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BBC Classics Children’s Library
A Timeless Collection of 21 Tales for All Ages
An irresistible anthology of folklore, fables and perennial favourites, including four novels and 17 short stories.
This superlative collection of children's stories brings together a feast of fantast
Read more…Inspector Purbright
A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles, set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70s.
Inspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Create
Read more…Robinson Crusoe (BBC Classics)
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of one of the most famous adventure stories of all time, starring Roy Marsden as Robinson Crusoe.
Young Robinson Crusoe has a burning ambition to be a sailor. Paying no attention to his parent's warnings, he run
Read more…Private Eye Philip Odell: Lady in a Fog & Test Room Eight
Robert Beatty stars as the hard-nosed Irish-American PI in these two vintage crime serials.
Lester Powell's Chandleresque detective Philip Odell was a huge hit on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961, thrilling audiences with his crime-so
Read more…Cold Blood & Other Stories by Simon Bovey1
Four gripping sci-fi adventures from acclaimed scriptwriter Simon Bovey
Simon Bovey is an established writer and director who has penned numerous compelling dramas for BBC Radio. Collected here are four of his sensational sci-fi tales, packed wi
Destination – Fire!
Destination – Fire! was a BBC Radio crime drama series from the 1960s about a fire investigator named Quentin "Q" Barnaby. The show featured a full cast of actors and ran for three series on the BBC Light Programme between 1962 and 1966.
The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection
The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection is a compilation of full-cast dramatizations and original radio plays written by the award-winning British author Dame Susan Hill for the BBC over many decades. The collection features 14 full-cast dramas
Read more…Dad's Army
From 1974 to 1976, the popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army was adapted into a radio series that ran for 67 episodes. The radio show was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and featured most of the original television cast, bringing the comedy to a new format.
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The Complete Earthsea Series & The Left Hand of Darkness
The dazzling BBC Radio adaptations of Ursula K. Le Guin's famous fantasy saga and her groundbreaking science fiction masterpiece - plus bonus material.
Ursula K. Le Guin was one of the most revered and influential writers of the 20th century. Her
Read more…H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection
He’s often been called the father of science fiction. Now, listen to H. G. Wells’ five science fiction novels in one definitive collection. Introduced by film director and H. G. Wells fanboy Eli Roth, the collection features unabridged recordings
Read more…Unlicensed
From Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the genre defining fiction podcast Welcome to Night Vale, comes the new LA noire Unlicensed, starring Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and T.L Thompson. Unlicensed follows Molly Hatch (Quinn), recently div
Read more…The Hydro
All three series of Ronald Frame’s acclaimed drama set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands, plus ten spin-off stories
The Carnbeg Hydro is a high-class spa resort set amidst the scenic wooded foothills of the Grampians. Over 100 years ol
Peter Lovesey: A BBC Radio Crime Collection
Three full-cast dramas by popular crime writer Peter Lovesey, plus a selection of short stories recorded for radio
Peter Lovesey is well known for his murder mysteries featuring Victorian policeman Sergeant Cribb, Bath detective Peter Diamond and
Inspector Hanaud: At the Villa Rose & House of the Arrow
BBC dramatisations of two classic detective novels featuring Inspector Gabriel Hanaud of the Paris Sûreté
The brilliant creation of British author A.E.W. Mason, Inspector Hanaud has been hailed as ‘the first major fiction police detective of the
The Plays of J. B. Priestley
13 plays and dramatisations of the works of the influential playwright, novelist and essayist J. B. Priestley - plus bonus programmes.
J. B. Priestley was one of Britain's most significant writers. His output was prodigious: in his lifetime, he pe
Read more…Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
A 16-part dramatised reconstruction of a landmark moment in history—the groundbreaking trial of the 22 most notorious Nazi war criminals.
Summer, 1945. The war is over, and Germany has surrendered. Across Europe, the top surviving Nazis are being
Read more…The Man in Black
Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur The Man in Black, in these twenty terrifying full-cast radio dramas
The Man in Black is waiting to make your acquaintance. Maybe you’ll meet him on a bus, in the supermarket, or at an airport luggage carous
The Goon Show
Peter Sellers (top), Spike Milligan (left) and Harry Secombe (right) in a 1950s BBC publicity shot
The Goons first came together in a pub called Grafton's in London's Victoria. The pub was a popular meeting place for actors, comics and writers in t
Read more…Precious Blood by Philip Palmer
Welsh noir thriller by Philip Palmer about a tight-knit community with dark secrets at its heart.
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