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Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own
Author: Josie Long
Format: Online
Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 13m
The fourth and final episode, Propriety, Plants, Grandparents, and Growing Your Own, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planets Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 11 March 2009 and repeated o...
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Author: Sautoy Marcus Du
Format: Online
Author Sautoy Marcus Du
Narrator Marcus Du Sautoy
Duration 2h 13m
This ten-part history of mathematics reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. He explores...
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Author: Martin Sixsmith
Format: Online
Author Martin Sixsmith
Narrator Martin Sixsmith
SeriesRussia, Book 1
Duration 5h 37m
The first 25 episodes from the landmark BBC Radio series. Martin Sixsmith brings his firsthand experience of reporting from Russia to this fascinating narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union finally lost its grip on power. Power struggles have a constant presence in his story, from the Mongol hordes that invaded in the 13th...
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Coal and Dole: Voices of the Powerless
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Format: Online
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 33m
In this episode taken from the BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg visits Merthyr Tydfil to look at the plight of the miners in the Depression. The industrial communities of South Wales, built first on iron smelting in the 18th century, and coal in the 19th, had known great prosperity. Merthyr Tydfil was once the largest town in Wales, and in 1914, 25...
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The Crofters' Farewell: Voices of the Powerless
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Format: Online
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
Duration 31m
Visiting the Hebridean island of Mull today, it's not long before someone mentions the steep decline in population that the Scottish highlands and islands suffered 150 to 200 years ago. And it was a depopulation that the crofters were powerless to do anything about-in a phrase that sounds a knell almost as chilling as today's 'ethnic cleansing', th...
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Author: Melvyn Bragg
Format: Online
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English, Book 1
Duration 2h 46m
Melvyn Bragg looks at how English has evolved over 1,000 years, looking at the disappearance of old dialects like that of Cumbria, and how it has been enriched by foreign languages, from Latin, Old French, and then dozens more as conquest, trade and immigration played their part in recent centuries.
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Down and Out In Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Format: Online
Author George Orwell
Narrator Jeremy Northam
Duration 6h 54m
Orwell was arguably one of the first 'gonzo' journalists. In this unabridged, enlightening and often shocking expose of life on the streets of two of Europe's most romanticised and celebrated cities, Orwell describes in detail the day-to-day life of a 'down-and-out', which involves hunger, filth, derision and often prejudice and violence. Alcohol i...
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 1
Duration 29m
"How to be a popular figure around town" Note: This is part one of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 2
Duration 29m
"How to have a Baby" Note: This is part two of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 3
Duration 29m
"How to be a leader of men" Note: This is part three of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 4
Duration 28m
"How to be a father - part one" Note: This is part four of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 5
Duration 29m
"How to be a father - part two" Note: This is part five of a series of six parts.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks To the Nation
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Jeremy Hardy
SeriesJeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation Series 2, Book 6
Duration 28m
"How to meet the Challenge of the 21st Century" Note: This is part six of a series of six parts.
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John Arlott's Cricketing Wides, Byes and Slips!
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator John Arlott
Duration 1h 9m
John Arlott was BBC's Voice of Cricket for more than 30 summers and reported on all the key cricket matches from the 40's to his final commentary in 1980 at Lords. The imagery and wit of an uncomparable broadcaster is captured here in a unique collection of historic moments. From the 40's we hear about Bradman's last test, from the 50's Compton's h...
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Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs
Author: Rhod Gilbert
Format: Online
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator Various
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This final episode features live music from The Hoosiers, including the hit Worried About Ray, and the guest comedian is Jo...
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Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrell of Laughs
Author: Rhod Gilbert
Format: Online
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator Various
Duration 56m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show for Radio 2 featuring regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. Episode four features live music from Goldheart Assembly, including hits King of Rome, Engraver's Daughter and new sin...
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Author: Rhod Gilbert
Format: Online
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator The Cast
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This second episode features live music from Athlete, including hits Superhuman Touch and Half Light, and the guest comedian is tr...
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Author: Rhod Gilbert
Format: Online
Author Rhod Gilbert
Narrator The Cast
Duration 55m
Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman. This fifth episode features live music from Divine Comedy, including the hit National Express, and the guest comedian is Sh...
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Fry's English Delight, Series 4
Author: Stephen Fry
Format: Online
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 1h 50m
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4. 'The Mouth': Why is the human food processor and word processor in the same unit? Stephen Fry takes you inside 'this hole we call cake' - the most important part of speech. 'Brevity': A celebration of the miniature in English. Tim...
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Fry's English Delight: Word Games
Author: Stephen Fry
Format: Online
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 49m
Is English an innately playful language? Are word games good for you? Do we divide into number and word players? And could Scrabble have been invented in any other language? In this special programme, Stephen examines many word games, and we'll hear some familiar voices playing unfamiliar games-Sheila Dillon from The Food Programme plays Font or Ch...
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Tom Wriggleworth's Open Letters, Series 1
Author: Tom Wrigglesworth
Format: Online
Author Tom Wrigglesworth
Narrator Tom Wrigglesworth
Duration 1h 50m
Through the medium of four open letters, the comedian Tom Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain. His subjects range from traffic wardens to estate agents, with Tom recalling his own funny and ridiculous experiences as well as recounting the absurd encounters of others.
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