Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate, runs away from his monotonous life to take up a teaching post on the small Greek island of Phraxos. There he meets the enigmatic figure of Maurice Conchis, and slowly gets drawn into a world full of strange encounters and psychological tricks on Conchis's estate at Bourani.When Conchis introduces Nicholas to the enchanting and mysterious Lily Montgomery, reality and illusion begin to intertwine. But what strange game is Conchis playing with ...

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dickens' heart-stopping historical adventure set in the French Revolution and featuring the gentle Charles Darnay and the dissolute Sydney Carton. The action switches between London and Paris during the nightmare of The Terror - and in the shadow of Madame Guillotine - in this Sony award-winning drama that captures the joy and anguish of those corrupt and turbulent times.Starring Charles Dance as Syndey Carton, with John Duttine, Charlotte Attenborough...

The Chronicle: BOOK ONE (January to March)This is history at its best and most entertaining! One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans (1678) is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers… and the next, Harold Nicolson (1936) is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, "bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise". There's the young medical student watching his ...

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell and many more.“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would...

Alan Bennett, Claire Skinner, Charles Dance and Judi Dench are among the star casts of these superlative BBC Radio productionsGraham Greene was the 20th century’s master of plot, an expert chronicler of Catholic guilt, Cold War intrigue, conflict and crime. A prolific polymath, his work incorporated serious novels, thrillers, short stories, screenplays, stage plays and more.This wide-ranging box set includes the finest examples of his early work, written be...

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell and many more.“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would...

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell and many more.“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would...

Behold The Chronicle: an epic journey through history.Join us for an exhilarating and immersive adventure through 500 years of history, told entirely in the words of those who were there. With their artless prose and their polished & witty gossip, these are the men and women who have shaped our past. Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny A...

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell and many more.“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would...

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell and many more.“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would...

The Chronicle – Book Three (July to September)This is history... but not as you know it! At Waterloo, women are stripping the corpses of their valuable shoes and stockings yet the Highlanders are left in mass graves with their coarse tartan socks still on. Roy Strong attending a private dinner with the Prime Minister notes that Margaret Thatcher in floaty chiffon is "the apotheosis of the boss's wife, with the appeal of cosmeticised putty."

The Chronicle - BOOK TWO (April to June)Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure into the past? Then climb aboard and join Oscar Wilde in America amused at the sight of local gun slingers looting the house where outlaw Jesse James had been killed a few days earlier. Meet John Betjeman as he implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler f...