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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries

Four original short stories

by John Taylor ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor'An Inscrutable Masquerade'/ 'The Conundrum of Coach 13'/ 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny'/ 'The 10.59 Assassin'Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor'An Inscrutable Masquerade'/ 'The Conundrum of Coach 13'/ 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny'/ 'The 10.59 Assassin'Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new
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Louis Wain's Cats

by Chris Beetles ...

‘Louis Wain invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world’. Broadcast in 1925 by H.G. Wells, these words characteristically foretold the future of the Wain cat which has, once more, become the century’s most recognisable image in cat art. During their heyday, in the time before the First World War, Louis Wain’s cats, dressed as humans, portrayed that stylish Edwardian world having fun: at ... Read more

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‘Louis Wain invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world’. Broadcast in 1925 by H.G. Wells, these words characteristically foretold the future of the Wain cat which has, once more, become the century’s most recognisable image in cat art. During their heyday, in the time before the First World War, Louis Wain’s cats, dressed as humans, portrayed that stylish Edwardian world having fun: at
... Read more
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Michael Frayn: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Nine Full-Cast Productions including Copenhagen

by Michael Frayn ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi, Simon Russell Beale, Dawn French, Samuel West, Dinsdale Landen, Penelope Wilton, Martin Jarvis, Harriet Walters, Deborah Findley ...

Unabridged

13 hours 8 min

Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been ... Read more

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Original plays and dramatisations from the award-winning novelist and playwright, plus bonus documentary Viewing the Century: Michael FraynA renowned playwright, novelist, journalist, memoirist and translator, Michael Frayn has had a varied and prolific literary career spannning over seven decades. His play Noises Off was one of the 20th century’s most beloved and successful plays, and he has been
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My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters

A BBC Radio 4 adaptation

by Chris Barker, Bessie Moore ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Louise Brealey, Jane Slavin ...

Abridged

44 min

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War.‘Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me.’A small blue box opened in 2008 revealed a wartime world of love, longing and frustration. Inside ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War.‘Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me.’A small blue box opened in 2008 revealed a wartime world of love, longing and frustration. Inside
... Read more
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The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey

Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film

by Homer ...

Narrated by Derek Jacobi, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Eccleston, Iain Glen, Imogen Stubbs, Clive Mantle, Amanda Redman, Bertie Carvel, Mary Wimbush, Frances Barber, Adjoa Andoh, Tim McInnerney, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

The ultimate, full-cast dramatisations of Homer’s two epic Greek masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict CumberbatchREDISCOVER THE EPIC MYTHS BEFORE YOU SEE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAttributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the past 3000 ... Read more

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The ultimate, full-cast dramatisations of Homer’s two epic Greek masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict CumberbatchREDISCOVER THE EPIC MYTHS BEFORE YOU SEE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAttributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the past 3000
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Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 1

A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy

by John Finnemore ...

Narrated by John Finnemore, Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Roger Allam, Stephanie Cole ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying actresses to Italy, cricketers to the Sahara, or a cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, MJN Air's formidable boss, has employed two of the very ... Read more

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Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying actresses to Italy, cricketers to the Sahara, or a cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, MJN Air's formidable boss, has employed two of the very
... Read more
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The Odyssey

An epic full-cast journey through the adventures of Odysseus and the world of Greek Mythology

by Homer ...

Narrated by Amanda Redman, Full Cast, Tim McInnerny, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bertie Carvel, Mary Wimbush, Adjoa Andoh, Janet McTeer, Frances Barber, Danny Webb, Cheryl Campbell ...

Unabridged

3 hours 49 min

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Redman & Adjoa Andoh.JOURNEY THROUGH ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURES IN WESTERN STORYTELLING AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY'As irresistible as gravity ... a production so thrilling that it rapidly becomes unthinkable to press the stop - or ... Read more

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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Redman & Adjoa Andoh.JOURNEY THROUGH ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURES IN WESTERN STORYTELLING AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY'As irresistible as gravity ... a production so thrilling that it rapidly becomes unthinkable to press the stop - or
... Read more
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The Biggest Secret

A BBC Radio 4 Drama

by Mike Walker ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, Claudia Harrison, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

1 hour 43 min

In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment: D-Day. It is set on June 5th, the day before the invasion that will change the course of history - but an invasion only a very ... Read more

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In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment: D-Day. It is set on June 5th, the day before the invasion that will change the course of history - but an invasion only a very
... Read more
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Rumpole: A BBC Radio Collection

32 BBC Radio full-cast dramas

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Timothy West, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Desmond Barrit, Prunella Scales, Jasmine Hyde, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

26 hours 18 min

An irresistible collection of sparkling stories featuring John Mortimer's beloved comic creationHorace Rumpole is the most erudite, astute, and seldom defeated of barristers in the annals of the Old Bailey. In these 32 dramas, arranged in order of broadcast, four distinguished actors don the wig and white band to portray our hero as he recalls his long, eventful career.Timothy West stars as the ... Read more

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An irresistible collection of sparkling stories featuring John Mortimer's beloved comic creationHorace Rumpole is the most erudite, astute, and seldom defeated of barristers in the annals of the Old Bailey. In these 32 dramas, arranged in order of broadcast, four distinguished actors don the wig and white band to portray our hero as he recalls his long, eventful career.Timothy West stars as the
... Read more
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Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders & other stories

Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Timothy West, Jasmine Hyde, Cathy Sara ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders:It is the fifties, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders:It is the fifties, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity
... Read more
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Tom and Viv

The heart-breaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Vivienne Haigh-Wood

by Michael Hastings ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Lia Williams ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heart-breaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Viv Haigh-Wood.Michael Hastings' best known play charts the turbulent, doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly-charged study has been described as 'one of the most important plays of the 20th century'.Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Tom, Lia Williams as Viv, ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heart-breaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Viv Haigh-Wood.Michael Hastings' best known play charts the turbulent, doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly-charged study has been described as 'one of the most important plays of the 20th century'.Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Tom, Lia Williams as Viv,
... Read more
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Parallel Lines

From the Booker Shortlisted author of the Patrick Melrose series

by Edward St Aubyn ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Brought to you by Penguin.NARRATED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH.* The Orwell Prize Finalist 2025 *A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’It is summer. Sebastian is ... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.NARRATED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH.* The Orwell Prize Finalist 2025 *A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’It is summer. Sebastian is ...
... Read more