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Bleak House

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Beatnie Edney, Ronald Pickup ...

Abridged

5 hours 18 min

Penguin Classics presents Charles Dickens' epic Bleak House, adapted for downloadable audiobook and read by Ronald Pickup and Beatnie Edney.As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of ... Read more

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Penguin Classics presents Charles Dickens' epic Bleak House, adapted for downloadable audiobook and read by Ronald Pickup and Beatnie Edney.As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of
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Albert Camus: The Plague, The Outsider & more

A study in drama and documentary

by Albert Camus ...

Narrated by Paul Scofield, John Shrapnel, Ronald Pickup, Clive Merrison, Brian Glover, Alex Lanipekun, David Seddon, Carys Eleri, Full Cast, Souad Faress ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

A study of Albert Camus' life and works which draws together both dramatisations of his novels and documentaries about his life.One of postwar France’s most influential writers, Albert Camus was fêted for his masterful exploration of the absurdity of the human condition. Included here are adaptations of his three iconic existential novels – The Plague, The Outsider and The Fall – alongside four ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

A study of Albert Camus' life and works which draws together both dramatisations of his novels and documentaries about his life.One of postwar France’s most influential writers, Albert Camus was fêted for his masterful exploration of the absurdity of the human condition. Included here are adaptations of his three iconic existential novels – The Plague, The Outsider and The Fall – alongside four
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The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection

Dramatisations and readings of his sensational stories including The Woman in White & The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins ...

Narrated by Harry Lloyd, John Sharp, Full Cast, Abigail Docherty, Sophie Thompson, Toby Stephens, David Suchet, Marcia Warren, Ronald Pickup ...

Unabridged

24 hours 36 min

BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story, and pioneer of detective fictionWilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime fiction pioneer. His enthralling 'sensation novels' such as The Woman in White paved the way for today's thrillers, and his tour de force The Moonstone is ... Read more

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BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story, and pioneer of detective fictionWilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime fiction pioneer. His enthralling 'sensation novels' such as The Woman in White paved the way for today's thrillers, and his tour de force The Moonstone is
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Hamlet (Classic Radio Theatre)

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Maxine Audley, Ronald Pickup, Angela Pleasence ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

Written over four hundred years ago, ‘Hamlet’ still remains one of the most powerful, influential and thrilling tragedies in the English language. The story of Prince Hamlet and his quest for vengeance has been interpreted countless times on stage, film and television. With its riveting plot featuring murder and supernatural horror; and presenting possibly the most fascinating character in the ... Read more

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Written over four hundred years ago, ‘Hamlet’ still remains one of the most powerful, influential and thrilling tragedies in the English language. The story of Prince Hamlet and his quest for vengeance has been interpreted countless times on stage, film and television. With its riveting plot featuring murder and supernatural horror; and presenting possibly the most fascinating character in the
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The Voysey Inheritance & The Secret Life

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions

by Harley Granville Barker ...

Narrated by Samuel Barnett, Clive Merrison, Ronald Pickup, Brenda Blethyn, Helen McCrory, Phyllida Law, Rowena Cooper, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

4 hours

Two outstanding plays from a major figure of British Edwardian theatreHarley Granville Barker was one of the most influential voices in early 20th-century drama – an actor, director and playwright whose work helped shape modern British theatre. His plays are celebrated for their psychological depth, moral complexity and Chekhovian style. He is best known for his masterpiece, The Voysey Inheritance ... Read more

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Two outstanding plays from a major figure of British Edwardian theatreHarley Granville Barker was one of the most influential voices in early 20th-century drama – an actor, director and playwright whose work helped shape modern British theatre. His plays are celebrated for their psychological depth, moral complexity and Chekhovian style. He is best known for his masterpiece, The Voysey Inheritance
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All Passion Spent & No Signposts in the Sea

Two Full Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Vita Sackville-West ...

Narrated by Honor Blackman, Ronald Pickup, Frances Jeater, Alec McCowen, Phyllida Nash, Paul Nicholson, Russell Boulter, Annabel Scholey, Kate Buffery, Geoffrey Whitehead ...

Unabridged

2 hours 43 min

Two dramatisations of key novels by the award winning Vita Sackville WestVita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, and in 1933 ... Read more

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Two dramatisations of key novels by the award winning Vita Sackville WestVita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, and in 1933
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Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and more

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethes ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing, Ronald Pickup, Frances Jeater, Joel MacCormack, Anton Lesser, David Suchet, Eileen Aitkin, Gabriel Woolf, Melvyn Bragg, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

17 hours 5 min

A collection of seminal dramatised pieces by the great German polymathJohann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.We open ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

A collection of seminal dramatised pieces by the great German polymathJohann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.We open
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Beaumarchais

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

by Craig Warner ...

Narrated by Henry Goodman, Bill Nighy, Full Cast, Ronald Pickup, Jason O'Mara, Siobhan Redmond, Joanna Monro ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

Henry Goodman stars in this irreverent historical romp, set in 18th-century FranceWhen impoverished watchmaker Caron invents a pioneering device that could revolutionise timekeeping, his fortunes begin to change. Marrying a young, upper-class widow, he takes on a new, noble name - de Beaumarchais - and sets out to conquer Louis XV's court.But his attempts to rise through the ranks of Versailles ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Henry Goodman stars in this irreverent historical romp, set in 18th-century FranceWhen impoverished watchmaker Caron invents a pioneering device that could revolutionise timekeeping, his fortunes begin to change. Marrying a young, upper-class widow, he takes on a new, noble name - de Beaumarchais - and sets out to conquer Louis XV's court.But his attempts to rise through the ranks of Versailles
... Read more
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Fame is the Spur, My Son, My Son & A Sunset Touch

Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Howard Spring ...

Narrated by Ian McKellen, Ronald Pickup, Sean Barrett, Paul Copley, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

14 hours 30 min

A trio of full-cast adaptations of the novels of Howard Spring, including his two best-selling works and featuring a 40-year-old Ian McKellen.Howard Spring was a Welsh author who was an immensely popular and successful writer from the 1940s to the 1960s. From 1934 he produced a series of best-selling novels, the most successful of which were My Son My Son and Fame is the Spur. This collection ... Read more

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A trio of full-cast adaptations of the novels of Howard Spring, including his two best-selling works and featuring a 40-year-old Ian McKellen.Howard Spring was a Welsh author who was an immensely popular and successful writer from the 1940s to the 1960s. From 1934 he produced a series of best-selling novels, the most successful of which were My Son My Son and Fame is the Spur. This collection
... Read more
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10 Rillington Place: The Trials of Evans & Christie

True Crime Drama based on the original trial transcripts

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Wrather, Elizabeth Mansfield, Howard Ward, John Baddeley, Nicola Barber, Robin Welch, Terence Edmond, Trevor Nichols ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Great British Trials
Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

Prepare yourself for a gripping journey back into the darkest corners of post-war London and the shocking story of the infamous Rillington Place murders that shook London in the early 1950’s. Based on the original trial transcripts, it is for you to decide if an innocent man was sent to the gallows.On January 11, 1950, Timothy Evans of 10 Rillington Place stood trial at the Old Bailey, accused of ... Read more

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Prepare yourself for a gripping journey back into the darkest corners of post-war London and the shocking story of the infamous Rillington Place murders that shook London in the early 1950’s. Based on the original trial transcripts, it is for you to decide if an innocent man was sent to the gallows.On January 11, 1950, Timothy Evans of 10 Rillington Place stood trial at the Old Bailey, accused of
... Read more
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Over Sea, Under Stone & King of Shadows

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Susan Cooper ...

Narrated by Ronald Pickup, Naomi Kerbel, Ben Gutteridge, Edward Clarke, Robert Glenister, Struan Rodger, Adam Sims, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Two magical adventure stories from the queen of fantasyImmerse yourself in the magical world of Susan Cooper’s imagination. Drawing upon Celtic and Norse mythology and English folklore, Cooper creates worlds like no other. She is best known for her The Dark Is Rising series, the first of which is included in this magical adventure collection, with two tales adapted for radio and brought to life by ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Two magical adventure stories from the queen of fantasyImmerse yourself in the magical world of Susan Cooper’s imagination. Drawing upon Celtic and Norse mythology and English folklore, Cooper creates worlds like no other. She is best known for her The Dark Is Rising series, the first of which is included in this magical adventure collection, with two tales adapted for radio and brought to life by
... Read more
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Paupers and Pig Killers from the diaries of William Holland

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

by William Holland, Eric Pringle ...

Narrated by Ronald Pickup, Rosemary Martin, Rowena Cooper, Gavin Muir, Gordon Gostelow, Tessa Worsley, David Collings, Andrew Branch, Margaret Courtenay, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

A BBC Radio dramatisation of the real-life diaries of a West Country village parson, writing at the turn of the 19th Century'A good diary can provide an unsurpassed entry into society, and the diary of William Holland is a very good diary indeed' The SpectatorOn October 25th, 1799 - his 18th wedding anniversary - cantankerous Somerset parson William Holland begins his diary, chronicling events at ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A BBC Radio dramatisation of the real-life diaries of a West Country village parson, writing at the turn of the 19th Century'A good diary can provide an unsurpassed entry into society, and the diary of William Holland is a very good diary indeed' The SpectatorOn October 25th, 1799 - his 18th wedding anniversary - cantankerous Somerset parson William Holland begins his diary, chronicling events at
... Read more

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All Passion Spent & No Signposts in the Sea

Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Beaumarchais

Fame is the Spur, My Son, My Son & A Sunset Touch

10 Rillington Place: The Trials of Evans & Christie

Over Sea, Under Stone & King of Shadows

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