The Last Kingdom Book 1: The Last Kingdom
Author: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 1
Duration 13h 29m
The first book in a brand-new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at 10, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
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Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Hugh Fraser
Duration 6h 45m
Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress, shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the "cat" strikes again. Unfortunately, sc...
View BookAuthor: D. B. John
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Author D. B. John
Narrator Linda Park
Duration 15h 10m
A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in the world's most deadly state. Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister...and herself.
View BookAuthor: H.G. Wells
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Author H.G. Wells
Narrator Simon Vance
Duration 5h 56m
The first modern tale of alien invasion, H. G. Wells's story of tentacled Martians attacking the Earth remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works. First published by H. G. Wells in 1898, The War of the Worlds is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator intones, "...
View BookAuthor: Andy Mcnab
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Author Andy Mcnab
Narrator Henry Lloyd Hughes
Duration 7h 35m
Sean Harker is good at two things: stealing cars and fighting. One earns him money, the other earns him respect from the gang that he calls family. A police chase through the city streets is just another rite of passage for Sean . . . as is getting nicked. But a brutal event behind bars convinces him to take charge, and turn his life around. Now he...
View BookChief Inspector Banks Book 8: Innocent Graves
Author: Peter Robinson
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Author Peter Robinson
Narrator James Langton
SeriesInspector Banks, Book 8
Duration 12h 9m
The murder of a teenage girl incites hatred, a shocking travesty of justice, and the devastation of a community in this chilling classic from the international bestselling author of Close to Home.
View BookAuthor: Leanda Le Lisle
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Author Leanda Le Lisle
Narrator Sandra Duncan
Duration 16h 11m
The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious family in history. But, as Leanda de Lisle shows in this gripping new history, beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII an...
View BookAuthor: David Baddiel
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Author David Baddiel
Narrator Jot Davies
Duration 14h 53m
The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. In New York's Mt. Sinai hospital, the world's greatest living writer, Eli Gold, is dying. Witnessing his death are his precocious 8-year-old daughter by his present (fifth) wife, his anxiety-ridden 44-year-old son from his third marriage,...
View BookInspector Sejer Book 1: Don't Look Back
Author: Karin Fossum
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Author Karin Fossum
Narrator David Rintoul
SeriesInspector Sejer, Book 2
Duration 9h 17m
Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs - beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seem...
View BookAuthor: Studios Universal
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Author Studios Universal
Narrator Bob Walter
Duration 1h 51m
The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters-from T. rex to Napoleon-the Minions find themselves without someone t...
View BookAuthor: David Ashton
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Author David Ashton
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Inspector McLevy Mysteries Series 7, Book 4
Duration 43m
Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobh n Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulh...
View BookRhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs
Author: Rhod Gilbert
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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 first episode features live music from Scouting for Girls, including their hit She's So Lovely, and the guest comedian...
View BookAuthor: BBC Audiobooks
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Author BBC Audiobooks
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 39m
Patrick Troughton plays the second Doctor in this four-episode adventure from 1967, set on Earth's moon and featuring a return appearance by the emotionless Cybermen. The year is 2070, and Earth's weather is controlled by a device called the Gravitron, based on the Moon and manned by an international team of experts. The TARDIS arrives to find the...
View BookAuthor: Antony Beevor
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Author Antony Beevor
Narrator Peter Yapp
Duration 14h
Stalingrad marked not only the psychological turning-point of the Second World War, but was the first major modern battle fought in a city, with thousands of helpless civilians caught up in its horrors. In the epic struggle between Stalin and Hitler for the eastern front, soldiers were driven beyond the limits of mental and physical endurance. This...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
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Author Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 32m
Shakespeare's classic tragedy that charts the revenge-fuelled madness of the Prince of Denmark is re-told skilfully by brother and sister team Mary and Charles Lamb, who famously transformed Shakespeare's best-known plays into prose stories to make them more accessible to readers and listeners alike. Hamlet swears to avenge his father after seeing...
View BookThe Very World of Milton Jones Series 3
Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 33m
Milton Jones, Milton Jones, so good they named him.The third brand-spanking-new series of the grotesquely successful radio series returns to your dials. Series One was moved up from 11.30pm to 6.30 pm after only one week, and won a British Comedy award nomination. Series 2 won a Sony Award. Series 3, who knows? All we can say is that the man they c...
View BookAuthor: Harold Snoad, Michael Knowles
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Author Harold Snoad, Michael Knowles
Narrator Various Readers
Duration 1h 44m
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee star in the radio sequel sitcom to Dad's Army. The Pilot - In this rare pilot, war is over and former Home Guard Captain Mainwaring plans to renovate Frambourne-on-Sea's pier. However, to get a loan he approaches local bank manager, Arthur Wilson. The Business Proposition - In the first e...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
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Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 24m
Father and son Julian and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in this powerful production which also stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perf...
View BookAuthor: Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse
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Author Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse
Narrator The Cast
Duration 1h 12m
Over fifty sketches from the original characters whose phrases 'Suit You, Sir', 'I'll Get Me Coat' and 'That's Amazing' now pepper pub conversations throughout the land. All the original favourites are here: Ted and Ralph, coughing Bob Fleming, The Fat Sweaty Coppers, The Unpronounceables, Ed Winchester and many more.
View BookRosie Gilmour Book 2: To Tell the Truth
Author: Anna Smith
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Author Anna Smith
Narrator Sarah Barron
SeriesRosie Gilmour, Book 2
Duration 9h 16m
A three-year-old girl is snatched from a beach. Nobody heard a sound. Nobody saw a thing. Rosie Gilmour's much-needed holiday is cut short when the abduction story breaks and she's sent to cover it. Her instincts tell her something's wrong: such a crime must surely have witnesses, and the girl's mother's story doesn't add up. With a child's life at...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 7: The Pagan Lord
Author: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 7
Duration 10h 22m
As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward,...
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