Author: Saki
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Author Saki
Narrator Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Duration 12m
Matilda Cuvering decides to release a boar pig ('Tarquin') into the paddock where Mrs Stossen and her daughter are walking, in order to teach them a lesson. A funny and intelligent tale from the supreme wit of Saki, who incorporates the French language, a ridicule of manners / best behaviour and blackmail into this short but sublimely bitter-sweet...
View BookAuthor: Kwame Kewi-Armah
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Author Kwame Kewi-Armah
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 56m
In 2010, the 30th anniversary year of the Independence of Zimbabwe, BBC Radio 4 commissioned two Friday Plays from leading writers. The first play, God's President: Mugabe of Zimbabwe by Kwame Kwei-Armah, tells the story of the tense negotiations around the Lancaster House Conference, and the road to Zimbabwe's Independence. On 4th March 1980 the S...
View BookMr. Hilter: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Author: John Cleese
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Author John Cleese
Narrator Eric Idle
Duration 4m
Perhaps the ultimate in TV comedy madness and absurdity, this cult series, which began in 1969, was conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It was innovative and ground-breaking comedy which inspired many of today's writers and performers. Its sketches, songs and catchphrases are...
View BookThe Revolting Bridesmaid & the Revolting Wedding
Author: Mary Hooper
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Author Mary Hooper
Narrator Eve Karpf
Duration 2h 27m
The Revolting Bridesmaid When Katie's sister Gillian announces that she is marrying the appalling Christopher, Katie is horrified. When she realises she will have to be a bridesmaid, she feels sick! She is to have a boring teacher for a brother-in-law, and she'll have to wear a frilly blue dress... The Revolting Wedding Katie's promise to be on her...
View BookAuthor: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey, Robert Powell
Duration 3h 4m
Christopher Lee's history of Britain, This Sceptred Isle, provided the definitive radio account of the nation from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the death of Queen Victoria. This Sceptred Isle, The Twentieth Century, continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful count...
View BookMonty Python's Flying Circus: The Very Best of the Tv Series
Author: John Et Al Cleese
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Author John Et Al Cleese
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 53m
Perhaps the ultimate in TV comedy madness and absurdity, this cult series, which began in 1969, was conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It was innovative and ground-breaking comedy which inspired many of today's writers and performers. Its sketches, songs and catchphrases are...
View BookAuthor: Arden Rose
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Author Arden Rose
Narrator Arden Rose
Duration 3h 4m
For fans of Grace Helbig and Alexa Chung comes a fresh, hilarious guide to growing up your way from social media influencer and lifestyle vlogger Arden Rose. In Almost Adulting-perfect for budding adults, failing adults, and eaters of microwave mug brownies-Arden tells you how to survive your future adulthood. Topics include: Making internet friend...
View BookAuthor: Catherine Bruzzone
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Author Catherine Bruzzone
Narrator Various
Duration 49m
A fun way to introduce kids ages three to eight to a second language, the On the Move series takes full advantage of kids' natural talent for learning through song. Songs about an array of topics that matter to kids-including counting, family, holidays, school, animals, the weather, colors, and more-feature lyrics specially developed for easy compr...
View BookThe Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
Author: Philippa Perry
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Author Philippa Perry
Narrator Philippa Perry
Duration 8h 22m
Every parent wants their child to be happy and every parent wants to avoid screwing them up. But how do you achieve that? In this absorbing, clever and funny book, renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry tells us what really matters and what behaviour it is important to avoid - the vital dos and don'ts of parenting. Instead of mapping out the 'perf...
View BookAuthor: Ernest Dudley
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Author Ernest Dudley
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 4h
Seven instalments of the classic radio crime drama starring Cecil Parker, plus special documentary feature A Case for Dr Morelle. Dr Morelle uses psychological insight, criminology and dogged persistence to solve cases. Here he must deduce the answers to mysteries including a hotel death, a man tormented by nightmares, and deadly threats made to an...
View BookAuthor: Josephine Cox
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Author Josephine Cox
Narrator Carole Boyd
Duration 10h 21m
No-one thought she had the courage... Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy's life is like any other, but over the years, her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy's self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths, and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of the fam...
View BookAurora Teagarden Mysteries Book 4: The Julius House
Author: Charlaine Harris
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Author Charlaine Harris
Narrator Therese Plummer
SeriesAurora Teagarden, Book 4
Duration 6h 32m
Love at first sight turns into newlywed bliss for former librarian Aurora Teagarden-until violence cuts the honeymoon short. Wealthy businessman Martin Bartell gives Roe exactly what she wants for their wedding: Julius House. But both the house and Martin come with murky pasts. And when Roe is attacked by an ax-wielding maniac, she realizes that th...
View BookDiscworld Series Book 20: Hogfather
Author: Terry Pratchett
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Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 20
Duration 9h 47m
There are those who believe and those who don't. Through the ages, superstition has had its uses. Nowhere more so than in the Discworld where it's helped to maintain the status quo. Anything that undermines superstition has to be viewed with some caution. There may be consequences, particularly on the last night of the year when the time is turning...
View BookAuthor: Jay Anson
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Author Jay Anson
Narrator Ray Porter
Duration 6h 28m
In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in that house. But the propertycomplete with boathouse and swimming pooland the price were too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lu...
View BookAuthor: Meik Wiking
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Author Meik Wiking
Narrator Meik Wiking
Duration 3h 15m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Little Book of Hygge, written and read by Meik Wiking. Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge. 'Hygge has been translated as everything from the art of creating intimacy to cosiness of the soul to taking pleasure from the...
View BookAuthor: Maeve Binchy
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Author Maeve Binchy
Narrator Kate Binchy
Duration 12h 30m
Just round the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy's wonderfully compelling tales: Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the...
View BookAuthor: Gillian Flynn
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Author Gillian Flynn
Narrator Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Duration 19h 17m
'What are you thinking, Amy?' The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: 'What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?' Just how well can you ever know the perso...
View BookAuthor: Flood Charles Bracelen
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Author Flood Charles Bracelen
Narrator Mel Foster
Duration 19h 56m
At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. Abraham Lincoln was facing a re-election battle as some northern Democrats were ready to start peace talks that could leave the Confederacy a separate slaveholding American nation and as his secretary of the treasury, Salmon P. Cha...
View BookAuthor: David Walliams
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Author David Walliams
Narrator David Walliams
Duration 3h 31m
Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. a) She was once an international jewel thief and b) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown...
View BookDouble Income, No Kids Yet, Series 3, Episode 5
Author: David Spicer
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Author David Spicer
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesDouble Income, No Kids Yet Series 3, Book 5
Duration 27m
With a new baby on the way it's time for some home improvements.
View BookAuthor: John Le Carre
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Author John Le Carre
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 56m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by John le Carr‚, starring James Fox, Harriet Walter and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Magnus Pym, Counsellor at the British Embassy, is hosting a dinner party at his home in Vienna when he receives an unexpected telephone call that will profoundly affect his life. Once the guests have gone,...
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