Just William: A Second BBC Radio Collection

Just.... So... Wonderful

Martin Jarvis reading Just William is a reason to be alive. Absolute perfection x x x

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Just Richmal Crompton

Martin Jarvis was born for this. His performance is outstanding, you hear the innocent boy under the little rogue, the exasperated father and the harassed and pre-occupied mother. Unfortunately, by now, Richmal Crompton is beginning to run out of themes and so if you have already heard the first book some of the stories are a bit repetitious. If however you are, like me, an addict you will forgive her and enjoy this very stylish trip to a class ridden but comfortable society that was once ours.

Just Great

I love these stories and Martin Jarvis delivers them with humour and skill. I never tire of listening to the adventures of William and The Outlaws.

Joyous

All just William stories are fabulous, and Martin Jarvis ''s reading of them is inspired. I can't recommend this highly enough. Laugh out loud for real. And something to listen to time and time again.

Old fashioned entertainment

As an older listener, listening to these stories is like escaping back to my childhood. I now have grandsons and recognise a lot of William and the outlaws in them.

AHilarious story a credit to childrens literature

Loved it thoroughly. It shows a great understanding of children, and Comedic class. It surpassed my (extremely high) expectations. Martin Jarvis really does the magnificent words of Richmal Crompton justice. Kim's son age 11

Brilliant

This is one of few audiobooks that both my 6 and 10 year olds are absolutely obsessed with. They’ve both listened to both collections many times over and I’m sure they’ll listen many more times over the years. The stories are super fun and also educational (a discussion on socialism for example!) and I love listening in when I can! The vocabulary is quite advanced for a 6 year old so it’s nice for their range of words to be stretched a bit!

More Wonderful William Stories BUT Abridged!!

What really can be said ? If you have ever read William stories when young you will just adore these but sadly they are abridged versions which I didn't realise til I listened and this is sometimes to the detriment of the amusement of the story. Nevertheless these are stories which come and are set in the age of the black and white films of slapstick humour, set in the 1920's1930's and are very innocent stories of bygone times, younger versions of the P G WODEHOUSE era of life and when children were children, their games were innocent, times were safe and children could go and play in woods and gardens without health and safety nonsense and parental worry. William is 11 years old and these are all about him and the Outlaws, his 3 friends and his dog Jumble making up the gang. These however are gang stories about playing cowboys and indians, hunting spies, playing with bows and arrows, tops, mouth organs, trumpets and cricket and badminton bats. How many children really use their imagination in playtime now? Martin Jarvis has really got into his stride with the narration and the different voices he does are stupendous. The result is really gentle,, funny humour that some of us still wish applied in this day and age. Probably more appealing to adults than children now, these are nevertheless totally suitable for all, are thoroughly enjoyable and sadly now would almost certainly be dismissed by any publisher today.

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