Seven timeless Greek Aristophanes’ Greatest Comedies in Full-Cast BBC Radio DramatisationsComic theatre was a hugely popular art form in ancient Greece, and the 5th-century playwright Aristophanes was one of its greatest exponents. Acclaimed as ‘The Father of Comedy’, he wrote 40 plays, 11 of which survive today and are among the most prized examples of ‘Old Comedy’ (the earliest phase of classical Greek theatre, blending political satire and sexual innuendo). Pres...

A suspenseful archaeological thriller full of secrets, lies and mysteries from acclaimed writer and producer Victor PembertonBest known as a TV producer, writer and script editor for Doctor Who, Victor Pemberton created the Doctor's most iconic gadget, the sonic screwdriver. A prolific dramatist, he also penned a wide variety of plays for BBC Radio including this gripping 8-part adventure, first broadcast in 1968.Elizabeth Warwick, the daughter of ...

Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmailBarrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil wrote numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law. Collected here are eight vintage dramas based on his works, beginning with an adaptation of his debut novel, The Painswick Line, a tale of a judge and his somewhat unco...

A vintage British sci-fi serial involving the tracking of mysterious signals from space.‘A glimpse across a weird threshold, on the rim of space where there should be nothing but eternal, frozen darkness. Yet where there was something more...’Reporter Tom Lambert decides to reinvestigate the bizarre events of a decade earlier concerning the ‘cosmic noise’. Believing the whole truth was never revealed, he tracks down the one man who knows it: retire...