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Bestsellers

Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection Audiobook By Emlyn Williams cover art
Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
  • Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

  • Seven Full Cast Productions including The Corn Is Green
  • By: Emlyn Williams
  • Narrated by: Imelda Staunton, Anna Massey, Michael Redgrave, and others
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • Unabridged
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A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest plays Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and...

By: Emlyn Williams

Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7 Audiobook By Jan Etherington cover art
Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7
  • Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7

  • A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
  • By: Jan Etherington
  • Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Roger Allam
  • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
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Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return in the seventh series of Conversations from a Long Marriage. Playing a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since, their conversations are practical, passionate, hilarious - and familiar to every couple. Written by...

By: Jan Etherington

Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent Audiobook By Patrick Barlow cover art
Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent
  • Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent

  • Four BBC Radio Productions
  • By: Patrick Barlow
  • Narrated by: Patrick Barlow, Jim Broadbent, Anne Reid, and others
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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Four satirical spoof shows from the multi-award-winning Patrick Barlow The National Theatre of Brent is a two-man company founded in 1980 and led by Patrick Barlow as his comic alter ego, Artistic Director and Chief Executive Desmond Olivier Dingle. Helping him to realise his enormously...

By: Patrick Barlow

Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more
  • Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more

  • Six Full Cast BBC Radio Drama Productions
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Edward Herrmann, Cecilia Appiah, and others
  • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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A collection of dramas by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Mamet A novelist, playwright, filmmaker and director, David Mamet ranks among America’s most famous living writers. He has penned more than 40 stage plays and over 20 screenplays, won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize...

By: David Mamet

High Fantastical Audiobook By Michael Payne, Debbie Cook, Dennis Ashton, Stephen Mulrine, Sarah Maxwell cover art
High Fantastical
  • High Fantastical

  • Five Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
  • By: Michael Payne, Debbie Cook, Dennis Ashton, and others
  • Narrated by: Rula Lenska, James Aubrey, Manning Wilson, and others
  • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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  • Performance
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Five fantastical tales, each with a magical twist Discover a lady with a taste for immortality, a man who becomes a dragon, a man-eating witch and a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Perfect for fans of fantasy, these epic tales are packed with magical elements, fantastical creatures...

By: Michael Payne, and others

Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses Audiobook By Ovid, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Hattie Naylor, Nick Warburton, Colin Teevan, Lucy
Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses
  • Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses

  • 10 Full-Cast Contemporary BBC Radio Dramatisations including Orpheus, Euridice, Phaethon, Echo & Narcissus
  • By: Ovid, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Hattie Naylor, and others
  • Narrated by: Toby Jones, Robert Glenister, Deborah Findlay, and others
  • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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  • Performance
    0
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Ten contemporary reimaginings of Ovid’s iconic tales, with star-studded casts including Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Robert Glenister The Roman love poet Ovid has influenced writers past and present, with his witty, sexy tales inspiring authors from Shakespeare to Ezra Pound. Included here are...

By: Ovid, and others

Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection Audiobook By Emlyn Williams cover art
Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
  • Emlyn Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

  • Seven Full Cast Productions including The Corn Is Green
  • By: Emlyn Williams
  • Narrated by: Imelda Staunton, Anna Massey, Michael Redgrave, and others
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest plays Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and...

By: Emlyn Williams

Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7 Audiobook By Jan Etherington cover art
Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7
  • Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 7

  • A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
  • By: Jan Etherington
  • Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Roger Allam
  • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return in the seventh series of Conversations from a Long Marriage. Playing a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since, their conversations are practical, passionate, hilarious - and familiar to every couple. Written by...

By: Jan Etherington

Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent Audiobook By Patrick Barlow cover art
Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent
  • Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent

  • Four BBC Radio Productions
  • By: Patrick Barlow
  • Narrated by: Patrick Barlow, Jim Broadbent, Anne Reid, and others
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Four satirical spoof shows from the multi-award-winning Patrick Barlow The National Theatre of Brent is a two-man company founded in 1980 and led by Patrick Barlow as his comic alter ego, Artistic Director and Chief Executive Desmond Olivier Dingle. Helping him to realise his enormously...

By: Patrick Barlow

Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more
  • Oleanna, The Duck Variations & more

  • Six Full Cast BBC Radio Drama Productions
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Edward Herrmann, Cecilia Appiah, and others
  • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

A collection of dramas by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Mamet A novelist, playwright, filmmaker and director, David Mamet ranks among America’s most famous living writers. He has penned more than 40 stage plays and over 20 screenplays, won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize...

By: David Mamet

High Fantastical Audiobook By Michael Payne, Debbie Cook, Dennis Ashton, Stephen Mulrine, Sarah Maxwell cover art
High Fantastical
  • High Fantastical

  • Five Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
  • By: Michael Payne, Debbie Cook, Dennis Ashton, and others
  • Narrated by: Rula Lenska, James Aubrey, Manning Wilson, and others
  • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Five fantastical tales, each with a magical twist Discover a lady with a taste for immortality, a man who becomes a dragon, a man-eating witch and a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Perfect for fans of fantasy, these epic tales are packed with magical elements, fantastical creatures...

By: Michael Payne, and others

Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses Audiobook By Ovid, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Hattie Naylor, Nick Warburton, Colin Teevan, Lucy
Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses
  • Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses

  • 10 Full-Cast Contemporary BBC Radio Dramatisations including Orpheus, Euridice, Phaethon, Echo & Narcissus
  • By: Ovid, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Hattie Naylor, and others
  • Narrated by: Toby Jones, Robert Glenister, Deborah Findlay, and others
  • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Ten contemporary reimaginings of Ovid’s iconic tales, with star-studded casts including Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Robert Glenister The Roman love poet Ovid has influenced writers past and present, with his witty, sexy tales inspiring authors from Shakespeare to Ezra Pound. Included here are...

By: Ovid, and others

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