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Rumpole: The Primrose Path & Other Stories
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations Starring Timothy West
- By: John Mortimer
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sam Ballard, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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Timothy West takes on the role of Rumpole in this collection of cracking court cases. The stories included are: Rumpole and the Primrose Path, Rumpole and the Scales of Justice, Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror, Rumpole Redeemed.
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Wry look at the idiosyncrasies of the justice system and its leading players
- By Honest reader on 02-07-24
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Rumpole: The Primrose Path & Other Stories
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations Starring Timothy West
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sam Ballard, Nigel Anthony, Sophie Thompson, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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Amateur Detective Roger Sheringham
- The Poisoned Chocolates Case and Jumping Jenny
- By: Anthony Berkeley
- Narrated by: Neil Stacy, Hugh Burden, Conrad Phillips, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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Anthony Berkeley was a journalist, novelist, and founding member of the Detection Club - whose members included Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - and was one of crime fiction's greatest innovators, developing the idea of the psychological crime novel in the 1920s and '30s. One of his recurring and most-beloved characters was Roger Sheringham, a novelist and amateur detective. In these two classic tales, Roger Sheringham must investigate two terrible murders
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bliss in gold wrapping.
- By Dawn Martin on 04-02-24
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Amateur Detective Roger Sheringham
- The Poisoned Chocolates Case and Jumping Jenny
- Narrated by: Neil Stacy, Hugh Burden, Conrad Phillips, Michael Bilton, Jane Wenham, Trevor Martin, Simon Lack, Hamilton Dyce, Joan Newell, John Scott, Sheila Manahan, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 23-11-23
- Language: English
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries
- Four Original Short Stories
- By: John Taylor
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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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' and '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 adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.
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Good show
- By Rogayah on 27-08-16
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries
- Four Original Short Stories
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-08-15
- Language: English
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G. K. Chesterton: Three BBC Radio Mysteries
- The Man Who Was Thursday, The Club of Queer Trades & The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- By: G.K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Palmer, David Warner, Martin Freeman, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Three BBC Radio performances of works by the great G. K. Chesterton. Best known as the creator of clerical detective Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton was a prolific and talented writer in virtually every area of literature: from novels, poetry and short stories to plays, biographies and essays. A noted thinker, controversialist, raconteur and wit, he has influenced authors from Neil Gaiman to Jorge Luis Borges. This collection comprises his two most famous novels as well as half a dozen tales from his short story collection
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G. K. Chesterton: Three BBC Radio Mysteries
- The Man Who Was Thursday, The Club of Queer Trades & The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Palmer, David Warner, Martin Freeman, Geoffrey McGivern, Roger Hammond, David Collings, Kim Wall, Paul McGann, full cast, Stuart Organ
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 23-06-22
- Language: English
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The Same River Twice & Other Stories
- Six Classic BBC Full-Cast Thrillers
- By: Edward Boyd
- Narrated by: Teddy Johnson, Moultrie R. Kelsall, Gordon Jackson, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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Scottish writer Edward Boyd was well known for his TV and radio plays, including The Corridor People and The View from Daniel Pike, and he also penned several episodes of Z-Cars. He specialised in the thriller genre, and this collection showcases six of his best radio crime dramas.
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Classic radio thrillers that you can't turn off
- By Andy Boddington on 17-07-24
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The Same River Twice & Other Stories
- Six Classic BBC Full-Cast Thrillers
- Narrated by: Teddy Johnson, Moultrie R. Kelsall, Gordon Jackson, Roddy McMillan, David Ashton, Ray Brooks, Garard Green, Alexandra Mathie, Edward Judd, Tony Robinson, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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BBC Classics: Adventure Collection
- Gulliver’s Travels, Kidnapped, The Sign of Four, The War of the Worlds & The Thirty-Nine Steps
- By: Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
- Narrated by: Tony Turner, Kenny Blyth, Michael Bertenshaw
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
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This thrilling anthology contains five action-packed tales of incredible journeys, a murderous treasure hunt, invaders from outer space and international espionage - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors.
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BBC Classics: Adventure Collection
- Gulliver’s Travels, Kidnapped, The Sign of Four, The War of the Worlds & The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Narrated by: Tony Turner, Kenny Blyth, Michael Bertenshaw
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-06-21
- Language: English
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Detective Inspector Crust
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas
- By: Vincent McInerney
- Narrated by: James Ellis, Eric Allan, Melinda Walker, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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Veteran scriptwriter Vincent McInerney draws on his lifelong knowledge of Liverpool and his background in the Merchant Marine in these engaging thrillers, in which the gruff, indomitable John Crust and his sidekick Minty probe the circumstances surrounding a missing husband, a stolen sculpture and a hidden treasure.
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Well-acted with interesting characters and slightly off-the-wall storylines
- By Tony on 01-03-24
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Detective Inspector Crust
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas
- Narrated by: James Ellis, Eric Allan, Melinda Walker, Bill Monks, Ken Cumberlidge, full cast, June Barrie, Richard Pearce
- Series: Detective Inspector Crust
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 18-01-24
- Language: English
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Tales of London: Hawksmoor and Others
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramas
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Adjoa Andoh, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.
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Mystifying- for all the wrong reasons
- By Amazon Customer on 03-08-24
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Tales of London: Hawksmoor and Others
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramas
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Adjoa Andoh, Jamie Foreman, Peter Marinker, Philip Glenister, Nigel Anthony, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Simon Callow, Miranda Foster, Anthony Ofoegbu, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-01-24
- Language: English
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Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens, Kelly Burke, Barbara Barnes, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe. Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away.
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the big sleep.
- By shuggs on 20-03-13
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Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens, Kelly Burke, Barbara Barnes, Madeleine Potter, Leah Brotherhood, Sam Dale, Sean Baker, Iain Batchelor, Henry Devas, Jude Akuwudike
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-07-11
- Language: English
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The Uma Rao Mysteries
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas
- By: Mahesh Dattani
- Narrated by: Ajay Chhabra, Akbar Kurtha, Amerjit Deu, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Actor, writer and director Mahesh Dattani is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India’s National Academy of Letters. Included here are all three of his plays featuring Uma Rao – PhD student, daughter-in-law of Bangalore's deputy commissioner of police, and wife of the superintendent. Priyanga Burford (neé Elan), stars as the intrepid sleuth, with full casts including Shiv Grewal, Saeed Jaffrey, Ajay Chhabra, Amerjit Deu and Nitin Chandra Ganatra.
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The Uma Rao Mysteries
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas
- Narrated by: Ajay Chhabra, Akbar Kurtha, Amerjit Deu, Andrew Wincott, full cast, Gerard McDermott, Kaleem Janjua, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Paul Bhattarcharjee, Priyanga Burford, Richenda Carey, Saeed Jaffrey, Shiv Grewal, Souad Faress, Stephen Critchlow
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-12-24
- Language: English
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Denise Mina: A BBC Radio Collection
- The Dead Hour, Three Fires & More
- By: Denise Mina
- Narrated by: Kieran Hodgson, Tracy Wiles, Emma Currie, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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An acclaimed novelist, playwright and comic book writer, Denise Mina has won numerous awards, including the CWA John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel and the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award (twice). Her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV, and she has presented numerous television and radio programmes. Included here are six of her stories, as heard on BBC Radio, plus a bonus biographical programme.
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Denise Mina: A BBC Radio Collection
- The Dead Hour, Three Fires & More
- Narrated by: Kieran Hodgson, Tracy Wiles, Emma Currie, John Kielty, Crawford Logan, Alexandra Mathie, Meg Fraser, Amy Manson, Sarah Gordy, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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