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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed,
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
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Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
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Amazing dramatization
- By Somnath on 12-08-24
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle,
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast,
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words....
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Nice collection of books
- By A senior citizen on 20-08-21
Written by: P. D. James
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. There was no reason for him to commit suicide, and Poirot believes he was murdered.....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Murder at the Vicarage (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery....
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Excellent way to start audible journey
- By Ank on 08-07-20
Written by: Agatha Christie
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious....
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Nicely played..!
- By Placeholder on 01-04-20
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed,
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
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Amazing dramatization
- By Somnath on 12-08-24
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle,
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast,
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words....
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Nice collection of books
- By A senior citizen on 20-08-21
Written by: P. D. James
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. There was no reason for him to commit suicide, and Poirot believes he was murdered.....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Murder at the Vicarage (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery....
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Excellent way to start audible journey
- By Ank on 08-07-20
Written by: Agatha Christie
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious....
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Nicely played..!
- By Placeholder on 01-04-20
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Taken at the Flood (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Five of his relatives are desperate to get their hands on Cloade's money....
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Nice
- By Amazon Customer on 26-08-19
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: full cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories....
Written by: Colin Dexter
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The Mystery of the Blue Train (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Maurice Denhham
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead....
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Not one of the best of Poirot
- By sady on 28-03-20
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Towards Zero (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Philip Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Marcia Warren
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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When death visits Gull’s Point the house party is thrown into turmoil. It is left to Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector Leach and Mr MacWhirter, an ex-detective who is also house guest, to solve the case....
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Absolute nonsense
- By Chef Dipali Vernekar on 26-04-23
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Mrs McGinty's Dead (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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The gruesome death of Mrs McGinty provokes Superintendent Spence to seek the help of his old ally Hercule Poirot....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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The Ngaio Marsh BBC Radio Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde, Stephen Thorne, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Includes 'A Man Lay Dead', 'A Surfeit of Lampreys', 'Opening Night' and 'When in Rome'....
Written by: Ngaio Marsh
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The Missed
- Written by: Sami Shah
- Narrated by: Palavi Sharda, Igor Sas, Della Rae Morrisson,
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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In the Western Australian wheatbelt, refugees Anushey, Shahab and their daughter find safety in the sleepy town of Nunich. But when their daughter disappears without a trace and the town is plunged into chaos and violence, their newfound sense of security is shattered.
Written by: Sami Shah
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The Moving Finger (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in White & The Moonstone
- Written by: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd, John Sharp, full cast,
- Length: 24 hrs and 36 mins
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BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story and pioneer of detective fiction....
Written by: Wilkie Collins
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The Inspector Chen Mysteries
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Series
- Written by: Qiu Xiaolong
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York,
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao....
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Refreshing
- By PT on 16-03-21
Written by: Qiu Xiaolong
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The Ruth Rendell BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Oona Beeson, Jamie Glover, Peter Wingfield,
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Full-cast dramatisations of seven of Ruth Rendell's tense psychological thrillers: The Bridesmaid, Going Wrong, King Solomon’s Carpet, People Don’t Do Such Things, The Fever Tree, The Dreadful Day of Judgment and Thornapple....
Written by: Ruth Rendell
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The Unexpected Guest (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 58 mins
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A foggy night... a lonely country house... and a woman with a gun in her hand quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. It looked like a straightforward case of murder. Or was it?....
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Fantabulous
- By Vanessa Noronha on 01-06-19
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger,
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
Written by: CJ Sansom
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Five Little Pigs
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast, John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Carla Lemarchant was a child of five when her mother was accused and convicted of poisoning her father, the famous painter Amyas Crale....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Endless Night (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Forbes, Lizzie Watts
- Length: 57 mins
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Agatha Christie wrote 'Endless Night' in 1967, and it is one of her greatest - and most unusual - novels. Creepy, malevolent and claustrophobic, it is a story about choices, the nature of good and evil....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Three Act Tragedy (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt, George Cole, Michael Cochrane,
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Hercule Poirot is a guest at a weekend house party, given at the Cornish clifftop home of the celebrated actor Sir Charles Cartwright....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
- Written by: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens, Kelly Burke, Barbara Barnes,
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe....
Written by: Raymond Chandler
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They Do It With Mirrors (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Miss Marple is told that her old friend, Carrie, is in danger and she goes to stay with her at Stoneygates, a home for maladjusted adolescents....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Nemesis (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Hallowe'en Party (Dramatised)
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation....
Written by: Agatha Christie
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Sherlock Holmes: The Carleton Hobbs Collection
- 55 Full-Cast BBC Dramatisations
- Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley, full cast
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
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A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary....
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Raymond Chandler
- A BBC Radio Collection
- Written by: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Don Fellows, Ed Bishop, full cast,
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice....
Written by: Raymond Chandler
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Patrick Hamilton: Rope, Gaslight, Hangover Square and More
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- Written by: Patrick Hamilton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, Amanda Redman, David Thorpe,
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Patrick Hamilton is renowned for his gritty, slice-of-life tales chronicling the hopes, dreams and obsessions of London's working class in the inter-war years. This collection brings together his key pieces, together with some lesser-known classics and a bonus 2004 documentary....
Written by: Patrick Hamilton
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Falco: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Five Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Lindsey Davis
- Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Anton Lesser, Ben Crowe,
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco....
Written by: Lindsey Davis