Art audiobooks

Two On A Tower (Bbc Radio 4 Classic Serial)

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Blake Ritson & Maggie O'Neill

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Jon Sen of Thomas Hardy's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers in the West Country.

'Two on a Tower' is Hardy's ninth novel and contains perhaps his most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide, and also the fullest expression of his fascination with astronomy and science. ... Read more

Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde

By: Geoffrey Chaucer

Narrated by: Tom Ferguson & Maxine Peake

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' by poet and writer Lavinia Greenlaw. One of the great works of English literature, this powerful, compelling story explores love from its first tentative beginnings through to passionate sensuality and eventual tragic disillusionment. Lavinia Greenlaw's new version for... Read more

Mr Larkin's Awkward Day

By: Chris Harrald

Narrated by: Adrian Scarborough, Anne Reid & Lynne Verrall

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Harrald's Sony Radio Academy Award-winning play takes a light-hearted look at a chaotic day in the life of an emerging poet. One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter which sends him into a spin. The events that unfold provide a delicious insight into Philip's character, with a tremendous sense of... Read more

The Elephant to Hollywood

By: Michael Caine

Narrated by: Michael Caine

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act

When he was in his late fifties, Michael Caine believed his glamorous, rags-to-riches Hollywood career had come to an end. The scripts being sent his way were worse and worse. When one script really... Read more

Old Sweet Songs

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

On July 6, 1974, about a dozen people made their way to the Janet Wallace Auditorium at Macalester College in St. Paul for the first broadcast of a new radio show. Things went pretty well, so Garrison Keillor and his team produced another show, then another . . . close to 500 in the first 10 years alone.

Today A Prairie Home Companion is heard... Read more

The Elephant to Hollywoo - Abridged

By: Michael Caine

Narrated by: Michael Caine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was in his late fifties, Michael Caine believed his glamorous, rags-to-riches Hollywood career had come to an end. The scripts being sent his way were worse and worse. When one script really... Read more

NPR: The First Forty Years

By: NPR

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NPR was created in 1970, three years after Congress passed the Public Broadcasting Act and established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Signing the act into law, President Lyndon B. Johnson said, “We in America have an appetite for excellence . . . we want most of all to enrich man’s spirit.” Today NPR produces and distributes... Read more

When Janey Comes Marching Home

By: Laura Browder

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, yet in today's wars, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty.When Janey... Read more

Life and Laughing

By: Michael McIntyre

Narrated by: Michael McIntyre

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin.

His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time.
Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and has won the British Comedy Award for Best... Read more

Through Thick and Thin - Abridged

By: Gok Wan

Narrated by: Gok Wan

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a short space of time, Gok Wan's infectious energy and charisma have made him an essential and much-loved part of Britain's TV landscape. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published bestselling style guides to go with them, and he is also a... Read more

NPR More Funniest Driveway Moments

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Most NPR listeners have experienced at least one “driveway moment”: You’re so captivated by a story, interview, or essay you’re hearing on the radio that you sit in your driveway, motor running, to hear it all the way through. Even if the ice cream is melting in the trunk. 
 
The latest collection of this best-selling series features memorable... Read more

Here We Go Again - Abridged

By: Betty White

Narrated by: Betty White

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A memoir of Betty White's first five decades on television—as irreverent and irresistible as the beloved actress herself—filled “with inspiring cheerfulness” (The New York Times).

Betty White first appeared on television in 1949 and went on to have one of the most amazing careers in TV history, starring in shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show... Read more

Appointment With Fear

By: Valentine Dyall & Various

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marius Goring, Marjorie Westbury & V...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Four gripping episodes from the famous 1940s BBC Radio horror series. Includes: 'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allen Poe (18 September 1943); 'The Speaking Clock' by John Dickson Carr (13 April 1944); 'The Clock Strikes Eight' by John Dickson Carr (18 May 1944); 'And the Deep Shuddered' by Monckton Hoffe (20 November 1945). ... Read more

Johnners' Trivia Test Match

By: Brian Johnston

Narrated by: Brian Johnston, Tim Rice, Various & Willie Rushton

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian Johnston, aka ‘Johnners’, the BBC’s long-time cricket commentator, is the umpire in this test of wit and general knowledge, as two teams try to score the highest number of runs under his watchful eye. In these four episodes, team captains Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are joined by Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer,... Read more

One Thing Led to Another

By: Mark "Chopper" Read

Narrated by: Dan Wyllie

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Meet Mark 'Chopper' Read. You think you know him. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Australia. He's been the subject of an internationally successful film. His one-man shows have toured Australia to sell-out crowds. He's the most recognisable criminal brand name in Australia. But the truth is, you don't know him at all. ... Read more

The Very Best of Bob and Ray

By: Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Bob & Ray, comedians told jokes. After Bob & Ray, they told stories. When they first got together in 1946 on WHDH-AM Boston, no one guessed that their subtle, intelligent, deadpan brand of humor would revolutionize the comedic landscape.

With a gift for an improvisation and a keen understanding of the absurd, Bob Elliott and Ray... Read more

When Our Faith Falters

By: Julia Cameron

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Most all of us have experienced times of spiritual confusion and disconnection from Divine Presence. Where do we turn when we've lost our faith and are overwhelmed by feelings of loneliness? Cameron has gone through such times, and here she reflects on how to rediscover what has spiritually inspired her, and helped release her from an artistic... Read more

It's The Questions Not The Answers That Make Life Exciting

By: Jonathan Stedall

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a filmmaker, Stedall has worked with people from all walks of life, including scientists, artists and poets. He has found it quite exciting to come at the question of "where is heaven?" from many different angles and perspectives. Read more

Patti LuPone

By: Patti LuPone

Narrated by: Patti LuPone

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off--through the dizzying highs and darkest lows--with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks.

With nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert,... Read more

The Last Séance

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Andrew Sachs & Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Having lost her husband and only child to the war in Afghanistan, a young woman turns to an Irish couple for hope in the form of a miracle. But dark forces are at work, and the price to pay for salvation may be too much to bear. Read more

The Gypsy

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

War-wounded sailor Dickie Carpenter is haunted by strange visitations from a ghostly woman. When his friend Robert tries to solve the mystery, though, he ultimately has to fight his own terrifying battle between love and death. Read more

The ABC Murders

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt, Philip Jackson & Simon...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found stabbed in the Regal Cinema is called George Earsfield. ... Read more

Appointment With Death

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed? It's the only solution.' Even when on holiday in Jerusalem - the so-called City of Peace - Hercule Poirot can't seem to escape the strains of death and murder. His first evening at the King Solomon Hotel finds the above phrase floating into his room from outside. What does it mean? Who is... Read more

At Bertram's Hotel

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, June Whitfield, Maurice Denham & Siâ...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Marple is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel - a dignified, establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. It is a place where sedate upper-class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple... Read more