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Shakespeare the Works - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 20m
Get ready to walk the streets of Shakespeare's England. By recreating his life in vivid audio the listener can imagine the influences that moulded him. The tape covers themes such as love and romance, authority and justice and provides excellent background information for study at KS3 and 4.
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Macbeth - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Format: Online
Author William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 20m
This guide takes the listener through the plot of Macbeth and gets to grips with the language, imagery, themes and social and historical settings. The play is presented as a full cast drama with simultaneous guided interpretation and analysis.
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A Kestrel For A Knave - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 55m
Through drama, commentary and debate this tape unravels the plot and questions the motivation of the characters from 'A Kestrel for a Knave' by Barry Hines. It also tells the listener about the aims of the examiner and gives sample essay questions.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 55m
Travel back to Hardy's 19th Century Wessex. This audiobook analyses the society, characters and themes of the novel. It also suggests essay questions and useful quotations to help you through your coursework and exam.
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Great Expectations - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 3h
A cast of actors bring Victorian London to life. A running commentary discusses themes, characterisation and the structure of the novel. The tape also points out the aims of the examiners, sets exercises and recommends quotations to use.
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Pride & Prejudice - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Jane Austen
Format: Online
Author Jane Austen
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 30m
Enter Austen's world to help you understand the plot, characters and themes of this classic novel. A text-specific guide packed with advice, insights and essential learning strategies.
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War Poetry 1914-1918 - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 30m
Experience the carnage and camaraderie of the First World War, first hand. Hear the poems and meet the men who created such art from chaos.
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Author: Meera Syal
Format: Online
Author Meera Syal
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 40m
Nothing escapes the satirical eye of Britain's successful first all-Asian sketch show in the compilation of the best of the first BBC Radio 4 series together with three shows from series two. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES.
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Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Online
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 15
Duration 2h
From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. It's the time of goodwill and custard so join the festive fun with Scrooge and Nellie Scratchit in 'A Christmas Carol' and follow the lost chords of 'The Mighty Wurlitzer' hot foot across the Sahara. Also includes: 'Ye Bandit Of Sherw...
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Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 31m
An evocative anthology for Christmas. This collection contains complete versions of old favourites such as 'The Little Match Girl', 'The Night Before Christmas', and 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse'. Other extracts include a sermon by Lancelot Andrews, an account of Christmas under the Puritans and a Mummer's Play.
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Animal Farm - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 20m
Through exhilarating full-cast drama, interviews with the main characters and Orwell's own words, the novel's relationship to Russia and its revolution is revealed.
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Twelfth Night - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 50m
The full text is presented as an accessible, rip-roaring, full-cast drama that really brings the comedy to life. The comprehensive commentary and analysis opens the doorways into Shakespeare's world.
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Romeo and Juliet - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: William Shakespeare
Format: Online
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 5h
A study guide to 'Romeo and Juliet'. The play's commentary focuses on themes, language, imagery and Shakespeare's most beautiful use of poetry to express the fated teenagers' love and tragic end.
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On the Town With the League of Gentlemen
Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 50m
The first series of the Sony award winning radio show detailing the bizarre exploits of the inhabitants of a very peculiar Northern town. Meet Dr Chinnery, the lethally incompetent vet, Pauline, the monstrous Restart Officer at the Job Centre and Barbara, a taxi driver halfway through his sex change. Murderously funny and acutely observed, this is...
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Author: BBC Audiobooks
Format: Online
Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Various
SeriesI'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Book 8
Duration 2h 30m
Humphrey Littleton presides over panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton, Graeme Greene and Barry Cryer in this compilation of ad-libbing from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series. Includes the games 'Cheddar Gorge', 'Gargle Gargle' and 'Good News Bad News'.
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Henry V - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 55m
A study guide to Henry V with expert analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam strategies.
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Author: John Le Carre
Format: Online
Author Carre John Le
Narrator Various
Duration 20h 32m
The second book in the 'Search for Karla' trilogy which follows 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'. George Smiley is chief of the battered British Secret Service at a time when the betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. His method is attack, the quarry Karla, Soviet Chief of Espionage, the battleground Ho...
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An Inspector Calls - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Format: Online
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 15m
Peel away the layers of J. B. Priestley's complex drama (book number 8120) to appreciate this powerful play, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, to truly understand that 'We don't live alone, we are members of one body.' This audiobook contains comprehensive analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam s...
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Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 6h
A collection of love stories including: 'The Sphinx Without a Secret' by Oscar Wilde; 'For Better or Worse' by W.W Jacobs; 'Angela' by W.S Gilbert; 'Mr & Mrs Dove' by Katherine Mansfield'; 'Georgie Porgie' by Rudyard Kipling; 'Genefer' by Sabine Baring-Gould; 'The Singing Lesson' by Katherine Mansfield; 'The Patch on the Quilt' by Sapper; 'The...
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Author: Elizabeth Kuti
Format: Online
Author Elizabeth Kuti
Narrator Various
Duration 9h 24m
Returning for a second series, the nation's favourite agony uncle - Mr. Spectator - continues to offer his wit and wisdom on the morals and manners of his countrymen in his daily writings; but who exactly is this mysterious Spectator, and why does everyone want to find him all of a sudden?Embarking on a quest to discover the identity of London's mo...
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Author: Edward J Mason
Format: Online
Author Edward J Mason
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 19m
Captain Richard Barton, late of the Commandos, made his radio debut on the Light Programme in 1946 and quickly went on to become Britain's most popular hero. This is the 1972 re-make of the very first adventure of the radio legend.
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