Radio 4 sitcom about four women friends, written by and starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte McDougall, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling. Four women friends cope with life, work and men. Mel is hunting for a man - any man, and Lucy wants Kevin to help her get rid of a rat. Jo and Kevin are trying for a baby so she can be a really Yummy Mummy, and Alex is...

The courtship and wedding of Tony (Jack and Peggy Archer's son), and Pat Lewis, the girl from Wales with an independent streak.

This audio drama leads the listener into the world of classical poetry, to experience and explore the work of poets with guidance from experts. The fully integrated commentary and analysis gives a student everything they need to understand, enjoy and appreciate classical poetry and to maximise their potential in coursework and exams. Poems include:...

Further instalments from the tenth series of the wickedly funny BBC Radio 4 comedy which spawned the hit television show. The Dead Ringers are back with their skewed and scary take on the world of celebrity, politics and the mass media. Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell give us their impressions of the people we...

CSA Word continues its ever-popular series of classic short stories, featuring writers such as Jerome K. Jerome, Louisa May Alcott and Saki, read by such respected and revered readers as Derek Jacobi, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

Horrible, gruesome, strange and fantastic, some of the best murder stories ever written. Some of the greatest crime stories ever written are brought together on a superb collection that will have listeners on the edge of their seats... wondering if they might be next!!! Who's that outside the door... or is it just the wind??

A sensitive and enlightening collection of war poetry. Released to celebrate the 60th anniversaries of both VE and VJ days, this collection of powerful and moving poetry, read by a star cast of readers including Spike Milligan and Phil Collins, is a feast of a listen. Containing over 100 poems, it charts the war from beginning to end, through the e...

A wonderful selection of stories to make you laugh, cry and shiver! Featuring stories from Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Saki amongst a great many famous others, this collection is a must for anyone who enjoys listening to a wide variety of stories from a diverse range of voices.

Following the success of its 'Best of Women's Short Stories' collections, CSA Word now compliments its oeuvre of critically-acclaimed short stories with a collection that celebrates and studies MEN in all their forms. Inspirational, weird, wonderful, intriguing and even extraordinary men feature in this collection.

In this bumper edition of episodes from the fifth and sixth series, Graham Norton meets his match in Brian from Big Brother, Rabbi Lionel Blue is stranded on a reality radio version of Desert Island Discs, and demons quake when they face Hyacinth the Vampire Slayer. Russell Crowe and John Gielgud take starring roles in Scooby Doo, whilst the soothi...

Dead Ringers is the satirical radio impressions show which has become a firm favourite with Radio 4 fans of all ages. Merciless in its lampooning of the politicians and celebrities who occupy the nation's headlines, the sketch-based series often has no holds barred. This release features both the Archers Christmas Special broadcast in 2000 and the...

A selection of fictional murders committed by reason of love and hate: crimes passionnel. Stories: Mad / de Maupassant First Hate / Algernon Blackwood A Double Tragedy / Louisa M. Alcott Inside Information / Stephen Phillips Who Killed Zebedee? / Wilkie Collins. A thrilling and involving collection of blood-thirsty and psychologically intreguing cr...

Another top-notch selection of Irish stories, once again superbly read by that master story-teller, T.P. McKenna. Stories: Grace - James Joyce, Home Sickness - George Moore, The Ghost & The Bone-setter - Sheridan Le Fanu, Two Or Three Witnesses - C.E.Montague, The Stolen Sheep - John Banim

On the theme of love a second great collection of romantic short stories from yesteryear read by another husband and wife team Edward Fox and Joanna David. LOVE is a staple theme of many short stories and in this second off-beat selection from CSA it comes in many guises. There is love tragically thwarted by duty in Thomas Hardy's The Son's Veto; t...

Containing ten wonderful stories read captivatingly by Rosalind Ayres, Barbara eigh-Hunt, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter, this collection is a winner with everyone. All stories have been carefully chosen for their strong female characters and are full of humour, drama and insight. Also containing some works about women by well-known male write...

The first in CSA WORD's series of brilliant and strong women's stories. With stories from such female greats as Elizabeth Gaskell and Katherine Mansfield, this collection should appeal to women and men alike, with a strong and varied selection of stories by and about women.

The complete first series of the groundbreaking comedy sketch show starring Denise Coffey, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees.

The complete second series of the smart and surreal sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. In the second BBC Radio 4 series of Cowards, a whole new batch of hapless and hopeful nearly-men battle with the challenge of everyday life, doing their very best to meet the demands of the modern world. Bikes start talkin...

Walter was everyone's "Old pal" and loveable rogue. An unsuccessful farmer who turned to haulage. A carver of cribs and love spoons who took 17 years to propose-only to be turned down. And of course father to the world weary Nelson.

Seven chuckle-inducing tales including: 'Brugglesmith' by Rudyard Kipling, 'The Cricket Match' from 'England, their England' by A.G. Macdonell, 'Reginald on House Parties' by Saki, 'The Great Winglebury Duel' by Charles Dickens, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain, 'A Photographer's Day Out' by Lewis Carroll and 'Jeff Pe...

A collection of eight classic horror stories: 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W Jacobs; 'Timber' by John Galsworthy; 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe; 'The Squaw' by Bram Stoker; 'Martin's Close' by M.R James; 'The Man in the Bell' by W.E Aytoun; ' Caterpillars' by E. F Benson and 'A Tale of Terror' by Thomas Hood.