Snobs - Abridged
By: Julian Fellowes
Narrated by: Julian Fellowes
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Julian Fellowes, creator of the Emmy-Award winning TV series Downton Abbey, established himself as an irresistible storyteller and a deliciously witty chronicler of modern manners in his first novel, Snobs, a wickedly astute portrait of the intersecting worlds of aristocrats and actors.
"The English, of all classes as it happens, are addicted to... Read more
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
By: Helen Fielding
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
With another devastatingly hilarious, ridiculous, unnervingly accurate take on modern womanhood, Bridget Jones is back. (v.g.)
Monday 27 January:
"7:15 a.m. Hurrah! The wilderness years are over. For four weeks and five days now have been in functional relationship with adult male, thereby proving am not love pariah as recently feared."... Read more
Fluke
By: Christopher Moore
Narrated by: Bill Irwin
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That's the question that has Nate and his crew filming, charting, and recording every whale that crosses their path. Until one day when a whale lifts its tail... Read more
View audiobookThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Abridged
By: Michael Chabon
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe beloved, award-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a Michael Chabon masterwork, is the American epic of two boy geniuses named Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay. Now with special bonus material by Michael Chabon.A “towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book” (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon’s “magnum opus”... Read more
View audiobookDie Ferienbande, Folge 2: Die Ferienbande und das voll gemeine Phantom
By: Matthias Keller, Sven Buchholz, Kai Schwind & C...
Narrated by: Matthias Keller, Sven Buchholz, Kai Schwind & C...
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Eine Mordserie an Lehrern erschüttert das Internat. Die Ferienbande beginnt mit ihren Ermittlungen und steht der Polizei dabei mit Rat und Tat zur Seite - ob diese das nun will oder nicht. Dabei stolpern unsere Helden über versteckte Hinweise, mysteriöse Rätsel oder auch einfach über Bambi. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt, als klar wird, wer... Read more
View audiobookHöllenfahrt der Vogelnarren
By: Markus Duschek
Narrated by: Various
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Als Reporter der „Birdy News“ getarnt, schmuggeln sich Henry Bates und Becky Flemming unter die Passagiere eines Luxusliner. Schönheitschirurg Dr. Malcolm Sadicarus steht im Verdacht, hinter den Kulissen einer maritimen Papageienschau ein großes Ding zu drehen …
Pfiffiges und toll besetztes Hörspiel; Es sprechen unter anderem die Hörspiel- und... Read more
Ronnie Barker At The Beeb
By: Ronnie Barker
Narrated by: Ronnie Barker & Various
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Few are better at reducing people to tears of mirth than Ronnie Barker. Here, in a classic compilation, is the incomparable laughter-maker with some of the great highlights from a stellar radio and TV career that spanned more than thirty years. From his early radio shows – Floggit’s, The Navy Lark and Lines from my Grandfather’s Forehead – to... Read more
View audiobookSpanking New On 7
By: BBC
Narrated by: Mr Robin Ince
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Spanking New on 7 is BBC7's first original comedy series. Compered by Robin Ince (from BBC2's The Office, E4's The Pilot Show and Radio 4's The In-Crowd) it showcases new or unknown stand-up comedians.This release features the best of the first series, including material not featured in the original BBC7 broadcasts.
Spanking New on 7 has an... Read more
The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Radio Series 1
By: Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding
Narrated by: Full Cast, Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: No
Described by the Observer as ‘Some of the most inventive comedy writing of the decade’, and eliciting an exclamation of ‘Wow!’ from Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening, come with us now on a journey through time and space - to the world of The Mighty Boosh... Here are all six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series, complete and uncut, from the winners... Read more
View audiobookRound the Horne: Movie Spoofs
By: Marty Feldman & Barry Took
Narrated by: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, ...
Length: 2 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
As one of the most consistently funny radio series of the 1960s, Round The Horne was always a favourite among listeners to the BBC Light Programme's comedy hour on Sundays.
With its colourfully bizarre collection of characters and memorable catchphrases, its brilliantly inventive and sometimes outrageous scripts, Round The Horne was a unique... Read more
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Samantha Spiro, Emilia Fox, Maxine Peake, Chiwe...
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own...
In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with... Read more
I'm Alan Partridge
By: Steve Coogan
Narrated by: Steve Coogan & Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge, the crass chat show host who has a spectacular fall from grace in these 3 BBC TV episodes. 'Knowing me, Knowing Yule' (29 December 1995) In a special Christmas edition of his television chat show, the irrespressible Alan bids the nation good tidings from 'an exact replica reproduction' of the interior of his... Read more
View audiobookAs You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: David Morrissey, Full Cast, Helena Bonham Carte...
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
In this BBC full-cast production of As You Like It, Rosalind is banished from the Royal court, heartbroken over Orlando. Will the two find a way to reunite?
A comedy of wit, disguise and love, Shakespeare's tale about the enchanted world of the Forest of Arden remains as moving as it is funny.
Helena Bonham Carter stars as Rosalind, with David... Read more
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Becky Simpson, David Threlfall, Full Cast, Samu...
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself.
Fairy magic wreaks havoc and midsummer madness takes over as lovers tread the delicate line between fantasy and reality.
Sylvestra le Touzel stars as Titania in this delightful... Read more
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Anniversary Special
By: BBC & Iain Pattinson
Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Abridged: No
To celebrate thirty years of the extremely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, this release brings together two special editions - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Anniversary Special and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island - alongside the first ever edition of the programme, originally broadcast on 11 April 1972. Whilst the anniversary special... Read more
View audiobookGoon Again
By: Spike Milligan
Narrated by: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Using scripts by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, The Goon Show was recreated at the Playhouse Theatre in London for one extra-special celebratory night, with Andrew Secombe (standing in for his father Harry), Jon Glover (as Spike Milligan) and Jeffrey Holland (as Peter Sellers). Together, the team performed two missing episodes of the show -... Read more
View audiobookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
By: BBC
Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Clued-up listeners will already be familiar with I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, the only authentic antidote to panel games. Ardent fans, and those with less well-indulged ears, are in for a treat with this eighth collection of episodes which, as ever, muddy the line between ad-lib and sheer mayhem. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton once again takes... Read more
View audiobookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Hamish And Dougal Series 2
By: Barry Cryer & Graeme Garden
Narrated by: Barry Cryer & Graeme Garden
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Hamish and Dougal – two of the most popular characters from 'I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue' – return in their second radio series, alongside Mrs Naughtie (Alison Steadman), and the local Laird (Jeremy Hardy). In 'The Vampire of the Glen', our heroes are suspicious after the Laird asks them to dig a hole in his allotment large enough for a... Read more
View audiobookRoss Noble Goes Global Series 2
By: Ross Noble
Narrated by: Ross Noble
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A brilliant new BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues presented by award-winning stand-up and ‘Just a Minute’ regular, Ross Noble. Perrier Award nominee Ross Noble has received huge critical acclaim and become known as an exciting and original talent in the UK. Now he takes his show worldwide, to destinations as diverse as Australia, Italy,... Read more
View audiobookI'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Clue
By: BBC
Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Originally broadcast on Christmas Day 2003, the I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Players present their unique interpretation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Humphrey Lyttelton as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his downtrodden assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the Ghosts of Christmas Future, Present... Read more
View audiobookThe News Quiz: The Very Best Of 2004
By: BBC
Narrated by: Simon Hoggart & Various
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Since 1977, BBC Radio 4's funniest and quirkiest game show has been answering questions and offering wit and wisdom on global happenings, national news and quite frankly pathetic parochial events. Regular panellists Alan Coren, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Linda Smith are once again joined by a plethora of guests from the worlds of media... Read more
View audiobookLittle Bitty Lies - Abridged
By: Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by: Debra Monk
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
“Little white lies have never been so risky—or so much fun.” — Orlando SentinelNew York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tantalizing tale about an abandoned Atlanta housewife and mother who tells one tiny white lie that sets her world spiraling outrageously out of control.This winning and wonderful romp focuses on all the... Read more
View audiobookMetro Girl
By: Janet Evanovich
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Buckle your seat belts. Number-one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich is moving into the fast lane with Metro Girl, a thrilling, high-octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold-blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who's along for the... Read more
View audiobookA Redbird Christmas
By: Fannie Flagg
Narrated by: Fannie Flagg
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy... Read more