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Author: Dave Gorman
Format: Online
Author Dave Gorman
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 20m
Genius is the comedy series broadcasted on Radio 4, which sees Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions from the public. Genius invites listeners to air those incredible concepts that strike after one-too-many drinks at the pub - not necessarily ideas that are worthy or even very well though...
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Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 6m
This impressions show arrived on television in 2002, having made waves and become an incredible success as a BBC Radio 4 series. BBC Radio Collection's volumes of episodes from the radio series have been incredibly successful, and now this volume collects the best moments from the first BBC1 TV series.
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Author: Steve Punt
Format: Online
Author Steve Punt
Narrator Various
Duration 27m
Time travel, wormholes, a lost security pass and a nice cup of tea. These are the elements that constitute Steve Punt's Theory of Grand Unified Comedy as he presents 'Big Bang Day, The Genuine Particle' whirling into existence on BBC Radio 4. Starring Reece Shearsmith and Geoffrey Whitehead, it's a comedy thriller set underground in the Large Hadro...
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I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again 1
Author: Bill Oddie, Graham Garden
Format: Online
Author Bill Oddie, Graham Garden
Narrator Various
SeriesI'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Book 1
Duration 1h 59m
Described by Barry Took as 'A kaleidoscope of funny voices, catch phrase and innuendo revolving at breakneck speed and with a complete disregard for logic', 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again' pre-dates 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' and showcases the comic talents of Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
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Author: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Online
Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 15m
A full-cast dramatisation of Kipling's classic animal adventure starring Eartha Kitt. Rudyard Kipling's famous tale tells the story of Mowgli, the 'man-cub' rescued from the tiger Shere Khan and adopted by a wolf pack. As he grows up, Mowgli learns the ways of the jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa the rock python. His l...
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Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Online
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Various, Spike Milligan
Duration 2h 6m
All six episodes from this one-off 1987 radio comedy series, written by John Antrobus and starring Spike Milligan, Chris Langham, John Antrobus and a jazz quartet.
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Author: Toby Hadoke
Format: Online
Author Toby Hadoke
Narrator Various
Duration 55m
A two-part BBC 7 adaptation of Toby Hadoke's sensational stand-up show about Doctor Who, fandom and one man's lifelong obsession.
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Author: John Sullivan
Format: Online
Author John Sullivan
Narrator Various, Nicholas Lyndhurst, David Jason
SeriesOnly Fools and Horses, Book 3
Duration 1h 46m
Brothers Derek 'Del Boy' and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' entertain us through four classic episodes: Includes: 'Homesick', 'Healthy Competition', 'Strained Relations', and 'Hole in One'.
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Author: John Sullivan
Format: Online
Author John Sullivan
Narrator Various, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
SeriesOnly Fools and Horses, Book 4
Duration 1h 53m
Four more classic episodes full of Del's dodgy scams and Rodney's hilarious reactions.
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Author: Dick Clements, Ian La Frenais
Format: Online
Author Dick Clements, Ian La Frenais
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 35m
Four more episodes from the classic prison sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker as Fletcher, with Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay in support.
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Author: Lindsey Davis
Format: Online
Author Lindsey Davis
Narrator Various
SeriesMarcus Didius Falco, Book 2
Duration 2h 39m
No caveats for readers of Davis's second playful, well-plotted mystery featuring imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco and based in first century, C.E., Rome. Nero's successor Vespasian has squelched an early treasonous plot and assigned Falco to take care of loose ends, which include the body of the uncle of the high-born young widow Helena Justina,...
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The Very World of Milton Jones, Series 1
Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 35m
BBC Radio 4 has a new star on his hands. No-one knows where he's from - "As a child, I always remember my father saying to me 'Son, to pay for your education your mother and I had to make a lot of sacrifices.' Because they were both druids." No-one can predict what he gets up to -"I'm not getting on with my yoga teacher at the moment ... which freq...
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Author: Richard Curtis
Format: Online
Author Richard Curtis
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 51m
Richard Curtis' and Ben Elton's award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson are some of the guest stars joining in the fun.
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Author: Richard Curtis
Format: Online
Author Richard Curtis
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 52m
In Blackadder II, England's Golden Age is treated to the schemes and strategems of Edmund, Lord Blackadder as he curries grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess.
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Author: Richard Curtis
Format: Online
Author Richard Curtis
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 50m
In Blackadder the Third, the fortunes of the family have plummeted rather with Blackadder employed as butler to the Prince Regent. With such an imbecilic Lord and master, however, there's plenty of scope for deviousness and manipulation.
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Author: Richard Curtis
Format: Online
Author Richard Curtis
Narrator Various
Duration 57m
Dickens' classic tale of kindness, truth and virtue completely ruined by having a member of the Blackadder family involved. Stuffed with deeply horrible people and groaning with cartloads of seasonal bottom jokes, it manages to squeeze a Victorian Blackadder and his Elizabethan, Regency and Space Age relatives into a huge pie of entertainment which...
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Author: Evelyn Waugh
Format: Online
Author Evelyn Waugh
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 47m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's tragi-comic novel of the lives and loves of the English aristocracy. The action moves between 1944 and 1923, to tell the story of Charles Ryder and his infatuation with the decadent Sebastian Flyte.
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Author: Heather Couper
Format: Online
Author Heather Couper
Narrator The Author, Various
Duration 6h 46m
In this 30-part BBC Radio 4 series, astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our understanding of the universe. Her journey begins at the beginning as people first gaze in wonder at the life-giving Sun, the wandering planets and the changing phases of the Moon. Along the way we meet the ancient astronomers, as well as many pioneering scienti...
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Author: Dave Gorman
Format: Online
Author Dave Gorman
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 48m
'Genius Series 3' sees Dave Gorman and celebrity guests Charlie Brooker, Matthew Wright, Gyles Brandreth, Rob Newman, Germaine Greer and Simon Munnery chew over ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Genius invites listeners to air those incredible concepts that strike you just before falling int...
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Author: Nick Et Al Doody
Format: Online
Author Nick Et Al Doody
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 48m
Welcome to Bigipedia, the omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over for 30 minutes in a unique experiement in broadwebcasting. Bigipedia - a world of knowledge at your fingertips brought direct to your ears unless you're listening online, in which case it's been brought from your ears back to your fingertips and thenc...
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Author: John Sullivan
Format: Online
Author John Sullivan
Narrator Various
SeriesOnly Fools and Horses, Book 2
Duration 1h 52m
Another four classic episodes from one of the funniest comedy programmes of all time are brought together on audio. The episodes featured are 'Yesterday Never Comes', 'May the Force be With You', 'Wanted' and 'Thicker Than Water'.
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