Art audiobooks

In Spite of Myself - Abridged

By: Christopher Plummer

Narrated by: Christopher Plummer

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A rollicking, rich portrait of a life. And what a life! By one of our greatest actors.

Plummer tells how “this young bilingual wastrel, incurably romantic, spoiled rotten, tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big bad world of theatre, not from the streets up but from an Edwardian living room down,” and writes of his early... Read more

Copenhagen

By: Michael Frayn

Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Greta Scacchi ...

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi and Simon Russell Beale star in Michael Frayn's award-winning play about the controversial 1941 meeting between physicists Bohr and Heisenberg. Copenhagen, Autumn 1941. The two presiding geniuses of quantum physics, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg meet for the first time since the breakout of war. Danish... Read more

A Man Like Curtis

By: Sue Clark Productions

Narrated by: Lenny Kravitz

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Lenny Kravitz, a lifelong fan of Curtis Mayfield, celebrates his life and musical achievements in this four-part series. Curtis was a prolific songwriter whose career was cut short following a tragic accident in 1990. He died in 1999, aged only 57. His songs influenced millions and he was an inspiration to musicians including Bob Marley, Jimi... Read more

101 Amazing Harry Potter Facts

By: Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

Narrated by: Jack Goldstein

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Through JK Rowling’s series of Harry Potter books and the eight films, we have been introduced to a fantastic and magical world that many of us would like to visit. But what is the story behind what we see and read, and what are some little-known facts about the books, the films, the actors and the characters? This audiobook contains 101 amazing... Read more

I'm Here to Help

By: Craig Ferguson

Narrated by: Craig Ferguson

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Craig Ferguson unleashes his trademark stream-of-consciousness comedy before a sold-out crowd, riffing on fatherhood, Helen of Troy and shark penises. His show's not safe for kids — or the easily offended! Read more

That's What I'm Talking About

By: Bob Saget

Narrated by: Bob Saget

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Network-safe funnyman Bob Saget transforms himself into a spectacularly foul-mouthed explainer and raconteur in this live stage show from Seattle. Read more

Doctor Who Audio Adventures (Sampler Album)

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Highlights from the AudioGO range of Doctor Who titles. Includes clips from: Doctor Who at the BBC, Doctor Who and the Daleks, The Tenth Planet, The Wheel of Ice, The Invasion, Doctor Who and the War Games, The Mind of Evil, Vengeance of the Stones, City of Death, The Stuff of Nightmares (Hornets' Nest 1), Babblesphere, Earthshock, Slipback,... Read more

David Hallberg - Extended Interview

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin badly burned and nearly blind last January. Read more

The Daws Butler Collection - Abridged

By: various authors, Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Fr...

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Freberg, Joe Bevila...

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From master voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, comes a rare collection of radio plays, cartoon scripts, and acting tutorials.Daws Butler's Halloween Happening by Daws ButlerA new production of the classic radio play, this ghostly story was originally written and performed by Daws Butler. Veteran voice actor Joe Bevilacqua teams up... Read more

The Fartist

By: Brian Posehn

Narrated by: Brian Posehn

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In Brian Posehn's new standup special, The Fartist, he raises the questions every parent needs to ask. Like when's the right time to tell your kid about Star Wars, or how much should you tip a stripper? Read more

Live in Oakland

By: Moshe Kasher

Narrated by: Moshe Kasher

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Oakland-bred comic and best-selling author Moshe Kasher comes back to the Bay Area in this stand-up special. Back on his home turf, Kasher finds comedy in these uproarious stories about the people he's met and how they see him. Read more

Marley Was Dead

By: John Nicholson

Narrated by: Sirine Saba, Javier Marzan, John Nicholson & Ri...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A Christmas Carol, but not as you've ever heard it before. A surprise all-star cast gather to bring Dickens' timeless classic to life. Introduced by Jonathan Dimbleby. Starring John Nicholson and Richard Katz, with Jane Horrocks, Dara O Briain, Charlotte Green,_x001A_Richard Madeley, Peter Purves, Gwyneth Williams and Chris Evans. Written by... Read more

Mr. Men Stories

By: Roger Hargreaves

Narrated by: Arthur Lowe

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Mr Messy, Mr Snow, Mr Daydream, Mr Bounce, Mr Mean and Mr Chatterbox in these six delightful tales for children and adults. Mr Messy is messy by name and messy by nature - until he meets Mr Neat and Mr Tidy! Mr Snow is magically brought to life by Santa at Christmas - and helps deliver the presents. Mr Daydream takes a daydreaming boy on... Read more

Remembrance Day

By: Mike Hally

Narrated by: Mike Whitaker

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes two programmes: 'Poppies are Red, Cornflowers are Blue' and 'The Art of Remembrance'. Poppies are Red, Cornflowers are Blue: It's not just about how the Poppy became the symbol of remembrance in Britain - though that is a fascinating story, rarely told in full - this is also a deeper analysis of why it rapidly became such a strong and... Read more

Mr. Men

By: Roger Hargreaves

Narrated by: Arthur Lowe

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr Funny's car is a shoe! It looks very funny when he drives to the zoo. But can he cheer up the animals? Mr Dizzy always gets things confused, until one day he happens upon a wishing well... Mr Bump tries his hand at many jobs, but keeps getting fired! Will he ever bump into one that's suitable for him? Mr Fussy is a fussy old fusspot who... Read more

Whelmed…But Not Overly

By: Kevin Nealon

Narrated by: Kevin Nealon

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

With his unique sense of humor, profound dry wit, and likeable demeanor, Kevin Nealon brings his jazzy cool style to Whelmed... But Not Overly. He's like a big kid as he delights in stories of messing with celebrities and embarrassing moments. Read more

The Revolution Was Televised

By: Alan Sepinwall

Narrated by: Joe Ochman

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A mob boss in therapy. An experimental, violent prison unit. The death of an American city, as seen through a complex police investigation. A lawless frontier town trying to talk its way into the United States. A corrupt cop who rules his precinct like a warlord. The survivors of a plane crash trying to make sense of their disturbing new island... Read more

Sticky Change

By: Josh Blue

Narrated by: Josh Blue

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Quipster Josh Blue hits the stage at Minneapolis' Varsity Theater, where he turns his cerebral palsy and cross-cultural marriage into comedy gold. Read more

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted

By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Tyler Moore made her name as Dick Van Dyke's wife on the eponymous show; she was a cute, unassuming housewife that audiences loved. But when screenwriters James Brooks and Allan Burnes dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, network executives replied: "Americans won't watch television about New York City, divorcees,... Read more

Ta-Nehisi Coates: We accept violence

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates & Hari Sreenivasan

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In his new book, Between the World and Me, Atlantic magazine columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the looming violence that African-Americans endure every day, in the form of a letter to his 14-year-old son. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Coates about the legacy of racism and white supremacy in America. Read more

The Lost World

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: David Robb & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

When the hot-headed Professor Challenger claims that extinct species of animals are still to be found living on an isolated Amazonian plateau, Dr Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and intrepid reporter Edward Malone find themselves committed to a journey of a lifetime. Arriving in the Amazon, they find themselves marooned and at the mercy of... Read more

Gargantua & Pantagruel (Classic Serial)

By: Francois Rabelais

Narrated by: David Troughton & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is reduced to laughable... Read more

The Laugh Makers

By: Robert L. Mills

Narrated by: Robert L. Mills

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age—a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs—sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book... Read more

The Ramayana

By: Amber Lone

Narrated by: Manjinder Virk

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

By Amber Lone. Part 1: A distinctive modern version of an ancient Indian epic and one of the world's most popular love stories. Teenage Sita sees the most beautiful stranger in the street. She'll marry him or die. He is Prince Rama, heir to the throne but his stepmother wants Rama sent into exile.Part 2: A distinctive modern version of an... Read more