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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

Ray Bradbury The Veldt 1959.mp3

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.

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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.

1: The Monster of Enmore Park.mp3

2: The Edge of Terror.mp3

3: Our Eyes Have Seen Great Wonders

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.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.mp3

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.

• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Al Woodall Made It.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Aron the Usher.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Big Bomb, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Bob Goddard and the Rocket Age.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Bob Hover Has Crashed.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Candidate Zachary Taylor's Secret.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Clay and the Timber Wolf.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Cy Young Losingest Pitcher.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Distinguished Dr Dodgeson, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Doctor Who Made House Calls, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Drug Epidemic.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Felix the Fire Fighter.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Gardner, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Golf Club Controversey.mp3

• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Golfer Bill and Son.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Hero Calvin Graham.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Hopelessly.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - It's a Wonderful Life.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Jailbird Musician.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - John the Church Organist.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Law School Dropout.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Lone Eagle, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Maestro's Daughter, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Master Chief, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Officer Bob and the Maternity Case.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Origins of Football.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Painting Nobody Wanted, The.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Peter's Bad Heart.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Protecting the Ex-President.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Rasputin.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Save the Churaptura.mp3

• Paul Harvey (ROS) - The Westside Baptist Church Choir.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Three Red Roses.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - Titanic's Disaster 06-27-00.mp3
• Paul Harvey (ROS) - William Penn's Challenge.mp3
• Paul Harvey - 2001-09-11 New York Disaster.mp3
• Paul Harvey - 2001-09-12 The Day After.mp3
• Paul Harvey - 2001-09-13 2 Days After.mp3
• Paul Harvey - 2001-09-14 3 Days After.mp3
• Paul Harvey - About Firemen (01-09-15).mp3
• Paul Harvey - Brent.mp3
• Paul Harvey - Christmas 2000, Story of Birds, Mr Washington.mp3
• Paul Harvey - Legend of the Dogwood Tree (April 1999).mp3
• Paul Harvey - Love Letter.mp3
• Paul Harvey - The Automatic Dishwasher.mp3
• Paul Harvey - The Bong.mp3
• Paul Harvey - The Rest Of The Story - Katy's Poem.mp3
• Paul Harvey - The Rest Of The Story - The Starving Time.mp3
• Paul Harvey - The Rest of the Story - (3 Christmas Stories).mp3
• Paul Harvey - letter from god.mp3
• Paul Harvey - news.mp3
• Paul Harvey - the man and the birds.mp3
• Paul Harvey - twin towers(1).mp3
• Paul Harvey - what is a policeman(1).mp3
• Paul Harvey Blooper - Poodle Nightie.mp3

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.

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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

The Beatles' White Album 5.mp3

The Beatles' White Album 6,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.

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"Between 1997 and 2001, at the height of the dot-com bubble, the Sci-Fi channel decided to invest some money into producing a number of original audio stories under the banner of Seeing Ear Theater, essentially a “next generation” of radio plays for a modern audience. A talented team of script-writers, excellent actors and sound effects people crafted a series of remarkable episodes, breathing life into the stories of both classic writers, like Harlan Ellison and Frederic Brown, and modern writers, like Neil Gaiman and J. Michael Straczynski."

1. Kindred - Part 1 of 4 (10.7Mb)
2. Kindred - Part 2 of 4 (13.6Mb)
3. Kindred - Part 3 of 4 (6.1Mb)
4. Kindred - Part 4 of 4 (14.8Mb)
5. History of the Devil - Part 1 (10Mb)
6. History of the Devil - Part 2 (8.4Mb)
7. History of the Devil - Part 3 (7.8Mb)
8. History of the Devil - Part 4 (7.6Mb)
9. History of the Devil - Part 5 (9.6Mb)
10. Snow Glass Apples - Part 1 (12.3Mb)
11. Snow Glass Apples - Part 2 (8.9Mb)
12. An Elevator and a Pole - Part 1 (13.2Mb)
13. An Elevator and a Pole - Part 2 (12.8Mb)
14. The Martian Crown Jewels (16.1Mb)
15. The Time Machine - Part 1 (13.8Mb)
16. The Time Machine - Part 2 (14.8Mb)
17. Black Canoes (25.7Mb)
18. Titanic Dreams (10Mb)
19. The Moon Moth - Part 1 (10.8Mb)
20. The Moon Moth - Part 2 (14.4Mb)
21. The Lucky Strike - Part 1 (7.2Mb)
22. The Lucky Strike - Part 2 (10Mb)
23. A Good Knight's Work - Part 2 (NO PART 1 AVAILABLE) (4.1Mb)
24. The Jaguar Hunter - Part 1 (8.4Mb)
25. The Jaguar Hunter - Part 2 (6.6Mb)
26. Fire Watch - Part 1 (5.9Mb)
27. Fire Watch - Part 2 (7.6Mb)
28. Facade (11.1Mb)
29. Legend of Sleepy Hollow (3.5Mb)
30. A Dry Quiet War - Part 1 (8Mb)
31. A Dry Quiet War - Part 2 (6.3Mb)
32. Diary of A Mad Deity - Part 1 (4.8Mb)
33. Diary of A Mad Deity - Part 2 (5.7Mb)
34. Child's Play (16.5Mb)
35. In The Shade of the Slowboat Man (11.9Mb)
36. Greedy Choke Puppy (8.5Mb)
37. The Nostalgianauts (9.9Mb)
38. Knock (10.1Mb)
39. The Man Who Could Work Miracles (11.1Mb)
40. Breakaway, Breakdown (8.3Mb)
41. Emily 501 - Part 1 (5.7Mb)
42. Emily 501 - Part 2 (3.7Mb)
43. Marilyn or the Monster - Part 1 (6.3Mb)
44. Marilyn or the Monster - Part 2 (4.1Mb)
45. Sorry, Wrong Number (6Mb)
46. Jumping Niagara Falls (9.1Mb)
47. Feel The Zaz - Part 1 (6.2Mb)
48. Feel The Zaz - Part 2 (8.7Mb)
49. Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries - Part 1 (8.9Mb)
50. Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries - Part 2 (8.4Mb)
51. Propagation of Light in a Vacuum - Part 1 (5.4Mb)
52. Propagation of Light in a Vacuum - Part 2 (5.4Mb)
53. Meet The Neighbor (2.9Mb)
54. Orson The Alien (13.2Mb)
55. The Wheel - Part 1 (5.7Mb)
56. The Wheel - Part 2 (6.1Mb)
57. Daughter Earth - Part 1 (4.3Mb)
58. Daughter Earth - Part 2 (4.2Mb)
59. Other Worlds (5.1Mb)
60. Times Arrow, Time's Spiral (7.9Mb)
61. Alice In Wonderland - Part 1 (6.8Mb)
62. Alice In Wonderland - Part 2 (5.9Mb)
63. The Flat Edge of the Earth - Part 1 (7.9Mb)
64. The Flat Edge of the Earth - Part 2 (6Mb)
65. The Country Doctor (4.7Mb)
66. The First (and Last) Musical on Mars - Part 1 (7.2Mb)
67. The First (and Last) Musical on Mars - Part 2 (6.3Mb)
68. The First (and Last) Musical on Mars - Part 3 (6.2Mb)
69. George and the Red Giant - Part 1 (5.1Mb)
70. George and the Red Giant - Part 2 (5.3Mb)
71. The Bigger One (3.4Mb)
72. Too Late - An Experiment in Sound (3.4Mb)
73. The Signal-Man (6.8Mb)
74. A Clean Escape (6.8Mb)
75. Herd Mentality - Part 1 (6.1Mb)
76. Herd Mentality - Part 2 (6.5Mb)
77. Death Of Captain Future - Part 1 (7.4Mb)
78. Death Of Captain Future - Part 2 (5.5Mb)
79. Think Like a Dinosaur - Part 1 (5.8Mb)
80. Think Like a Dinosaur - Part 2 (5.5Mb)
81. Wanted In Surgery (10.6Mb)
82. The Oblivion Syndrome (11.3Mb)
83. Monkeys Paw (4.2Mb)
84. The Tell-Tale Heart (5.5Mb)
85. Into The Sun (5.8Mb)

Hosted by Johnny Carson, this two-hour retrospective reviews 50 years of classic NBC radio and television comedy performances. It aired Thanksgiving Day in 1982 as a special with Carson presenting comedy excerpts from a variety of comedy genres and explains his take on each. Included are satirical sketches from Saturday Night Live, the irreverent comedy of Bob and Ray; and the topical comedy of humorist Will Rogers. Also included are excerpts from the radio series "The Lucky Strike Program" starring Jack Benny and "Maxwell House Coffee Time" with George Burns. Performances by Victor Borge, Fred Allen, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Lucille Ball, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, W.C. Fields, Mae West, and Flip Wilson, among many others.

Johnny Carson 821120 Johnny Carson's Hafl-Century of NBC Comedy.mp3

A suspenseful archaeological thriller full of secrets, lies and mysteries from acclaimed writer and producer Victor Pemberton

Best known as a TV producer, writer and script editor for Doctor Who, Victor Pemberton created the Doctor's most iconic gadget, the sonic screwdriver. A prolific dramatist, he also penned a wide variety of plays for BBC Radio including this gripping 8-part adventure, first broadcast in 1968.

Elizabeth Warwick, the daughter of a famous archaeologist, travels to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to explore the mysterious tomb her father discovered before his death. Following in his footsteps, she hopes to find out what secrets lurk within. Is it an empty shell, or the final resting place of a Pharaoh?

But her investigations lead her further and further into danger. Sir Richard Warwick had enemies, and now they are pursuing her. Embroiled in intrigue and unsure who to trust, she embarks on a quest that will take her from the Temple of Luxor to Cairo's City of the Dead...

Among the cast of this thrilling serial are Sheila Grant, John Humphry, David Spenser, Rolf Lefebvre, Nigel Anthony and Marion Mathie.

Dolly Parton and friends talk about her history, songwriting, business savvy and philanthropy. These friends include Kenny Rogers, Charlie Louvin, Laura Cantrell, Holly George-Warren and Janis Ian. You'll also hear a mix of her best-known tunes.

Dolly Parton.mp3

The Dillards left the Ozarks for Hollywood and found great success as The Darlings on Andy Griffith, frequent appearances on the Judy Garland Show. Rodney Dillard the last living member is still making music and joins Steve tMartin to share music and stories from the history of The Dillards.

As one of the most influencial groups in bluegrass, folk, country music in the 60s and 70s, Rodney tells the story of how they got the gig on the Andy Griffith show and reveals some of the history setting events that they were involved in.

Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass - Rodney Dillard.mp3

David Holt is a Grammy award-winning multi-instrumentalist, historian, television host, teacher and entertainer. As a child his father taught him how to play bones and spoons, a skill that had been passed down in his Texas family for five generations.

Rolling Stone magazine founding editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner's historic interview with John Lennon, conducted in December of 1970.

John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 1

John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 2

John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 3

John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 4

John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 5
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Slipstream is a radio drama written by Simon Bovey, broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in March 2008 in 5 episodes. This wartime tale tells of a British commando raid on a German experimental aircraft development site, following reports of a new German aircraft capable of fantastic speeds, which shot down 150 Allied bombers. It is described as silver and disc-shaped: have the Nazis built a flying saucer?

1. 1of5 Into the Wolf's Lair (25.6Mb)
2. 2of5 The Eagle's Nest (25.5Mb)
3. 3of5 The Tomorrow World (25.6Mb)
4. 4of5 This Island Earth (25.6Mb)
5. 5of5 Fight for the Future (25.9Mb)

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the first century. His old friend, Messala, arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent as a slave in the mines, while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur’s family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur meets the Christ as he is on the road to Golgotha to be crucified. That day changes Ben-Hur’s life forever, for that is the day he becomes a believer.

CAST
Ben Hur ...... Jamie Glover
Messala ...... Samuel West
Angel ...... Deborah Berlin
Amrah ...... Phyllis Calvert
Mother ...... Margaret John
Arrius ...... Derek Waring
Tirzah ...... Natasha Pyne
Chief of Rowers ...... Don McCorkindale
Man 1/Servant ...... Joshua Towb
Man 2 ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Man in Boat ...... Gavin Muir

1. A Friendship Betrayed
Two men's lives run almost in parallel. One is a prince of Jerusalem, Judah Ben Hur.
The other is known as "He that was born to be King of the Jews."

2. Son of Arrius
Judah Ben Hur has been falsely accused of attempted murder, sent to the galleys and rescued by Arrius of Rome.
He now returns in search of his mother and sister.

3. The Chariot Race
The biggest day of Ben Hur 's life dawns -the chariot race with Messala.
Each has staked his fortune on the outcome. Each has everything to lose.

4. The King Comes into His Kingdom
After the prince's victory in the chariot race, news arrives of his mother and sister.

1. A Friendship Betrayed (70.9Mb)
2. Son of Arrius (77.8Mb)
3. The Chariot Race (70.7Mb)
4. The King Comes into His Kingdom (77.7Mb)

Two one-hour documentaries on The Byrds, the continuously groundbreaking band who bridged the gaps between The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, the Beach Boys, the Los Angeles psychedelic underground and classic country. Their memorable music set the stage for everyone from the Eagles to Tom Petty to R.E.M.

THERE IS A SEASON covers 1964-1967, the all-too-brief hitmaking years of the Byrds' original five members - Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke. They were an electrified folk band who topped the charts with some of the decades' most innovative singles and albums. By 1967, their musical harmony was engulfed by the off-stage disharmony that pushed them to reach those heights. Instead of being directed by the singular vision of one leader, The Byrds were consistently led by everybody's contributions - from their original five members to the musicians involved with their later years.

Despite the inner turmoil that resulted in a revolving cast of characters, the Byrds always used those changes as opportunities to further their musical evolution. "They all brought something new and something defining," says journalist David Fricke, "and it all became part of the Byrds sound. They didn't change the Byrds to the degree that it changed the sound. What they did became the Byrds."

Both segments feature the wide range of music that made The Byrds of the 60s most influential bands, along with comments by its two longest-lasting members: Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman. Writers David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, Lenny Kaye and Byrds historian Sid Griffin are also interviewed.

The Byrds (part 1) There is a Season.mp3

The Byrds (part 2) Farther Along.mp3