BBC Audiobooks Ltd
The Potted Gardener continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.
Never say die. That's the philosophy Agatha Raisin clings to when she comes home to cozy Carsely and finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbor, James Lacey. The beautiful newcomer, Mary Fortune, is superior in every way, especially
In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to cicumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
The rules were simple. He had to make the journey in eighty days using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. And so, complete with visas, running shoes, an inflatable globe and sound advice from Alan Whicker,
Strong of will and slender of ankle, twenty-year-old orphan Flora Poste is blessed with every virtue save that of being able to earn her own living. Casting around for suitable relatives with whom she can make her home, Flora alights on the mysterious Starkadders and, ignoring the horrified shrieks of her friends, heads down to darkest Sussex.
There she is confronted by an exceptionally odd cast of characters: grief-stricken Judith, fervently
...4) Little Women
Combining skilled hypnotherapy techniques with high quality creative sound effects. This high quality recording, by the UK’s best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold, combines the very latest clinical hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital sound. On both tracks you will hear a pleasant voice, and absorbing 60 bpm sound effects guiding you into a deeply relaxed state of mental and physical relaxation. In this very receptive relaxed
...Simon Fanshawe visits an ambitious community project in Bridging The Gap at 1100 on Monday 7th August. The gap in question is the cavernous void between young and old which breeds mistrust and anxiety. Pat Stewart and Rob Burley run the 'On The Streets' project in Gorton, Manchester. Their aim is to develop in the young teenagers a sense of their community, and show them there is more to life than spiralling from ASBO to serious crime.
...The fourth volume in the M. C. Beaton mystery series, starring Penelope Keith.
The Wizard of Evesham - Agatha is alarmed when her new wizard of a hairdresser seems keen to take on more than just her split ends. She soon discovers that everyone in his salon has a secret and that he practices a very dark magic indeed.
The Moment of Truth - Agatha must quickly discover the identity of the prisoner, but James is refusing to help.
...8) 1910 - 1919
Tim Pigott-Smith presents the second volume in this unique audio snapshot of the history of the Twentieth Century.
Released in ten volumes, Eyewitness provides a rare opportunity to hear the history of the 20th century described by those who were actually there. Tim Pigott-Smith weaves together fascinating reminiscences taken from the BBC archives – many previously unbroadcast – with an insightful commentary written by Joanna Bourke, Professor
...10) 1920 - 1929
11) 1940 - 1949
Winner of a Gold Award for Production & Best Original Audio at the Spoken Word Awards 2005
AUTHENTIC VOICES FROM THE PAST ILLUSTRATE THIS UNIQUE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, WRITTEN BY JOANNA BOURKE AND PRESENTED BY TIM PIGOTT-SMITH
Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of the century described by those who saw them happen. A wealth of BBC archive recordings, some never previously broadcast,
...12) The Web of Fear
Doctor Who – The Web of Fear is the soundtrack of a ‘lost’ TV episode starring second Doctor Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines. Linking narration by Frazer Hines is added to the soundtrack to complete the story.
In The Web of Fear, when the TARDIS arrives in the tunnels of the London Underground, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are reunited with Professor Travers from their Tibetan adventure. But the Great Intelligence is also on Earth,
...Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge make a clean sweep in a further series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy hit.
The ladies are back, and this time they’re full of Springtime recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. Once again, however, disaster is never very far away...
Reunited at the bedside of a mutual old flame, Irene and Vera feel a sudden urge to focus on all things dietary and medical. From rest cures to rest homes, and from running
...Were you aware that there are, hidden in the streets of Brighton, twelve ancient constellations, like the Hangleton Hound and the Bevendean Bat . . . well, there are: and on each one hangs a tale, a tale so strange that only The Lad Himself, that inveterate spinner of tales and talker of the toot, Hugo Rune, can get to the bottom of them. And he'd better do it quickly, because if he doesn't solve the dozen mysteries before the year is out, that'll
...The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's classic story of provincial life.
