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Quatermass Memoirs (BBC)
The Quatermass Memoirs is a British radio drama-documentary, originally broadcast in five episodes on BBC Radio 3 in March 1996. Written by Nigel Kneale, it was borne out of his Quatermass series of films and television serials, which had first bee
Read more…Ashenden or: the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham
Ashenden or: the British Agent is a 1928 collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.
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Bullitt by Robert L Pike
Bullitt
by Robert L Pike,
Dramatised by Adrian Bean
128/44
Starring Jason Isaacs as Lieutenant Clancy.
A gritty detective story set in New York's rough 52nd Precinct in 1963.
Lieutenant Clancy, head throbbing from days without sleep, is assigned
to prote
Greyfriars by Ronald Frame
Victorian thriller based on the legendary police dog Bobby and his
master John Gray.
Stars Crawford Logan and Paul Young.
By Ronald Frame Greyfriars Bobby's master, John Gray served as an Edinburgh policeman for several years and like other officers o
Vostok by Bill Murphy (by request)
Vostok
Bill Murphy
An international submarine expedition and its three fearless heroes venture into the depths beneath the Antarctic ice to the only unexplored lake in the world: Lake Vostok.
With:
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Stuart Milligan
Ingvar Sigurdsson
Brana Bajic
David E
Down Payment on Death by Jim Eldridge
Jim Eldridge
Down Payment on Death
Jim Eldridge's thriller stars Dinsdale Landen as retired hitman Art Gordo who is tempted back to work.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 7 from 22 Mar to 26 Mar 2010 at 13:30.
Five episodes of app. 28 mins each, cut
The Adventures of Richard Hannay by John Buchan
BBC R4 - John Buchan's 'The Adventures of Richard Hannay'
Adapted by Winifred Carey from John Buchan's novels
Produced by Norman Wright
Broadcast in six parts August 13 - September 17, 1972
Coded from tape at 64/44
A series of six one hour episodes dr
Greenmantle by John Buchan
Greenmantle by John Buchan
Artist...............: John Buchan
Album................: Greenmantle [2-part BBC Radio Drama]
Year.................: 2005
Genre................: Radio Drama
Comment..............: Part 1 was broadcast on July 3, 2005, but th
The Courts Of The Morning by John Buchan
The Courts Of The Morning by John Buchan
Dramatised by Guy Slater.
Directed by Patrick Rayner.
BBC Radio 4 29/01/1994 SNT
First published in 1929, The Courts of the Morning was John Buchan's fifteenth novel. Several of the author's travelling band of
Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Jeffery Farnol
BBC R4 - Jeffery Farnol's 'Martin Conisby's Vengeance'
Adapted by Michael Bartlett
Directed by Glyn Dearman
Broadcast December 19, 1992
[Re]Coded from tape at 128/44.1
Adventures on the Spanish Main as Martin Conisby
seeks revenge for being marooned and ji
Lucky 13 by Peter Simpkin
BBC R4 - Peter Simpkin's 'Lucky 13'
Directed by Christopher Venning
Broadcast July 20, 1985
128K
London. 1980s. The provenance of a 're-badged'
Jaguar XJS leads a journalist and his car dealer pal
into violent confrontation with a brutal criminal gang.
Th
Huntingtower by John Buchan
BBC R4 - John Buchan's 'Huntingtower'
Adapted by Trevor Royle
Produced by Patrick Rainer
Broadcast in three parts January 3, 10, & 17, 1988
Coded from tape at 128/32
Thanks to Usenet
Retired Scottish grocer thwarts a Bolshevik plot
and rescues a Russian
The Small Back Room by Nigel Balchin
The Small Back Room
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Nigel Balchin
Made into a Powell and Pressburger film in 1948 from an equally popular book by Nigel Balchin – this is a tense wartime thriller about the back room boys and their sterling war efforts.
Sammy Rice is
Jules Verne - 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea read by Nigel Anthony
First Broadcast by the BBC 20101115-20101119
Episode 1: Professor Aronnax hunts a giant sea-monster but finds himself the 'guest' of Captain Nemo.
Episode 2: Captain Nemo takes Professor Aronnax on a tour of the Nautilus - his incredible submarine.
Epis
