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Barry Hines

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Arthur Lowe, Ronald Baddiley, Sharon Duce, Colin Edwynn, Bernard Gallagher, Juliet Cooke, Peter Bell, Stephen Tompkinson, Charles Booth, Chris Brailsford, Gillian Waugh, Gerry Kersey, Robin Polley, Full Cast

Three dramas by Barry Hines and an abridged reading of his classic Kes (A Kestrel for a Knave)Yorkshire-born author Barry Hines is renowned for his 1968 novel *A Kestrel for a Knave (*later turned into Ken Loach’s award-winning film Kes) and for scripting the BAFTA-winning BBC TV film Threads. The titles in this collection explore his signature theme – working-class life in Northern England – and include a trio of radio dramas al...

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Tim Pigott-Smith, Timothy West, Michael Maloney, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson, Charles Kay, Rosalind Shanks, Sean Barrett

Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of thirty people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks’ third volume presents the tales of six people, here in an unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, (1935)). This is an ideal way to appreciate...

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Mr Punch

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Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Lynsey Baxter, Oona Benson, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson

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Thriller Playhouse

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, Max and his trusty servant Parkinson must solve the riddle of the missing bo...

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Nick Revell

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Nick Revell, Doon Mackichan, Alistair McGowan, Stephen Tompkinson, Lesley Sharp, Full Cast

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick RevellNick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures.For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like alphabetising his vinyl collection, buying brie and getting rid of ...

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Agatha Christie

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Full Cast, John Moffatt, Stephen Tompkinson

A blizzard has hit England. In the tiny village of Sittaford, on the fringes of Dartmoor, a party of six is gathered in Sittaford House, home of Captain Trevelyan. He has rented the house out for the winter and is staying in a nearby village. As evening draws in, a seance is proposed. The lights are lowered and the table turning begins: various questions are asked, and the guests are delighted when the table jerks and rocks, revealing the answers. But the game turns sour when the board spe...

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Joseph Conrad

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Kris Marshall, Stephen Tompkinson, Ron Cook, Robert Glenister, David Calder, Bill Wallis, Full Cast

Dramatisations of six of Conrad's finest novels, plus bonus materialPolish-born author and mariner Joseph Conrad is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. His 16 years in the merchant navy profoundly shaped his fiction, giving him transformative experiences of adventure and exotic places, and a unique insight into the human psyche. Included here are adaptations of six of his best works, brought together for the first time and collected in chronol...

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Bill Dare

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Stephen Tompkinson, Clive Rowe, Adrian Scarborough, Nicola Walker, Brian Bovell, Meera Syal, Tony Gardner, Full Cast, Doon Mackichan

A hilarious BBC Radio sitcom of big dreams, small towns, and rock'n'roll!When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit - and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll...Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny find...

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Alan Gilbey

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John Woodvine, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Tompkinson, Ronald Herdman, Jane Whittenshaw, Clarence Smith, Alan Barker, Cassie Macfarlane, Full Cast

An all-star dark comedy set in the mysterious world of Dr CaligariIn a seedy backstreet, in a rotting theatre, the sinister Dr Caligari runs a cabaret with his demonic assistants, Snuff and Anthrax. A riot of a listen, this surreal and macabre comedy follows the smooth-talking Dr Caligari as he encourages unwilling guests to tell their story in his London nightclub. Written by Alan Gilbey, strange encounters and dark mysteries are recounted by guest acts on London’...

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson

The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording the ‘General Prologue’ and ‘The Physician’s Tale’ are read in Middle English by Richard Bebb, under the direction of a leading Chaucerian scholar, Professor Derek Brewer. It is an authoritative performance that brilliantly evokes the fourteenth-century wo...

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H. R. F. Keating

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Susan Hill, James Bolam, Zia Mohyeddin, Angela Pleasence, Sam Dastor, Stephen Tompkinson, Stephen Thorne, Full Cast

BBC Radio adaptations of two historical crime novels by H. R. F. Keating, plus bonus extract from BookshelfBritish detective writer H. R. F. Keating was best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID. He won two Crime Writers’ Association Gold Daggers, and in 1996 was awarded the Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Included here are dramatisations of two of his most popular murder mysteries, set in 1930s India and Victorian London, plu...

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Michael Robotham

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Stephen Tompkinson

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Joe O'Loughlin

A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under.Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg, another through the hand, he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, losing blood and consciousness fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma, and when he does, his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened, and nobody believes him.A mile away from his body, a boat was found covered in blood -- Vi...

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Howard Brenton

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Anthony Hopkins, Bill Nighy, Robert Glenister, Stephen Tompkinson, Frances Tomelty, Alex Jennings, Alec McCowen, Nadim Sawalha, Clare Corbett, Full Cast

A collection of Howard Brenton's finest plays, produced for BBC radioOne of Britain's leading contemporary playwrights, Howard Brenton is well known for his controversial state-of-the-nation plays, dark comedies and powerful political satires. He has written over 50 works for the theatre and numerous screenplays, including 13 episodes of the hit TV series Spooks. Included here are some of his most acclaimed dramas, including the award-winning Pravda