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 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.

A surreal, dark comedy from BBC Radio 3's The Wire, by Cornish writer Carl Grose that was inspired by seeing a Johannesburg local newspaper headline about a farmer who hanged 49 donkeys from tree branches on his land. Originally broadcast 1 November 2008 and repeated 18 July 2009. In Grose's play, Stanley Bray, a Cornish farmer, is compelled to han...

A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society lives a fractured family, in their fractured home lies a fractured body...

Jill is 14, overweight and obsessed with food. Her mum is glamorous, disappointed in Jill and about to embark on a new relationship with Billy, whilst Dad watches silently from a chair.

A BBC Radio 4 drama by Stephanie Dale, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 10 January 2011. When art teacher Rachel, walking home festooned with end-of-term gifts from her pupils, bumps into Tyrone on his first day in London it is the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon it makes sense for Tyrone, now working as a chef in a loca...

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...

A BBC Radio 3 full-cast enactment of Shakespeare's last great tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra, with David Harewood and Frances Barber in the title roles. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' series on 27 June 2010. Telling the story of one of history's most famous couples, Antony and Cleopatra contains some of the most beautiful poetry i...

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama starring James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler, EastEnders), originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 7 December 2010. A touchingly real and comically disingenuous story about the awkwardness of being misshapen, and the misery of not fitting in. Starring James Alexandrou as Liam, Candassaie Liburd as Ethel and Marcella R...

Andrew Sachs stars in this BBC Radio 4 'Afternoon Play' about painter Edward Lear. The Need for Nonsense was originally broadcast on 9 February 2009, and repeated on 17 January 2011. Julia Blackburn's play captures the warm, heartfelt and comic story of the Victorian poet and painter Edward Lear's lifelong friendship with his eccentric Greek servan...

Father Gorman is called to a dingy rooming house to see a woman who, before she dies, confesses a bizarre tale to him. Leaving the house he is followed and, in the fog, a fatal blow is struck. A piece of paper with nine names written on it is found in the dead priest's shoe. The clue leads to The Pale Horse Inn, home of three women: a psychic, a me...

When Leonard Vole finds himself accused of murder, his predicament is made even worse when he discovers his wife to be the chief witness against him. The trial proceeds with a number of unexpected twists...

The glorious return of Milton Jones in the series, where each episode, he bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, with no ability whatsoever. In this episode, he's a collector and antiques expert whose passion for Faberg‚ Eggs leads him to bankruptcy, a Russian sleigh ride and a mysterious Swiss Schloss...Written by Milton with James C...

The glorious return of Milton Jones in the series, where each episode, he bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, with no ability whatsoever. In this episode, he's an internationally-renowned magician and illusionist who gets tangled up in a devilish plot to make the Bank of England disappear...Written by Milton with James Cary ('Think The U...

The glorious return of Milton Jones in the series, where each episode, he bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, with no ability whatsoever. In this episode, he's a health and diet guru who plans to take over the world by means of a Walnut Shell & Nettle face scrub...Written by Milton with James Cary ('Think The Unthinkable', 'My Hero')...

The man they call 'Britain's Funniest Milton', Milton Jones, stars in his smash-hit Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4's daftest comedy show, Another Case of Milton Jones, co-starring Tom Goodman-Hill ('The Office', 'Spamalot'), Lucy Montgomery (Bellamy's People) and the inimitable tones of Come Dine with Me's Dave Lamb. In each episode, Milton is a co...

Features the Christmas Special, called I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol, broadcast on Christmas Day 2003. Rather than being the normal quiz show, the regulars will be telling the story of Ebenezer Scrumph and his poor assistant Crotchet with the help of the regular guests - Jeremy Hardy, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton, Linda Smith, a...

Another two hours of inspired rib-cracking ad-libbery. Spectacularly clueless as ever are Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton and panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton (not forgetting the scorer, the lovely Samantha). It's the authentic antidote to panel games. This compilation includes Willie Rushton's last two shows.

A compilation of hare-brained games including the legendary `Mornington Crescent' from the much-loved `antidote to panel games' chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton. Panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by special guests Stephen Fry, Jeremy Hardy, Paul Merton and Sandi Toksvig.