Art audiobooks

Summer Love

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 2010, Garrison Keillor, Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins, the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, and sound-effects artist Fred Newman went on a whirlwind tour of 25 cities in less than two months. The theme was everlasting love; the shows were jam-packed with tender duets and ballads, poetry, and stories of passion and marriage, all done... Read more

Robert Redford

By: Michael Feeney Callan

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-anticipated biography of Robert Redford.

Among the most widely admired Hollywood stars of his generation, Redford has appeared onstage and on-screen, in front of and behind the camera, earning Academy, Golden Globe, and a multitude of other awards and nominations for acting, directing, and producing, and for his contributions to the... Read more

My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business

By: Dick Van Dyke

Narrated by: Dick Van Dyke

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartfelt memoir from one of Hollywood's greatest icons

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his physical dexterity, his impeccable comic timing, his ridiculous stunts, and his unforgettable screen roles.
           
His... Read more

This Is Gonna Hurt

By: Nikki Sixx

Narrated by: Nikki Sixx

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This is Gonna Hurt is music, photography, and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx, bassist for heavy metal rock band Mötley Crüe’s and the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries. A combination of powerful prose and dramatic photographs, This is Gonna Hurt is an arresting, deeply personal look through the eyes of a real... Read more

Charles Paris: Cast in Order of Disappearance

By: Simon Brett & Jeremy Front

Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Full Cast, Martine McCutcheon & Suz...

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles finds himself uncharacteristically employed in a film, having landed the part of Szabec, a middle management vampire in The Wreathing.

His co-star is swimwear model turned actress Jodie Ricks and before long, Jodie is using Charles as a confidant. Poor Jodie is in terrible trouble - not only is she being blackmailed over some... Read more

Drama on 3

By: Carl Grose

Narrated by: Charles Barnecut & Amanda Lawrence

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A surreal, dark comedy from BBC Radio 3's 'The Wire', by Cornish writer Carl Grose that was inspired by seeing a Johannesburg local newspaper headline about a farmer who hanged 49 donkeys from tree branches on his land. Originally broadcast 1 November 2008 and repeated 18 Jul 2009. In Grose's play, Stanley Bray, a Cornish farmer, is compelled... Read more

Believe Me

By: Stephanie Dale

Narrated by: Alex Lanipekun & Naomi Frederick

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 drama by Stephanie Dale, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 10 January 2011. When art teacher Rachel, walking home festooned with end-of-term gifts from her pupils, bumps into Tyrone on his first day in London it is the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon it makes sense for Tyrone, now working as a chef in a... Read more

Beware The Kids (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3)

By: Karen Laws & Fiona Evans

Narrated by: Judi Earl, Jane Holman, Max Watson & Tony Neilson

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society Lives a fractured family. In their fractured home Lies a fractured... Read more

Voices Of The Powerless The Complete Series

By: Melvyn Bragg

Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Melvyn Bragg follows his long historical exploration of the Routes of English with 'Voices of the Powerless', the BBC Radio 4 series in which he explores the lives of the ordinary working men and women of Britain at critical moments across the last 1,000 years.

The Norman Conquest is his starting point, a time when William the Conqueror's... Read more

My Haunted Expression

By: Helen Clohessy

Narrated by: Daniel Cooper, Deeivya Meir, John Dougall, Jude...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An offbeat 21st Century urban love story starring Rosie Cavaliero and John Dougall, originally broadcast as BBC Radio 4's 'Afternoon Play' on 12 January 2011. It's a difficult time for Sue, her mother has just died and the kids have moved out. She has a vision of leaving their tough housing estate behind and starting a new life by the sea but... Read more

The Moment You Feel It

By: Ed Harris

Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie, Hugh Ross, Janice Acquah, Ric...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A tender and sad BBC Radio 4 comedy drama about losing your past, starring Richard Briers. 'The Moment You Feel It' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 18 May 2009. Alf's memories come in flashes with great blank holes, along with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So how does finding a strange coat in his kitchen... Read more

Shirleymander (BBC Radio 4 Friday Play)

By: Gregory Evans

Narrated by: Tracy-Ann Oberman, Maggie Steed & Joseph Cohen-...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 tragic-comedy drama depicting the principal events of Shirley Porter's time as leader of Westminster city council in the 1980s. Originally broadcast as the 'Friday Play' on 27 November 2009, and starring Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shirley Porter. Also featured amongst the cast are Maggie Steed, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Piers Wehner, Stephen... Read more

Johnners' A View From The Boundary Test Match Special

By: Barry Johnston

Narrated by: Barry Johnston & Guests

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

During the lunch interval on the Saturday of every Test in England, BBC Radio’s ‘Test Match Special’ used to invite a well-known guest into the commentary box for a chat with Brian Johnston about themselves and their passion for cricket. Some turned out to be able cricketers, but they all had stories to tell about matches they had seen and... Read more

Der Bro Code - Abridged

By: Matt Kuhn & Barney Stinson

Narrated by: Philipp Moog

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Bro Code – gelesen von Barneys deutscher Stimme Philipp Moog. Jeder von uns hat einen inneren Verhaltenskodex. Manche nennen ihn Moral, andere Religion. Wir echten Kerle und unsere Brothers – kurz: alle Bros – nennen unseren Heiligen Gral den Bro Code. Dieses Wissen ist über Jahrhunderte hinweg nur mündlich von Generation zu Generation... Read more

The Man in the White Suit

By: Ben Collins

Narrated by: Ben Collins

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more – including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear… When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were... Read more

Stories I Only Tell My Friends

By: Rob Lowe

Narrated by: Rob Lowe

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child... Read more

A Helluva High Note

By: Kara DioGuardi

Narrated by: Kara DioGuardi

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Kara DioGuardi is an award-winning hitmaker, a savvy record executive, and a successful music publisher whose songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Santana, Steven Tyler, Céline Dion, and so many others. She was also the feisty fourth judge on... Read more

Smut Two Unseemly Stories The Greening Of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding Of Mrs Forbes

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Alan Bennett

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Two unexpected tales written and read by the best-selling author of The Uncommon Reader, Untold Stories and The History Boys.
"The Greening of Mrs Donaldson" - Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and... Read more

Jeannie Out of the Bottle

By: Barbara Eden & Wendy Leigh

Narrated by: Barbara Eden

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses, best known for her iconic role on I Dream of Jeannie
 
The landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden, for decades. Part pristine... Read more

Bossypants

By: Tina Fey

Narrated by: Tina Fey

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she... Read more

The Acts of the Apostles

By: Various

Narrated by: Michael Williams

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Acts of the Apostles': Michael Williams reads the fifth book of the New Testament, in which Luke describes how early Christianity spread throughout the world. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Sue Reid. 'The New... Read more

King James Bible, The Readings And Documentaries From BBC Radio

By: James Naughtie

Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Rowan Williams, Sa...

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once described as 'the noblest monument of English prose', it has been recognised for centuries as both a religious and a literary classic. This compilation features James Naughtie's... Read more

Confessions Of A Medium

By: Alison Kennedy

Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Full Cast & Robert Glenister

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 dark comedy by Alison Kennedy, set in 1870s London and based on a true story. Mr Parker is a sincere and kind man who, in search of a higher meaning to life, has moved from conventional religion to séances and spiritualism. He believes he has met his saviour in the guise of Mr Thomson, a charming, erudite and utterly mesmerising... Read more

Paul's Letters to the Romans

By: Various

Narrated by: Roger McGough

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

'Paul’s Letter to the Romans': Roger McGough reads the first of the 'Letters of Paul', in which he explains how salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Delia Paton. ... Read more