Art audiobooks

Street Gang

By: Michael Davis

Narrated by: Caroll Spinney

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In advance of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, comes Street Gang, Michael Davis's compelling--and often comical--story of the creation and history of the media masterpiece and pop culture landmark, told with the cooperation of one of the show's cofounders, Joan Ganz Cooney. Sesame Street was born as a result of a discussion at Cooney's... Read more

Look Back in Hunger - Abridged

By: Jo Brand

Narrated by: Jo Brand

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

Jo Brand is one of Britain's funniest and best-loved comedians. With a sharp eye for the absurd and in her own unique voice, she tells her story for the first time.

What possessed her to become a professional comedian in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy after ten years as a psychiatric nurse? How did she deal with late night drunken... Read more

Justin Bieber

By: Sarah Tieck

Narrated by: Noah Luce

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of popular singer Justin Bieber! This book introduces readers to Bieber’s childhood, family, educational background, rise to fame, and future plans. From his start on YouTube to signing a record deal, readers will learn about... Read more

Blue Wonder

By: Ronald Frame

Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Jamie Glover & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio full-cast drama which tells a story of love and deception set during the Cold War. Written by Ronald Frame for BBC Radio Scotland and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection in September 2008. Throughout the period of the Cold War in the late 1960s and early 1970s, 'romeo spies' were operating, targeting... Read more

Lamia

By: John Keats

Narrated by: Charlotte Emmerson, Jonathan Keeble, Paterson J...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 dramatic adaptation of Keats' sensual narrative poem ‘Lamia’, about the ill-starred love affair of the serpent Lamia, and the innocent mortal Lycius. Featuring original music by John Harle, and singer Sarah Leonard. With Paterson Joseph as the Narrator, Charlotte Emmerson as Larnia, Tom Ferguson as Lycius and Jonathan Keeble as... Read more

Bar Mitzvah Boy

By: Jack Rosenthal

Narrated by: Hugo Raine

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jack Rosenthal’s award-winning television play, starring Hugo Raine. At the tender age of thirteen Eliot Green is about to become a man - in the Jewish religion at least. In synagogue, in front of the whole congregation, he will read and sing in Hebrew from the Torah (the Hebrew scrolls) - this after a... Read more

Michael Jackson

By: Sarah Tieck

Narrated by: Noah Luce

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of Michael Jackson! This book introduces readers to Jackson’s childhood, family, and rise to fame. From singing and dancing with his siblings in the Jackson 5 to achieving a groundbreaking solo career, Jackson became a legend... Read more

Prospero, Ariel, Reith and Gill

By: Gary Brown

Narrated by: Alison Pettitt, David Seddon, Jonathan Glover, ...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Gary Brown's BBC Radio 4 full-cast comedy dramatisation about artist Eric Gill's clash with the BBC over his famous sculpture of Prospero and Ariel, starring Anton Lesser as Eric Gill and Tim McInnerny as Sir John Reith, the first Director General of the Corporation. Originally broadcast in the ‘Afternoon Play’ slot on Wednesday 9 June 2010. ... Read more

The People's Post

By: Dominic Sandbrook

Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A 15-part BBC Radio 4 series exploring the origins of the Post Office, how it became a cherished national institution, and how it adapted to globalisation and commercialisation. It's called Royal Mail but it should be known as the People's Post. Launched in 1516 by Henry VIII, it was intended to support royal communications and bolster... Read more

Mum's On The Run The complete series

By: Alexis Zegerman

Narrated by: John Gordon Sinclair, Alexis Zegerman, Christin...

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast comedy by Alexis Zegerman about the hectic life of a single mother, originally broadcast 25 August - 29 September 2010.

'Mum's on the Run' is a modern-day twist on the single-family situation. It follows the hectic life ('What life?') of single mum, Jen. Mother of two, Master of none - Jen seems to spend most of her time... Read more

Shakespeare's Cymbeline

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 3 full-cast dramatisation of Shakespeare’s classic ‘Cymbeline’, starring Bill Wallis. Originally broadcast in December 2006 as part of the ‘Drama on 3’ collection. Shakespeare's play, set during the Roman invasion of Britain, centres around the banishment of the man who has incurred the wrath of the king by secretly marrying his... Read more

The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Alexandre Dumas’s swashbuckling epic, starring Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall. ‘All for one and one for all’ ... 17th Century France. Dashing young swordsman D’Artagnan heads for Paris, dreaming of serving the King as a member of his elite guard. On arrival, he meets the three musketeers –... Read more

Pericles (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3)

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Benjamin Zephaniah, Helen Longworth & Tom Mannion

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 3 full-cast dramatisation of Shakespeare’s classic ‘Pericles’, starring Tom Mannion. Originally broadcast in November 2005 and repeated as part of the ‘Drama on 3’ collection in November 2008. Shakespeare's romantic adventure full of tyrants, incest, murder, knights, teenagers, pirates, brothels, sublime poetry, young love, a great... Read more

God Rest You Merry The Story Of Christmas In Words (Vintage Beeb)

By: Chris Emmett

Narrated by: Andrew Cruickshank, The Saint Martin Singers & ...

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

God Rest You Merry, a daily programme of readings and music for Christmas week, was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1961 and has been repeated in various forms over the years since then. Now, with this recording, listeners can hear again the series of programmes as a whole, including some of their favourite poems and carols. The... Read more

Stealing the Mystic Lamb

By: Noah Charney

Narrated by: John Allen Nelson

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's list of the ten most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time.



Since its... Read more

The Way Of The Heart With Rumi

By: Coleman Barks

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When asked about living a life of the heart, Barks says, "Rumi has many ways of talking about that. Somehow breaking the container of the ego and moving out into some mystery." He says, 'Jars of spring water are not enough anymore. Being contained is not enough. Take us down to the river and then eventually to the ocean, the shoreless ocean.'" Read more

Von Ribbentrop's Watch (Bbc Radio 4 Saturday Play)

By: Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran

Narrated by: Allan Corduner, Harriet Walter, Miriam Margolye...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Originally broadcast in the ‘Saturday Play’ slot on 8 November 2008. Wine shop owner Gerald desperately needs money: his business is failing and the landlord has raised the cost of the lease. When he inherits a watch that used to belong to wartime Nazi Joachim Von Ribbentrop he... Read more

Christmas Book At Bedtime

By: Various

Narrated by: Joss Ackland, Judi Dench, Miriam Margolyes, Pat...

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone loves a bedtime story. And here are eight of the best, each with a Christmas theme, written by an array of literature's best-known names: Laurie Lee, Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen are just some of the storytellers included in this collection. Amongst those giving voice to these stories are Patricia Routledge, Joss... Read more

Marlowe's Edward The Second (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3)

By: Christopher Marlowe

Narrated by: Toby Jones & Patrick Kennedy

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's notorious portrait of a weak king in thrall to his passions, who pays the ultimate price for choosing his heart over his political responsibilities. Originally broadcast 13 September 2009 in the ‘Drama on 3’ slot. Edward, preoccupied by the banishment of his lover, Gaveston, barely... Read more

And Then There Were None

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Geoffrey Whitehead, John Rowe & Lynd...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U.N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive. Over the next two days and nights, each of the guests is killed off in a different manner in keeping with the nursery... Read more

The Windsor Jewels

By: Robin Glendinning

Narrated by: Alan Moore, Amy Clifton, Chris Yapp, Christian ...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Robin Glendinning's BBC Radio 4 full-cast black comedy telling the story of a real mystery. Originally broadcast in the ‘Saturday Play’ slot on 11 July 2009. In 1946, the Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and his wife (formerly Wallis Simpson) paid a visit to Britain, hoping to secure a government job for the Duke and a title for the... Read more

Self Storage

By: Tom Collinson

Narrated by: Reece Shearsmith, Mark Heap, Rosie Cavaliero & ...

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

BBC Radio 4 Sitcom by Tom Collinson starring Reece Shearsmith, Mark Heap and Rosie Cavaliero.

In the wake of a marital break-up, Dave finds himself living in the storage unit in which he keeps his belongings. Dave is accompanied by his fellow inhabitant, the borderline psychotic Geoff, and cultured security guard Ron.

In this second series... Read more

Doctor Who: The Essential Companion

By: Steve Tribe

Narrated by: Alex Price & Various

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

If you enjoyed the Eleventh Doctor’s first series of TV adventures, you’ll love this opportunity to hear again the most exciting, scary, funny and moving moments. What is the new Doctor really like? What’s in store for Amy and Rory when they join him on his travels? Confront the Smilers, the Daleks, the Weeping Angels, the Dream Lord and all the... Read more

Can't Stand Up For Sitting Down - Abridged

By: Jo Brand

Narrated by: Jo Brand

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Stand-Up while Sitting Down Years...

Jo Brand tells the story of how she crawled to fame and fortune, managed to persuade someone to marry her and had some children at an age when she should have been in a bath chair on the seafront. In this second volume of her memoirs, Jo recounts wild times on the comedy circuit, the attempts to tart her... Read more