Dead City Radio is a musical album by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, which was released by Island Records in 1990.
The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions, with musical accompanimen
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Hugo began to write Hunchback in 1829. The agreement with his original publisher, Gosselin, was that the book would be finished that same year. However, Hugo was constantly delayed due to the demands of other projects. By the summer of 1830, Gossel
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Paid Servant
by E R Braithwaite [1962]
Dramatised in 5 parts by Anne Edyvean
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast from 20080609 to 20080613 (Woman's Hour Drama)
repeated on BBC7, 20081020 to 20081024
The drama, set in London in 1958, is ba
BBC Radio 7 - Voyages of Descent
Captain Fitzroy sails into tragedy, but Charles Darwin is bound for fame. A poetic journey of evolution with Fenella Fielding.
128k 44100khz mp3 Stereo
Duration - 45 minutes
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Stoker Leishman's Diaries - 1981
By Peter Tinniswood
Broadcast 1981.01.24 on Radio 4.
Leishman is an elderly ex-Antarctic explorer who kept diaries of his travels. His avaricious family realise that they might be worth something. Will Leishman h
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Annapurna
By Jod Mitchell. Tension mounts as a young English couple trek their way
across a treacherous Himalayan mountain range and realise that a mysterious
Nepali is stalking them, getting closer by the day.
Tim ...... Ben Crowe
Emma ...... Cl
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The Book of Job
The 42 chapters of "The Book of Job" as contained in the Authorized Version of the Bible have been shortened and arranged into a philosophical drama by Pamela Gravett. She has assigned a voice to each character in the story for maxim
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Wednesday 2 May 2007 on BBC Radio 4. Afternoon Play
Dickens Confidential ~ Railway Kings
By Mike Walker
Series of six plays which explore how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have brought news to the masses.
1. Railway Kings.
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Sir Walter Scott - The Heart Of Midlothian
Broadcast 9 and 16 Sept 2007 (Classic Serial)
Link to selection:
128/48; sound quality excellent
Episode 1:
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When a smuggler is executed, a mob storms the Tolbooth Prison where young Effie D
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The Book Of Secrets
By M G Vassanji, dramatised by Tanika Gupta.
First broadcast 20000503.
BBC Radio 4. Afternoon Play
The long-vanished world of colonial East Africa is brought to life through the discovery of an old diary. The book belonged to a
The Color Purple by Alice Walker dramatised by Pat Cumper
Directed by Pauline Harris.
Monday 6 to Friday 17 October 2008 (Women's Hour Drama)
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a touching and compelling story set in the harsh segregated world of
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Roy Kendall - Marlowe's Diaries
BBC World Service: Play of the Week
Broadcast: Sunday 30th May 1993
This week's play has been specially written by Roy Kendall to commemorate the life of one of England's finest poets and playwrights,
Christopher
Appointment with Venus By Jerrard Tickell [1951] adapted by Michael Bartlett
with Frederick Jaeger, Karen Archer, Michael Cochrane, David Collings and Hugh Dickson.
Directed by David Hitchinson.
4 episodes: 1992-01-08 to 1992-01-29
48kbps mono; 40
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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616)[a] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet
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