Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs....
ADULT CONTENT
A close election sees evil Chief Whip Francis Urquhart start scheming his way into 10 Downing Street. Stars Daniel Masse
1 The Insane Route – A close election sees evil Chief Whip Francis Urquhart start scheming his way into 10 Downing Street.
2 The Dart of a Chance – Francis puts pressure on Roger, and a press leak occurs. Meanwhile, Mattie wonders who her new ally is.
3 The Unkindest Cut– Francis deals with an irate media mogul who wants the Prime Minister replaced, after sitting on a leak.
4 In Hot Pursuit– Francis uses the Prime Minister’s brother as the lynchpin to his plans. Mattie starts to get suspicious.
5 The Path to Danger– An unpopular media merger seems to put Francis’ plans at risk. Roger is once more forced to co-operate.
6 Death and the Maiden – Roger finally stands up for himself, but pays the price. His misfortune, however, gives Mattie her lead.
By: George Mann, Cavan Scott
Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton, Frances Jeater, Don Gilet, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ivanno Jeremiah, Amy McAllister, full cast
Length: 8 hrs
There is a plot to kidnap Queen Victoria and only Sherlock Holmes can stop it...or can he?
Investigating a crime seemingly unconnected to the Royal Family, Holmes & Watson uncover a conspiracy to kidnap Queen Victoria and destabilise the British Empire.
With a ticking clock to her next public engagement, Holmes and Watson must discover who is behind the plot and locate her majesty, while Mycroft tries to keep the monarch’s disappearance a secret from the British people.
At first, Holmes believes Moriarty is responsible for the abduction, but when the Napoleon of Crime is proved innocent, Holmes must work with his arch-nemesis to rescue the Queen.
An Audible Original drama starring Nicholas Boulton as Sherlock Holmes and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Dr. John Watson alongside a full cast.
A man goes missing from a liner as it approaches England. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide.
Vintage 80s crime drama, as Southampton Police investigate the disappearance of a passenger from an inbound ship.
Cast:
DC ‘Birdie’ Partridge …. Patrick Mower
DS Dunne …. Geoffrey Matthews
Ruth Cobb …. Helen Atkinson Wood
Martin Lennister …. David McAlister
Captain of the Carthena …. Nicholas Courtney
Australian Driver …. Anthony Jackson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
01 – Did He Fall Or…
E02 – Hostile Witness
E03 – Unofficial Investigations
E04 – Mistaken Identity
E05 – The Ends Justify the Means
A triple bill of archive BBC radio dramas, believed lost for over half a century and only recently rediscovered. Butter in a Lordly Dish, written specially for radio in 1948, features Richard Williams as Sir Luke Enderby KC, whose infidelities lead him into trouble when he goes to meet his latest flame. Williams also stars as Hercule Poirot in Murder in the Mews, a 1955 adaptation of a short story. A young woman is found dead in her flat, the day after Guy Fawkes night. Did she die by her own hand, or someone else's? In Personal Call, also written specially for radio by Agatha Christie, a disturbing telephone call from a woman named Fay has consequences for both Richard Brent and his wife Pam. This 1960 production stars Ivan Brandt and Barbara Lott.
Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world’s greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.
In a drawer in his bureau, Dr. Watson keeps a locked cedarwood chest—a “box of secrets.” It contains an archive of notes referring to some of Holmes’ cases that, for one reason or another, never saw the light of day. Now, for the first time, Watson has decided to reveal the truth to the world. In these four thrilling stories, Holmes experiments with the science of ballistics, locates some missing gold bullion, investigates the theft of a large amount of money, and solves the baffling mystery of the Stovey murder.
First published in 1950, the action is set 100 years in the future, as Lydia and George struggle with their technologically advanced home taking over their lives and their role as parents.
Their two children, Peter and Wendy are obsessed with a virtual reality room called the 'nursery' which can reproduce any place they imagine. Lydia is distraught over their morbid preoccupation with a vivid virtual African Veldt complete with smells, where lions roam the open rural landscape.
Consequently, both children have become completely uncooperative and lie to their parents as a result of their lack of discipline.
Lydia and George decide to take action, but it’s a decision they may regret.
Diana Olsson stars as Lydia and John Cazabon as George.
With Jon Hewitt and Nina Ludlow as the children.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme 5 March 1959.
Dramatised by Jack Pulman
Producer, Frederick Bradnum
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE romantic novel by Jane Austen,. A classic of English literature, written with incisive wit and superb character delineation, it centres on the burgeoning relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.
Adapted from Jane Austen's novel
by H. Oldfield Box
STARRING:
Hermione Hannen
Hugh Burden
Cecil Trouncer
Barbara Everest
BBC Home Service Basic, From 6 August 1950: Twelve episodes
Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. One of the great American novels comes into rich and multilayered life in the most complete dramatisation yet. This BBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation co-production evokes pre-Civil War America, and follows Huck and the runaway slave Jim on their journey down the Mississippi on a raft. Twain's wise and affectionate writing gives voice to Huck's growing understanding of Jim's humanity, and remains controversial. This programme contains language that some listeners may find offensive.
The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive.
Dramatised in three parts by Peggy Wells and Barry Campbell.
Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
BBC Radio 3: Drama On 3 Broadcast: Sunday 16th March 2008 @ 8:00 p.m.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" tells the story of a wealthy Southern family in crisis, in which hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart the dysfunctional Mississippi family. The play portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie "the Cat," her alcoholic husband, Brick, and the dominating family patriarch, Big Daddy. A hot-house of corruption and lies, the drama is played out against a backdrop of rampant Fifties Cold War anti-Communism, white domination, racial segregation and intense homophobia. This new production stays faithful to Williams's rarely performed original version. When the drama premièred on Broadway in 1955, the director, Elia Kazan, asked Williams to rewrite the third act – which he did. But the playwright never abandoned his first version, requesting that the audience should be able to judge his original intentions.
With Joss Ackland [Big Daddy], Gemma Jones [Big Mama], Elizabeth McGovern [Maggie (Margaret)], Marcus D'Amico [Brick], Alison Steadman [Mae], Clive Carter [Gooper], Kenneth Jay [Dr Baugh], Ben Onwukwe [Lacey], Roy Dotrice [The Reverend Tooker], and Polly Dartford, Christopher Earley, Zara Mandel, Tristan Pegg [The Children]. The original music is composed by Jon Nicholls. Directed by Andy Jordan. Produced by Richard Bannerman and Neil Gardner. 120 min.
Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast News and Comment on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his famous The Rest of the Story segments. From 1951 to 2008, his programs reached as many as 24 million people per week. Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations, on 400 American Forces Network stations, and in 300 newspapers.
No one can fail to be captivated by the swashbuckling piracy of Treasure Island. Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint's treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, led by the villainous Long John Silver, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed? The struggle of Young Jim and his friends as they do battle on the high seas is thrillingly played out in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation which stars Jack Shepherd, Iain Cuthbertson, Buster Merryfield, and James McPherson as young Jim Hawkins.
The White Album was one of The Beatles' most remarkable releases. The two-album set was officially called THE BEATLES, but it became known forever after as The White Album. It was the top-selling of all The Beatles' albums and ranks #11 on the all-time album sales list.
The Beatles' White Album was a wildly diverse collection that included instant classics ("Back in the U.S.S.R", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Dear Prudence", "Blackbird"), gentle ballads ("Mother Nature's Son", "I Will", "Julia"), raucous electric rock ("Helter Skelter", "Yer Blues") amusing ditties ("Honey Pie", "Savoy Truffle", "Rocky Raccoon"), and surprising experimental tracks ("Revolution #9"). The writing and performing styles of the four individual Beatles became distinct. Many Beatle fans and historians point to the White Album as the beginning of the break-up of the Beatles. In little over a year, the band would be dissolved.
Each song is explored with commentary from many guest in this three hour presentation hosted by Paul Ingles.
The Beatles' White Album 1.mp3
The Beatles' White Album 2.mp3
The Beatles' White Album 3.mp3
The Beatles' White Album 4.mp3
Sugarfoot is an American Western television series that aired for 69 episodes on ABC from 1957-1961 on Tuesday nights on a "shared" slot basis – rotating with Cheyenne (first season); Cheyenne and Bronco (second season); and Bronco (third season). The Warner Bros. production stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.
