Art audiobooks

Getting On

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Charles Simpson, David Rintoul, Emily Richard, ...

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of one of the earliest plays by Alan Bennett

The 1970s are a time of change, but Labour MP George Oliver feels stuck in one place: distrusting the ‘mawkish mentality’ of the young and fearing the encroaching life of the middle-aged, with little to look forward to but the imminent end of a not-very-interesting... Read more

Fight Club

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Elaine Cassidy, Full Cast, Patrick Kennedy & Sa...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

First there was the insomnia.
Then there were the support groups that helped him sleep.
Then Marla Singer turned up, muscled in on ascending bowel cancer and ruined everything.
Then he met Tyler Durden.
Then came Fight Club.

Fight Club is the psychological story of a man's descent into an underground world of violence. Mild mannered... Read more

The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Noel Coward

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Full Ca...

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries

Renowned for his wit, style and sophistication, Noël Coward was one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays, set in the glittering world of high society in which he lived,... Read more

Wordaholics: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Jon Hunter & James Kettle

Narrated by: Alex Horne, Dave Gorman, Gyles Brandreth, Jack ...

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

All 18 episodes of Radio 4's word-obsessed comedy panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth, where stars from across the world of wordplay come together to guess the meanings of now-obsolete words, invent their own clichés and cockney rhyming slang, discuss their own favourite words and phrases - and suggest words they would like to ban.

This witty... Read more

Ayres on the Air: The Complete Series 1-6

By: Pam Ayres

Narrated by: Pam Ayres

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Writer, poet, and broadcaster Pam Ayres has been making her fans smile for more than 30 years, since her first television appearance on Opportunity Knocks. Now some of her best sketches, verses and songs are brought together in this complete collection of series 1-6 of her Radio 4 show, Ayres on the Air .

Each series consists of 4 episodes, with... Read more

Joe Lycett’s Obsessions: Series 1

By: Joe Lycett

Narrated by: Joe Lycett

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Lycett explores the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions by getting to know a selection of famous and not so famous guests.

Hear Katherine Ryan share her love of the Kardashians, Greg James introduce Joe to the world of cricket, and Janice Connolly share her collection of de-cluttering books. Can Lloyd Griffith inspire you with his... Read more

Dave Gorman - Genius: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Dave Gorman

Narrated by: Dave Gorman & Full Cast

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete Genius radio series, in which Dave Gorman and his celebrity guests consider the ridiculous, unworkable, but sometimes genius inventions of the public.

Guests such as Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Germaine Greer and Charlie Brooker peruse a parade of proposals, be they innovations, gadgets, gizmos, philosophies or follies, in an attempt... Read more

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme: The Complete Series 1-4

By: Tim Key

Narrated by: Tim Key & Tom Basden

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wondered just how much of life you can understand through poetry?

Tim Key is never far from stage and screen - from Peep Show to Alpha Papa to Taskmaster. But now he's back doing what he does best - attempting to recite poetry whilst tormenting his friend and musician, the equally brilliant, and long suffering, Tom Basden.

From ruminating on... Read more

Tracks: Series 3 and 4

By: Matthew Broughton, Matt Hartley, Lucy Catherine...

Narrated by: Hattie Morahan, Jonathan Forbes, Full Cast & Ro...

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

'One of the best dramas - on television or radio - currently on offer' Radio Times
'The most brilliant drama' and 'really, really well produced' Dolly Alderton

Tracks: Chimera

A tower block collapses in London. Hundreds are killed.
Except a man standing alone on the roof, who walks out of the rubble unscathed.

And things are about to get stranger,... Read more

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & The Mysterious Island

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Full Cast, Kerry Gooderson, Madeline Hatt, Nath...

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Jules Verne's two novels featuring Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island), condensed down to two thrilling hours.

In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Marine scientist Professor Aronnax and his stowaway daughter Connie join whaler Ned Land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to hunt an aggressive sea monster, believed to be... Read more

Tez Talks: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Tez Ilyas

Narrated by: Tez Ilyas

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Breakthrough comedian Tez Ilyas presents a show for everyone interested in - or interested in becoming - a British Muslim. Everything you need to know is here - the do's, don'ts, and avoid-or-you'll-be-arresteds.


How can Muslims integrate better? And who says they don't at the moment? And more importantly, what's Marks & Spencer or hipster... Read more

The News Quiz: Through the Years

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Miles Jupp, Sandi Toksvig, Barry Norman, Barry ...

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A finely matured selection of episodes from the long-running topical Radio 4 panel show, chaired by Barry Norman, Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig and Miles Jupp.

These fourteen archive editions, all published for the first time, span the decades from 1978 to 2017 and recall the headline-grabbing issues, incidents and individuals of... Read more

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers: Series 1 and 2

By: Andy Hamilton

Narrated by: Andy Hamilton

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Series 1 and 2 of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, the much-loved Andy presents a collection of potentially misremembered anecdotes.

He’s been working in comedy for over 40 years and there’s a lot of reminiscing he can do…using comic observation and personal anecdotes he will explore each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have... Read more

Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Nat Perrin & Arthur Sheekman

Narrated by: Frank Lazarus, Full Cast & Michael Roberts

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC radio recreation of the Marx Brothers’ lost shows, starring Michael Roberts and Frank Lazarus


‘For me this BBC version is a flattering improvement!’ Nat Perrin, co-creator of the original 1932 Marx Brothers Radio series


First broadcast on America’s NBC network between 1932-33, Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel charted the exploits of shady... Read more

Joan of Arc, and How She Became a Saint

By: Patrick Barlow

Narrated by: Dawn French & Full Cast

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Can a young country girl lead an army?

Joan has no plans on saving France from the English but when the brutes turn up and put her beloved crows to death by fire she knows she has to do something. And if she saves France at the same time, well that is just a wonderful side-effect. Guided by her guardian angels, St Catherine and St Margaret, Joan... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 18

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Full Cast & Jack Dee

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Four more extended episodes from the awardwinning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith

‘ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name’ Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday

‘The funniest comedy quiz show of them all’ Sue Arnold, The Observer

Another collection of... Read more

It’s Not What You Know: Series 1-5

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Joe Lycett & Miles Jupp

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What would Jonathan Agnew do if he wasn't a cricket commentator? Who would play Romesh Ranganathan in a film of his life? What's the naughtiest thing Sara Pascoe did as a child?

It's not what you know, but who you know that matters... and indeed, how well you know them. The show is a bit like ‘Mr and Mrs’, except that it's not played by husbands... Read more

Tom and Viv

By: Michael Hastings

Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast & Lia Williams

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heart-breaking story of TS Eliot's marriage to Viv Haigh-Wood.

Michael Hastings' best known play charts the turbulent, doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly-charged study has been described as 'one of the most important plays of the 20th century'.

Stars... Read more

Victoria Wood: From Soup to Nuts

By: Victoria Wood

Narrated by: Rebecca Front & Victoria Wood

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Rebecca Front presents this two-part look back at Victoria Wood’s stand-up and songs using her own archives and tapes – including never-before-heard material

Victoria Wood was a comedian, actress and all-round national treasure. She wrote and starred in countless sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over four decades, winning numerous... Read more

Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen

By: Lenny Henry

Narrated by: Lenny Henry & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Lenny Henry presents this groundbreaking BBC radio series exploring a century of black British theatre, TV and film

In this fascinating ten-part series, Lenny Henry traces the long and painful road that black Britons have travelled on stage and screen, from the overt racial discrimination of the 19th Century, via the thinly veiled slurs that... Read more

The Navy Lark: 60th Anniversary Special Edition

By: Lawrie Wyman

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Ronnie...

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A 60th anniversary celebration of the much-loved nautical comedy, featuring seventeen classic episodes plus bonus material
On 29 March 1959, The Navy Lark sailed the airwaves for the very first time. Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray, with regular appearances from Ronnie Barker and Heather Chasen, it soon became a radio... Read more

Bottom: A BBC Collection

By: Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson

Narrated by: Ade Edmondson & Rik Mayall

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Join sad pervie Richard Richard and his masochistic flatmate Eddie Hitler (aka Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson) for some disgusting toilet humour, caustic merriment and charming English pleasantries in these four pungent episodes classic TV episodes of anarchic sitcom Bottom.

In addition, we join charismatic ace investigative reporter, Kevin... Read more

Dinnerladies: A BBC Collection

By: Victoria Wood

Narrated by: Full Cast & Victoria Wood

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Dinnerladies is a classic BBC sitcom based around the lives of the staff of the canteen at Manchester factory HWD Components. Written by and starring Victoria Wood a Brenda, these eight classic TV episodes are brilliantly funny, where the jokes fly as thick and as fast as granary torpedoes.
Along with the day to day feeding the faces of folk,... Read more

Susan Calman is Convicted: Series 1 and 2

By: Susan Calman

Narrated by: Susan Calman

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Susan Calman has some very strong opinions and in her radio debut she expresses them with her trademark wit and charm. In Series 1, she examines the current hot political topic of equal marriage; looks at the issues surrounding the death penalty from the perspective gained whilst working on Death Row; considers how best to deal with depression;... Read more