Art audiobooks

Old Harry’s Game

By: Andy Hamilton

Narrated by: Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville, Rob...

Length: 21 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.

'Satirical, philosophical - and devilishly funny' Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph

Welcome to Hell - where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked... Read more

The Jason Byrne Show: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Jason Byrne

Narrated by: Jason Byrne

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete Sony Radio Academy Gold Award-winning BBC Radio series from acclaimed Irish stand-up comedian Jason Byrne

In three series of fast-paced comedy, packed with brilliant banter and quickfire improvisation, Jason Byrne shares his experiences of education, relationships, sport, food, money, ageing, work and much, much more.

From going on a... Read more

The Making of Doctor Who

By: Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke

Narrated by: Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Jon Culshaw, Kat...

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Journey back in time with this nostalgic audio presentation performed by Jon Culshaw, Dan Starkey, Maureen O'Brien, Louise Jameson, Katy Manning and Geoffrey Beevers.

It's the 1970s, and you're invited behind the scenes of Doctor Who. You'll go on location to witness the recording of two classic TV adventures (The Sea Devils and Robot) and spend... Read more

Sunday Night Stand-Up

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Tom Allen, Pippa Evans, Suzi Ruffell, Kiri Prit...

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sparkling selection of one-off comedy shows from Radio 4's Sunday night Stand Up Specials season

Since 2018, BBC Radio 4 has been making the nation laugh with its Stand Up Specials strand, featuring fantastic half-hour sets from a host of celebrated comedians. This wide-ranging collection brings together eleven of the very best acts, from... Read more

The Now Show: Series 44 – 46

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Three series of the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio comedy show

A fast-paced mix of stand-up, songs and sketches, The Now Show takes an off-the-wall look at world events, blending satire and silliness to poke fun at politics and lampoon the news.

In these 18 episodes from 2014 and 2015, Steve Punt co-presents with Hugh Dennis and, on one occasion,... Read more

The Now Show: Series 47 – 49

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present three more series of the much-loved BBC Radio comedy show

A long-time favourite of Friday night comedy fans, The Now Show presents the headlines through sketches, songs and stand-up, providing a wry, satirical perspective on UK and world events.

In these 19 episodes from 2015 and 2016, hosts Steve Punt and Hugh... Read more

The Long and the Short of It

By: Tim McGarry & David Hume

Narrated by: Tim McGarry, David Hume & Various

Length: 19 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian Tim McGarry and Orangeman Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives

'We're basically the Little and Large of Irish history' Tim McGarry

Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume couldn't be less alike. Tim's a six-foot-four funnyman from Belfast, while David's a vertically challenged historian from Ballycarry. But although... Read more

All of the Planet's Wonders

By: Josie Long

Narrated by: Josie Long, Maeve Higgins & Various

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Josie Long presents four entertaining and educational comedic essays, aided by Maeve Higgins and special guests

Award-winning comedian Josie Long has performed nine hit stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, subsequently touring them around the UK and internationally. This BBC Radio series was adapted from her hit 2009 stage show, and... Read more

Maureen & Friends

By: Maureen Lipman

Narrated by: Maureen Lipman, Oliver Cotton, Jasper Britton, ...

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Two series of Maureen Lipman's monologues and musings, plus four comedy dramas written especially for her

'Marvellous' Daily Telegraph

Award-winning actress and comedian Maureen Lipman has been entertaining audiences for over half a century. Her career has encompassed film, theatre, TV and radio; she has written several bestselling... Read more

In Our Time: 25 Perspectives on the Visual Arts

By: Melvyn Bragg

Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg & Various

Length: 19 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 explorations of the visual arts, including artistic and architectural styles, historic movements, notable artworks and visual artists

Radio 4's In Our Time has established itself at the pinnacle of essential conversation on a wide range of subjects from science, history, philosophy and the arts. The programme,... Read more

Vivat Rex: Volume One (Dramatisation)

By: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Marti...

Narrated by: Full Cast & Richard Burton

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Burton narrates this famous dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure of the BBC radio archive published on CD for the very first time.

Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a full cast, the fortunes of the... Read more

Les Miserables

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland & Roger Allam

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Joss Ackland, Roger Allam and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of post-revolutionary France, he is sentenced to nineteen years’... Read more

Send for Paul Temple

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Bernard Braden, Full Cast & Peggy Hassard

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bernard Braden stars in an original 1940 full-cast production of the very first Paul Temple adventure

Between 1938 and 1968 the exploits of amateur detective Paul Temple and his wife, Steve, enthralled generations of BBC radio listeners. Theirs was an exciting world of violence and glamour - car bombs and cocktail parties.

In Paul and Steve’s... Read more

Vivat Rex: Volume 2

By: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben J...

Narrated by: Full Cast & Richard Burton

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Burton narrates the second volume of this famous dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure of the BBC radio archive published on audio for the very first time.

Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a full cast,... Read more

Dad's Army: Complete Radio Series 3

By: Jimmy Perry & David Croft

Narrated by: Arthur Lowe, Full Cast & John Le Mesurier

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty-six episodes from the third BBC Radio series starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn, plus the pilot episode of It Sticks Out Half a Mile

In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit wartime TV series for radio, featuring the original television cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976, with episodes adapted... Read more

The Exorcist

By: William Peter Blatty

Narrated by: Alexandra Mathie, Full Cast & Robert Glenister

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Glenister and Ian McDiarmid star in a gripping BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of William Peter Blatty’s classic horror novel

‘When a radio play is this good, the devil really is in the details’ Radio Times

Summoned to a case of apparent possession, Father Karras is at first sceptical, then horrified. The victim –a 12-year-old girl named Regan –... Read more

Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: David Tennant, Full Cast & Naomi Frederick

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love.

One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism. Disguise and deceit leads to misadventure, madness and mistaken love. Orsino loves Olivia, but she loves Cesario, who really does love Orsino... Read more

The Complete Talking Heads

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Alan Bennett & Patricia Routledge

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett’s celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain’s best actors

The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett’s finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of... Read more

Charles Dickens: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Volume One

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Full Cast & Pam Ferris

Length: 18 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Powerful full-cast radio dramatisations of four of Charles Dickens' most famous novels

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned novelists of all time, and this first volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes four of his best-loved stories.

The Pickwick Papers
Mr Samuel Pickwick, founder of the Pickwick Club, forms a Corresponding... Read more

The Lady in the Van

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Full Cast & Maggie Smith

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Maggie Smith stars in this BBC radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage play

An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind homeowner invites her to move her van into his... Read more

A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

By: Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss

Narrated by: Brett Westwood & Phil Gates

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining guide to some of our commonest and most curious coastal wildlife.

Brett Westwood is joined by naturalist Phil Gates in this informative and entertaining guide to a variety of common coastal wildlife. Recorded in early summer along the coast of Northumberland, each programme focuses on a different habitat – rock pools, sandy... Read more

Burton at the BBC

By: BBC Audio

Narrated by: Full Cast & Richard Burton

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Highlights from Richard Burton’s finest BBC radio performances from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Richard Burton was one of the most famous British actors of the twentieth century, renowned for his magical, mellifluous voice. Before Hollywood tempted him away, he worked frequently for the BBC and many of his most electrifying performances were recorded... Read more

This Sceptred Isle Collection 2: 1702 - 1901

By: Christopher Lee

Narrated by: Anna Massey, Peter Jeffrey, Brett Usher, Denys ...

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The final five volumes from the landmark BBC radio series This Sceptred Isle.

Christopher Lee's epic history tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the death of Victoria. This collection includes the original volumes 6-10:

1702-1760: The First British EmpireThe reign of George I; Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, and the... Read more

Dixon of Dock Green

By: Ted Willis & Sue Rodwell

Narrated by: David Calder, David Tennant & Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

David Calder, David Tennant and Hamish Clark star in these BBC Radio 4 dramas based on the original TV series.

George Dixon became one of the best-known and most-loved fictional policemen during the course of three decades of BBC TV's Dixon of Dock Green, in which he was played by Jack Warner. In these 12 radio adaptations he once again upholds... Read more