The Beatles Story - 1973 BBC Special
Brian Matthew presents a documentary about The Beatles
The Beatles Story - 1973 BBC Special
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Blandings – P G Wodehouse
he Blandings radio series is a series of radio dramas based on the Blandings Castle stories by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. The stories were dramatised by Wodehouse biographer Richard Usborne. The series ran between 1985 and 1992 on BBC Rad
Read more…Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries.
Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world weary, hard boiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisat
Read more…Elmore Leonard BBC Audio Drama Collection
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted
H.G. Wells A BBC Radio Drama Collection
Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and has been called the “father of science fiction”.
In addi
Read more…James Follett BBC Radio Collection
James Follett (1939-2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976, after resigning as a technical writer for the Ministry of Defence.
He wrote over 20 novels, several television plays and more than 30
Read more…Daphne du Maurier The BBC Radio Collec
A comprehensive collection of dramatisations of Daphne du Maurier’s works
Daphne du Maurier was one of the 20th century’s most popular writers. Extraordinarily prolific, she produced a string of bestsellers, many of which were adapted as award-winnin
Read more…H. E. Bates – A BBC Radio Collection
Selected Dramatisations and readings of the genre-spanning work of HE Bates
HE Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations
Read more…BBC Presents Alfred Hitchcock
ROPE starring Alan Rickman 1983-12-03
Patrick Hamilton’s play inspired by Leopold and Loeb. Two young undergraduates think they’ve committed the perfect murder. To add piquancy to their crime they invite the victim’s father and other guests to a maca
Read more…The African Queen, The Gun and more by C.S.Forester
Full cast BBC Radio productions of five of C. S. Forester’s classic novels
Most famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of h
Read more…Sexton Blake BBC Radio full cast drama series
The history of crime detection has produced no more famous name than that of SEXTON BLAKE…’
Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893. His adventures have feat
Read more…Street and Lane
Johnny Street and Arthur Lane are a pair of Yorkshire builders in a white van who battle out their partnership and their future as they tackle a plethora of household repairs.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
Read more…Anti-Heroes A BBC Radio Drama Collection
BBC radio dramatisations of classic novels centred around engaging anti-heroes who dominate high society
Ambitious. Ruthless. Unprincipled. With their blurred morals and relatable imperfections, it’s no wonder we find anti-heroes so appealing and fas
Read more…Whose Line is it Anyway
Whose Line is it Anyway is a popular improvisational theatre show, best known from the multiple seasons on TV in the UK and USA. However this show with Clive Anderson and the team actually started on BBC radio as a 6 half hour episode series in 1988.
The Classic Sherlock Holmes volume 1 - 4
Recognised as the ultimate dramatisation of Conan Doyle’s famous stories, these recordings have been acclaimed since their reissue by Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks in 1995. They have been carefully remastered so that the sound is as good as possible
John Steinbeck A BBC Radio Drama Collection
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception. He has been called “a giant of American lett
