Ed Reardon's Week is a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 recorded semi-naturalistically in the style of a radio drama. It concerns the story of a curmudgeonly middle-aged writer described in the show's publicity material as an "author, pipesmoker, consummate
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Six sensational spoofs of classic 1950s American science-fiction stories.
BBC Audio present six fantastic tales of twisted futures and times beyond tomorrow....
Their Gaze Was Green: with the Earth under threat from Venusian terrorists, can clea
Three dramas by Barry Hines and an abridged reading of his classic Kes (A Kestrel for a Knave)
Yorkshire-born author Barry Hines is renowned for his 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave (later turned into Ken Loach’s award-winning film Kes) and for
Ten full-cast vintage BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Michael Gilbert’s most enduring characters, including Mr Calder and Mr Behrens, Inspector Hazlerigg and Inspector Petrella
A treat for any fan of crime dramas, this collection stars legendary
An anthology of plays and original radio dramas from the prolific playwright
Born and brought up in the East End of London, Bernard Kops came to fame in the late 1950s as part of British drama’s ‘New Wave’. A lyrical chronicler of Jewish family l
Fresh Blood was a 2006 BBC Radio 7 audio drama initiative (which later re-aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra) that showcased spine-tingling horror and psychological thrillers.
1. A Fare to Remember by Dan Muirden
When London cabbie Tony picks up a fare, t
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A vintage eight-part radio serial based on the true story of the infamous outlaw and his Kelly gang
Ned Kelly’s name has gone down in history as Australia’s greatest folk hero. A legendary bushranger and bank robber, he is lauded by many as a Rob
Crime classics featuring the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey and amateur sleuth Montague Egg, plus a bonus short story and two programmes about the iconic Dorothy L. Sayers
One of the four Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime’, Dorothy L. Sayers is
The 1975 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic science fiction adventure, The Lost World, is a highly regarded three-part serial.
Adapted by Peggy Wells and Barry Campbell, the thrilling serial stars legendary rad
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The celebrated Welsh playwright and actor Emlyn Williams has had several of his finest plays adapted into full-cast audio productions.
Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and d
A collection of full-cast dramatisations from the renowned screenwriter and novelist Ted Willis
Ted Willis began his creative life in amateur theatre and journalism before moving into writing for films, TV and radio, and was listed in the Guinness
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Gripping crime dramas featuring Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector John Appleby
A double bill of Scottish crime writer Michael Innes’ DI John Appleby novels adapted with a full cast. Written during the golden age of detective fiction, these two
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Full-cast BBC adaptations of five of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Waverley’ novels, plus a play adapted from his journal starring Alec Guinness, and a documentary about Scott and his legacy
Poet, novelist, cr
BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work.
One of the most important and influential Russian writers of the 19th century, Fyodor Dostoevsky is admired world
Jack London was the epitome of the hard-drinking, hard-living novelist. His extraordinary career included spells as an oyster pirate, sailor, hobo, prospector in the Klondike Gold Rush, reporter in the Russo-Japanese war and round-the-world yachts
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The ultimate, full-cast dramatisations of Homer’s two epic Greek masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict Cumberbatch
Attributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odys
BBC radio productions of some of Anton Chekhov's finest plays.
A master of Russian realism, Anton Chekhov is renowned for his meticulously observed plays and short stories exploring the human condition, in all its joys and sorrows. Included here a
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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
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The 1976 Les Misérables broadcast on BBC Radio was a 16-episode full-cast dramatization adapted from Victor Hugo's classic novel.
The 1976 BBC Radio adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables was a 16-part serialised radio drama broadcast on BBC R
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The Hobbit is a 1968 BBC Radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 children's fantasy novel of the same name.
The series was adapted by Michael Kilgarriff in eight episodes for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in the autumn of 1969. Music was written by Da
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