Art audiobooks

Only Fools And Horses 3

By: John Sullivan

Narrated by: Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Lennard Pearce ...

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Four more episodes from the much-loved BBC TV series, starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce and Buster Merryfield. In 'Homesick', Rodney is elected Chairman of the local Housing Committee, and Del Boy persuades him to use his position to get them all ground-floor accommodation. 'Healthy Competition' sees Rodney deciding to... Read more

Two Ronnies, The It's Goodnight From Me

By: Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett

Narrated by: Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

For nearly twenty-five years the two Ronnies were a TV institution, a much loved double-act but each with his own inimitable, individual appeal. Who could forget Ronnie Barker's hilarious pispronounciation, Mr Corbett's witty monologues, the risqué limericks, the puns, the patter and the parody? So enjoy another fun-filled feast of verbal... Read more

Douglas Adams At The BBC Part 1

By: Chris Emmett

Narrated by: Simon Jones & Various

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, presents a look back at the life and work of a writer who has captivated the imagination of millions. When Douglas Adams created ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ for BBC Radio 4, it was the genesis of a science fiction comedy legend. Yet his career at the BBC... Read more

Paul Temple And The Jonathan Mystery

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marjorie Westbury & Peter Coke

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats – a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of... Read more

Blake's 7 The Radio Adventures

By: Barry Letts

Narrated by: Full Cast, Michael Keating & Paul Darrow

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Avon and the crew of Scorpio again face the ruthless machinations of Servalan in two thrilling full-cast BBC Radio 4 adventures. Together on audio for the first time, these two radio adventures reunite many of the cast of the classic BBC TV space adventure series. The Sevenfold Crown: Raiding Servalan’s HQ, the crew discover that she possesses... Read more

Paul Temple And The Spencer Affair

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marjorie Westbury & Peter Coke

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular series. When young drama student Mary Dreisler is found murdered in her flat, her father instantly sends for Paul Temple. There appears to have been no... Read more

Paul Temple And The Vandyke Affair

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marjorie Westbury & Peter Coke

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham... Read more

Headlines and Hedgerows

By: John Craven

Narrated by: John Craven

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

In this, his first memoir, John recounts his childhood, the highpoints and lowpoints of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people, family and animals in his own life which have shaped it.

Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, John showed an early interest newspapers when, aged eleven, he wrote the... Read more

Peril At End House

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot and his good friend Captain Hastings are enjoying a well-deserved break on the Cornish Riviera. Wandering along the terrace of the Hotel Majestic on the first morning of their stay, Poirot literally falls at the feet of a pretty, dark-haired girl and, much to Hastings' delight, insists that she join them for a cocktail. The girl... Read more

Taken At The Flood

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1940s London, Hercule Poirot is cornered by the club bore and learns of a mysterious death - one which sets him off on one of his most intriguing cases. When Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Cloade's relatives are desperate to get their hands on his money, and Rosaleen begins... Read more

The Pale Horse

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jeremy Clyde, Stephanie Cole, Terenc...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation from the Queen of Crime.

Father Gorman is called to a dingy rooming house to see a woman who, before she dies, confesses a bizarre tale to him. Leaving the house he is followed but, in the fog, a fatal blow is struck. Nine names on a piece of paper found in the dead priest's shoe is recovered. The clue leads... Read more

The Adventure Of Christmas Pudding

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Donald Sinden, Full Cast, John Moffatt & Siân P...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In this delightful tale, an Eastern Prince arrives in England with some family jewels which he's having reset as a gift for his fianceé. However, the Prince also has a mistress. She asks to wear one particularly enchanting piece that features a huge ruby, and then promptly disappears with it. Poirot discovers a connection with a house party at... Read more

The Witness For Prosecution

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Hywell Bennett, Miriam Margolyes & S...

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a major new London theatre show, The Witness for the Prosecution follows the hapless Leonard Vole as he learns he has been accused of murdering a wealthy widow in order to get his hands on the inheritance. His predicament is made even worse when he discovers his wife to be the chief witness against him.The trial proceeds with a number... Read more

Radio 4's History Of Private Life

By: Amanda Vickery

Narrated by: Amanda Vickery & Various

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Professor Amanda Vickery is one of the most charismatic historians in Britain today. In 'A History of Private Life' she reveals the intimate secrets of life at home, from the Tudor mansion to the modern bedsit. Through letters, diaries and other first-person accounts, we hear the voices of men and women from very different backgrounds telling... Read more

Our Mutual Friend (Woman's Hour Drama)

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Full Cast & Pauline Quirke

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Following his father's death, John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance. But he finds he is only eligible if he marries Bella Wilfer. To observe her character he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. 'Our Mutual Friend' was Charles Dickens' last complete... Read more

Pollyanna

By: Eleanor H. Porter

Narrated by: Full Cast & Gayle Hunnicutt

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic American tale, starring Gayle Hunnicutt. When Pollyanna's father dies, she is sent to live with her only surviving relative, the rich but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's joy soon turns to disappointment when her spinster aunt gives her a cold greeting and tells her she is to stay in the attic.... Read more

The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex

By: Mark Kermode

Narrated by: Mark Kermode

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In It's Only a Movie, the incomparable Mark Kermode showed us the weird world of a film critic's life lived in widescreen. Now, in The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex, he takes us into the belly of the beast to ask: 'What's wrong with modern movies?'

If blockbusters make money no matter how bad they are, then why not make a good one for a... Read more

It's Only a Movie

By: Mark Kermode

Narrated by: Mark Kermode

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

To avoid fainting, keep repeating

It's only a move
..only a movie
..only a movie
..only a movie

If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage exposé of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your... Read more

Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Toby Stephens & Full Cast

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Tolstoy's story of one woman's fate is brought powerfully to life in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation starring Teresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens. Anna Karenina enjoys a privileged and aristrocratic lifestyle as the wife of influential government official Alexy Karenin. Yet their ten-year marriage is devoid of tenderness, and when Anna... Read more

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Sapper's Bulldog Drummond

By: Sapper & Cyril McNeile

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Sapper's thrilling adventures of private detective Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond, as heard on BBC Radio. In these six episodes, the demobbed officer offers his services to any client offering adventure. This leads him into danger and dashing escapades, as he finds himself grappling a gorilla; trying to save the realm... Read more

Aesop's Fables

By: Aesop

Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks,...

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

40 of Aesop's tales, specially adapted for young children. Read by Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Alison Steadman, Richard E. Grant, Lindsay Duncan and Brenda Blethyn. Stories include: The Hare & the Tortoise/The Frogs & the Ox/The Fox & the Crow/The Monkey as King/The Bundle of Sticks/The Gnat & the Lion/The... Read more

Winslow Boy, The (Classic Radio Theatre)

By: Terrence Rattigan

Narrated by: Full Cast, Michael Aldridge, Michael Maloney, P...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

‘It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right.’ When he is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order, fourteen-year-old Ronnie Winslow is expelled from naval college. But his father believes his claim of innocence and, determined to clear his name, engages the most famous barrister in England to fight his case. It is up to Sir... Read more

A Different Stage

By: Gary Barlow

Narrated by: Gary Barlow

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Sometimes you are forced to take stock and wonder what your life's all been about, and where it is going. Ever since I was a boy I've thought that music makes things better. A Different Stage is my love letter to music, a celebration of the songs and sounds that have inspired me and meant something in my life.'

In this... Read more

Son of a Silverback

By: Russell Kane

Narrated by: Russell Kane

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

From one of Britain’s most popular and prolific comedians comes a hilarious and deeply moving memoir of life lived under the rule of a Silverback dad.

The Silverback is considered the undisputed king, a creature whose authority is never challenged and who does not yield to compromise. He walks proudly, feeds greedily,... Read more