Peter Whalley was Coronation Street’s longest-serving writer, scripting 601 episodes between 1979 and 2014. His other works included TV’s Albion Market and Castles, 40 radio plays and 10 novels, and in 2009 he was presented with a Special Achievemen
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Set during World War Two, Hut 33 follows the adventures of a team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park as they work tirelessly to break German codes, matching wits with the fabled Enigma Machine. Unfortunately, they hate each other.
Archie is a stroppy
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I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game. Introduced as “the antidote to panel games”, it consists of two teams of two comedians “given silly things to do” by a chairman. The show was launched in April 1972 as a parody of radio and
John Creasey was a one man novel factory, writing (according to Wikipedia) over 600 novels under 28 different names. Upper class detective Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) featured in over 40 novels, though the BBC have only dramatised 2 of these.
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A series of seven period detective story thrillers featuring the Scotland Yard sleuth Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, created by Ngaio Marsh. All Broadcast on the BBC Radio, The later episodes are much better quality than the originals due
Sir John Gielgud stars as Sherlock Holmes with Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr. Watson. John’s brother, Val Gielgud, the celebrated mystery author and producer, directs several episodes and co-stars in one of them… as Sherlock’s brother! As a finishing to
The BBC was the first production company in the world to dramatise all sixty of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories with the same two actors in the lead roles throughout,. with Bert Coules as head writer, and featuring Clive Merrison as
Brian Matthew presents a documentary about The Beatles
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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