Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Natter from the Natural World

By: Lynne Truss
Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Samantha Bond, Tony Robinson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sandi Toksvig, James Fleet, Lee Mack, Pam Ferris, Hugh Dennis, full cast
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Three series of funny natural history tales from Lynne Truss, featuring a star cast of narrators.

Recorded in front of a live audience, these wry, funny tales introduce us to the varied creatures who make their homes on the shoreline, in garden ponds and in our attics. In 18 comic monologues, they reveal the truth about what life is really like in their respective habitats - and it's much more eventful than you might think...

Tidal Tales from the Rock Pool features salty stories from a roving, joke-loving Periwinkle (Bill Wallis); a house-proud Hermit Crab (Geoffrey Palmer); a figure-conscious Sea Anemone (Alison Steadman); a tough talkin' Goby Fish (Sean Power); a poetic, love-struck Limpet (Samantha Bond) and a diligent Lugworm (Tony Robinson).

In Gossip from the Garden Pond, we peek between the lily pads to meet a Tadpole who loves wiggling and doesn't want to grow up (Julian Rhind-Tutt); a beautiful, highly-sexed Dragonfly (Alison Steadman); a hotly pursued Water Boatman (Sandi Toksvig); a ferocious Great Diving Beetle (David Ryall); a timid, arachnophobic Garden Spider (Amanda Root) and a self-righteous Great Pond Snail (James Fleet).

And in Rumblings from the Rafters, we venture into the draughty attic of a rambling old house in Amersham to hear from a subversive, head-banging Death Watch Beetle (Bill Paterson); a bossy, stressed Queen Wasp (Alison Steadman); a fast-thinking, acrobatic House Fly (Lee Mack); a big-hearted Soprano Pipistrelle Bat (Pam Ferris); an Edible Dormouse who's convinced he's a Russian spy (Hugh Dennis) and a Peacock Butterfly with a feisty past (Amanda Abbington).

Written and introduced by Lynne Truss, with wildlife soundscapes by Chris Watson, these hugely entertaining, surprisingly informative anthropomorphic tales teem with drama and adventure - you'll never look at a rock pool, pond or roof space in the same way again...

Written and introduced by Lynne Truss

Produced by Sarah Blunt

Sound design by Chris Watson

Tidal Talk from the Rock Pool

The Periwinkle and the Hermit Crab

The Anemone and the Goby Fish

The Limpet and the Lugworm

Gossip from the Garden Pond

The Tadpole and the Dragonfly

The Water Boatman and Great Diving Beetle

The Garden Spider and Great Pond Snail

Rumblings from the Rafters

Death Watch Beetle and Queen Wasp

House Fly and Soprano Pipistrelle Bat

Edible Dormouse and Peacock Butterfly

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 1-15 May 2012 (Tidal Talk from the Rock Pool), 7-21 Sept 2014 (Gossip from the Garden Pond), 26 June-10 July 2016 (Rumblings from the Rafters)

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Reluctant Persuaders: The Complete Series 1-4 cover art
Inspector Steine cover art
Life, Death & Sex with Mike and Sue cover art
Unwritten Law cover art
Getting Nowhere Fast: Series 1-3 cover art
You’ll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish & Dougal cover art
Doctor at Large cover art
The Leopard in Autumn cover art
Ed Reardon's Week: Series 1-4 cover art
Snap: Clean Break or Clean Slate? cover art
Sergeant Cribb cover art
Doctor in the House cover art
Nebulous: The Complete Series 1-3 cover art
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A BBC Radio Collection cover art
Chambers: The Complete Series 1-3 cover art
Thriller Playhouse Box Set cover art

What listeners say about Natter from the Natural World

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.