description
In the 3rd year of perestroika, London publisher Barley Blair is sent a manuscript from Moscow. Exposing Russian nuclear threats as a sham, the information - if it's genuine - could shatter East-West relations.