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The Lost World (Dramatised)
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain's great story of an imaginative boy's adventures in a small town on the Mississippi River. As usual, Tom Sawyer and his pal Huck Finn were only out looking for fun. They never dreamed they'd witness a murder! And that isn't Tom's only problem.
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Alice in Wonderland
- Written by: Lewis Carroll
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- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Originally called Alice's Adventures Underground, Alice in Wonderland tells the story of a young, intrepid little girl who follows a White Rabbit underground and falls into a topsy-turvy dream world, a world where the impossible becomes possible. Listeners will love meeting unforgettable characters such as the Mad Hatter, the Knave of Hearts who steals some tarts, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the formidable Queen.
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weird as usual
- By Vikas Khair on 04-11-19
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Ozma of Oz
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- Narrated by: John McDonough
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Dorothy Gale, on a voyage at sea, is tossed overboard during a storm. She is washed ashore at Ev, a country neighboring Oz, where she meets up with her old friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, and meets Ozma, the new Princess of Oz.
Publisher's Summary
It opens in 1943, when Wells is recording a talk for the Home Service in which he questions mankind's future. After the broadcast, he spends the evening with American journalist Martha, and tells her the astonishing news that his bestselling book The Time Machine was not fantasy but fact.
Wells explains that he was actually present at the dinner party in Richmond fifty years earlier, when the Time Traveller returned from his first fateful journey into the future. He reveals to Martha the full story of the Time Traveller's encounter with the Eloi and the Morlocks - and what really happened to him afterwards...
What members say
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- Ashly
- 09-04-17
Terrific classic: beautifully performed
Robert Glennister is superb. The book is a definitive read for any science fiction fan.
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- john
- 03-09-12
Awesome
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Loved every minute of it. The sound effects, the multiple actors/readers, a great experience.Highly recommended.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Classic Radio Sci-Fi?
All of them
Which scene was your favorite?
The scary ones
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yep
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- Me
- 28-08-17
good retelling.
one of the better BBC ones. 9 year old and 7 year old totally engrossed
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- steve
- 22-03-17
great adaption
very much enjoyed. brilliant voice acting and an excellent adaption from book to radio drama
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- Andyjn
- 11-01-16
Very good
This radio drama is very good. The casting is good. And the story unfolds really takes you in. A great adventure.
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- Highlight
- 05-02-15
An Excellent Production
Enjoyed this because it was different to the film & gives another
slant to the story.
This was all good, a bit more serious than I expected but seems to be the way of the BBC right now, even Dickens of all comical pleasant stories is now (sooooo serious). Let up & give what the writers intended.
A good professional full cast. This is one which will grow on
you the more you listen.
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- Veronica
- 10-11-16
Entertaining
i have never read the book so i don't know how far this dramatization strays from the original, but despite the concepts feeling a little dated, it was fun to listen to