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Private Peaceful: A BBC Radio Drama
- Written by: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Paul Chequer, Michael Morpurgo, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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This is the story of Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo’s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and of his love for Molly, the beautiful girl he met on his first day at school. As the story unfolds, from past to present, so approaches the hour when Tommo and Charlie will be separated forever.
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Private Peaceful: A BBC Radio Drama
- Narrated by: Paul Chequer, Michael Morpurgo, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release Date: 17-07-14
- Language: English
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Vivat Rex: Volume 2
- Landmark drama from the BBC Radio Archive
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson,
- Narrated by: full cast, Richard Burton
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Burton narrates the second volume of this famous dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure of the BBC radio archive published in audiobook for the very first time. Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 installments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a full cast, the fortunes of the English Crown are followed through 225 years of British history, from Edward II’s accession in 1307 to the birth of Elizabeth I.
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Vivat Rex: Volume 2
- Landmark drama from the BBC Radio Archive
- Narrated by: full cast, Richard Burton
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release Date: 16-04-15
- Language: English
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Sense and Sensibility
- A BBC Radio 4 Reading
- Written by: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Annette Crosbie
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Jane Austen's acclaimed comedy of manners contains a truly memorable cast of characters, including the snobbish Mrs Ferrers, impetuous Marianne, selfish John Dashwood, and his awful, grasping wife. Annette Crosbie captures all the wit and charm of the romance in this BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour reading.
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Sense and Sensibility
- A BBC Radio 4 Reading
- Narrated by: Annette Crosbie
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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The Archers: The Death of Grace Archer
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Written by: The Archers
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Ysanne Churchman
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The legendary demise of Phil Archer's first wife is recalled in these archive editions of the much-loved BBC radio serial, plus a unique behind-the-scenes drama about Grace's death. The Archers is the longest-running radio drama in the world, and in 1955 the death of Grace Archer became one of the most notorious - and controversial - events in the history of the show.
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The Archers: The Death of Grace Archer
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Ysanne Churchman
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release Date: 17-10-16
- Language: English
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Written by: C. J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Justin Salinger, Robert Glenister
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series. Summer, 1540. It has been three years since the terrible events at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is living a quiet life in London - until a summons from Cromwell sees him embarking on another dangerous secret assignment.
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Justin Salinger, Robert Glenister
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 01-09-16
- Language: English
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Shardlake: Dissolution
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Written by: C. J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Jason Watkins, Mark Bonnar
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.
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Shardlake: Dissolution
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Jason Watkins, Mark Bonnar
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release Date: 07-07-16
- Language: English
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₹377.22 or free with 30-day trial
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Shardlake: Sovereign
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas
- Written by: C. J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick, Justin Salinger
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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An atmospheric BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel featuring hunchback lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake. Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Royal Progress to York, aiming to strike fear and awe into his rebellious northern subjects. Shardlake and his assistant, Barak, arrive in the city a day ahead of the 3,000-strong procession.
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Shardlake: Sovereign
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick, Justin Salinger
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release Date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3
- The Poignant BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- Written by: Marie Phillips
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby, full cast, Stephen Fry,
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig star in all three series of the poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy drama. Warhorses of Letters is the world's finest and best-loved equine, military, epistolary romance, comprising the newly discovered love letters between two horses united by passion but cruelly divided by conflict.
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Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3
- The Poignant BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby, full cast, Stephen Fry, Tamsin Greig
- Series: Warhorses of Letters, Book 1-3
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release Date: 05-05-16
- Language: English
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Shardlake: Heartstone
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Justin Salinger, Bryan Dick, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release Date: 01-03-18
- Language: English
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Shardlake: Revelation
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Written by: C. J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Jason Watkins, full cast, Mark Bonnar
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Shardlake returns in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of the fourth novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime series.Spring, 1543. London's streets are filled with preachers; strange signs and portents are seen everywhere; and young men, maddened by differing interpretations of the Bible, are drawn into dangerous fundamentalism.
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Shardlake: Revelation
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Jason Watkins, full cast, Mark Bonnar
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release Date: 17-08-17
- Language: English
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Peeler
- The BBC Radio 4 Crime Series
- Written by: Patrick Carroll
- Narrated by: Richard E Grant, Mick Ford, Norman Jones,
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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A six-part BBC Radio 4 crime drama set in 19th-century London. It is 1830, a year after Sir Robert Peel’s creation of the Metropolitan Police, known as the 'Peelers'. As the brand-new bobbies patrol the beat in their smart blue uniforms, armed only with truncheons and rattles, they form the first line of defence against crime. But as this thrilling series opens, the fledgling detective force is proving unpopular, sparking deep political unrest and public protests. Rioters take to the streets of London, and the police struggle to contain the violence.
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Peeler
- The BBC Radio 4 Crime Series
- Narrated by: Richard E Grant, Mick Ford, Norman Jones, James Booth, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release Date: 16-01-20
- Language: English
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Elephants to Catch Eels
- The Complete Series 1-2
- Written by: Tom Jamieson, Nev Fountain
- Narrated by: Lucy Speed, Sheridan Smith, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The complete series 1 and 2 of the BBC Radio comedy set in an 18th-century Cornish village. In the first series, Tamsyn Trelawny's band of 18th-century Cornish smugglers try to outwit customs officers, a hairy folk band helps Tamsyn and the Cornish smugglers to escape the law and Tamsyn tries to keep her love-life out of the scandal rags. Also, when a new rival appears in town, Tamsyn tries to quit then, finally, Tamsyn joins customs men to stop Courageous Kate from marrying her dad.
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Elephants to Catch Eels
- The Complete Series 1-2
- Narrated by: Lucy Speed, Sheridan Smith, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 19-12-19
- Language: English
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Hand in Glove: The Casebook of Dr Wallace
- Six BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas
- Written by: Stephen Mulrine
- Narrated by: Liam Brennan, Meg Fraser, mx Martyn James,
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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1920s Stirling, and Chief Pathologist Dr Wallace is the town's acknowledged expert on all matters forensic. But he's not the only detective in the family - his daughter Barbara, a medical student, also has quite a talent for investigating. In these six one-off dramas, the two amateur sleuths join forces to tackle a string of tricky cases, each involving a suspicious death.
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Hand in Glove: The Casebook of Dr Wallace
- Six BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas
- Narrated by: Liam Brennan, Meg Fraser, mx Martyn James, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release Date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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Miriam and Youssef
- A BBC Radio Full Cast Dramatisation
- Written by: Steve Waters
- Narrated by: Shani Erez, Amir El-Masry, Blake Ritson,
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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1917. As the British enter Palestine with the aim of facilitating a Jewish homeland, young Arab Youssef Bannourah befriends Harry Lister, an English civil servant who has come to live in his village of Deir Yassin. Impressed by Youssef's intelligence, Harry finds him a job working for the British administration. Meanwhile, fleeing Jewish persecution in Russia, Miriam Cohen and her mother, Sara, set sail for the promised land. On arrival, they move to a newly constructed kibbutz near Jerusalem, where - divided by faith and a fence - Miriam meets Youssef for the first time.
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Miriam and Youssef
- A BBC Radio Full Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Shani Erez, Amir El-Masry, Blake Ritson, Ava Merson-O'Brien, Rafi Essex, Jo Ben Ayed, Nikhita Essex, full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release Date: 24-06-21
- Language: English
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Life in London
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Written by: Pierce Egan, Dan Tetsall
- Narrated by: Mark Gatiss, Greg Wise, James Bachman,
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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Pierce Egan's renowned 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell is a rollicking real tour of the sprawling post-Regency metropolis in the years before the Victorians turned up and made everything boring.
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Life in London
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: Mark Gatiss, Greg Wise, James Bachman, Geoffrey McGivern, Dave Lamb, Amanda Abbington, Alex MacQueen, Morwenna Banks, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release Date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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Bookcases
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Written by: Martyn Wade
- Narrated by: Maggie Steed, Michael Cochrane, Joan Sims,
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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London, 1853, and the sedate religious publishing house of Spavin and Spavin is about to experience a radical shake-up. Vivacious actress Cordelia is on the hunt for a husband and has her eye on Gerald, one of the firm's partners, while her son, Primus, has ambitions to take over the firm. And when he does, it'll be out with the Bibles and in with the best sellers - starting with Charlotte Brontë's latest blockbuster.
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Bookcases
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: Maggie Steed, Michael Cochrane, Joan Sims, Elizabeth Spriggs, David Horovitch, Charles Simpson, Geoffrey Whitehead, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release Date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes’ Rival Detectives
- 16 BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramas
- Written by: Robert Barr, Julius Chambers, R. Austin Freeman,
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith, John Sessions, Andrew Scott,
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.
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The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes’ Rival Detectives
- 16 BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramas
- Narrated by: Tim Piggott-Smith, John Sessions, Andrew Scott, Tim McInnerny, Honeysuckle Weeks, Paul Rhys, James Fleet, Anton Lesser
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release Date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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Love Letters from the Front
- A BBC Radio Dramatisation of a True Love Story
- Written by: Eric Appleby, Phyllis Kelly
- Narrated by: Roisin Gallagher, Ruairí Tohill
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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A landmark drama series telling the compelling real-life WW1 love story of English soldier Eric Appleby and his Irish sweetheart Phyllis Kelly. Eric Appleby was an engineering student from Liverpool who joined the Royal Field Artillery when war began in 1914. Posted to Athlone, he met and fell in love with solicitor's daughter Phyllis Kelly at a dance. Their romance was interrupted when he was sent to fight in the trenches on the Western Front, but they kept their love alive through a series of wonderfully crafted letters.
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Love Letters from the Front
- A BBC Radio Dramatisation of a True Love Story
- Narrated by: Roisin Gallagher, Ruairí Tohill
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release Date: 12-08-21
- Language: English
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Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & Other Mysteries
- A BBC Radio Crime Collection
- Written by: Josephine Tey
- Narrated by: Julia Foster, Joan Sims, Paul Young,
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Dramatisations and readings of five of Josephine Tey's classic mystery novels. Scottish novelist and playwright Josephine Tey was one of the greatest Golden Age crime writers and the author of eight mysteries, including six featuring Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant. The most famous of these, The Daughter of Time, was acclaimed the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association. A full-cast dramatisation of this iconic story is included here, along with adaptations of four of her other much-loved mystery novels.
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Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & Other Mysteries
- A BBC Radio Crime Collection
- Narrated by: Julia Foster, Joan Sims, Paul Young, Edward Petherbridge, Tilly Gaunt, Giles Fagan, Peter Gilmore, full cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release Date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Jacob Hawley: On Drugs
- Exploring the UK Drug Scene
- Written by: Jacob Hawley
- Narrated by: Jacob Hawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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In his first BBC radio series, New Comedy Award finalist Jacob Hawley examines one of the most important issues affecting young people today, looking into every aspect of British drug culture to discover its scope and effects. As a recreational drugs user for almost a decade, Jacob thought he knew more than most about the topic - but was shocked by how much he still had to learn.
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Jacob Hawley: On Drugs
- Exploring the UK Drug Scene
- Narrated by: Jacob Hawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release Date: 12-08-21
- Language: English
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