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-win
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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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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
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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BBC radio productions of the first four bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky – plus a short story featuring the hardboiled PI, read by Buffy Davis
One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye
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An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas from the long-running BBC Radio 4 horror series.
Throughout five series between 1988-1997, Edward de Souza was The Man in Black, a sinister raconteur who introduced a weekly half hour of terror and susp
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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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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.
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
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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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
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BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour Drama
First broadcast from 20020826 to 20020906.
10 episodes
April De Angelis's dramatisation of the 1950s bestseller by Grace Metalious set in prewar New England.
The notorious 1950s bestseller by Grace Metali
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Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths
When a tornado strikes her farmhouse in Kansas, young Dorothy is lifted to the magical world of Oz where she embarks upon a perilous journey to find her way back home.
Dorothy: Amelia Clar
The Talon and Chantry series by Louis L'Amour consists of eight books,
In another connection
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Jack Higgins (the pen name of Henry Patterson) was the internationally bestselling author of 85 novels. He shot to fame with The Eagle Has Landed, which sold 50 million copies worldwide and became a hit film. Adapted for radio, it is included here, t
Glass Chair Chair GlassRuss Abbott, Harriet Walter, Emily Bruni, Hugh Ross and Allan Corduner star in a play that imagines a day when Tommy Cooper met absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. It could have happened.
It's a sunny morning in
GoldfingerToby Stephens returns as agent 007 James Bond in a thrilling dramatisation of Ian Fleming's 1959 novel, with a glittering cast is led by Ian McKellen in the title role.
Auric Goldfinger is not only a cheat at canasta and golf,
The HybernaculumBy Yolanda Pupo-Thompson.
A play depicting a summer's day at The Wakes, the house of 18th-century amateur naturalist the Rev Gilbert White, when White, awaiting the final proofs of his book, is tormented by a form of tinn
My Heart's a SuitcaseDavid Edgar introduces a new production of "My Heart's a Suitcase" by Clare McIntyre.
McIntyre was one of the new generation of women playwrights who emerged with huge impact in the 1980s and this was one of her best
