Performance audiobooks

Absolutely Fabulous

By: Jennifer Saunders

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Patsy and Edina are in full swing in these four BBC TV soundtrack episodes - Fat; Birthday; Death; Happy New Year - starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, with Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and others. Duration: 1 hour 40 mins. Read more

Absolute Power

By: Mark Tavener

Narrated by: John Bird & Stephen Fry

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Fry and John Bird star in all four series of the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy, plus the 2006 special episode.

Set in the Machiavellian world of modern PR, Absolute Power introduces us to London-based 'government-media relations consultancy' Prentiss McCabe, whose partners Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe are frequently embroiled in the... Read more

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Dick Powell & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Created by Blake Edwards of The Pink Panther fame, Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and singer Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio.Edwards’ hard-boiled private detective scripts... Read more

Fibber McGee & Molly, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio from 1935 to 1959, featuring its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly, who tried... Read more

The Adventures of Rocky Jordan, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Moyles & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Café Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors... Read more

Let George Do It, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as George Valentine, ex-GI and detective for hire. Clients came to Valentine’s office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:Personal notice: Danger’s my stock-in-trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me, George... Read more

The Weird Circle, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Weird Circle radio show was an anthology of classic thrillers from the pens of the world’s best-known and respected fiction authors of the nineteenth century. The focus was on stories of horror, suspense, and the supernatural by such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mary Shelley, with an occasional drama by the likes... Read more

Lost Sound

By: Jeff Porter

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From Archibald MacLeish to David Sedaris, radio storytelling has long borrowed from the world of literature, yet the narrative radio work of well-known writers and others is a story that has not been told before. And when the literary aspects of specific programs such as The War of the Worlds or Sorry, Wrong Number were considered, scrutiny was... Read more

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Faust: Goethes wohl bekanntestes Werk über den Gelehrten Heinrich Faust, der einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingeht, um seinen Wissensdurst in allen Bereichen des Lebens zu stillen. Ungekürzte Lesung! Mit dabei: Eine pdf-Datei mit Trackliste sowie dem kompletten Text des Werkes zum Mitlesen! Read more

Contenders

By: author

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The arduous, often unpredictable journey to the U.S. presidency has attracted some of the most unique characters in history.  With “unusual” presidential candidates grabbing headlines for the foreseeable future, Contenders shines a welcome spotlight on individuals that felt inspired to offer their uncommon perspectives and special talents to... Read more

Worlds Elsewhere

By: Andrew Dickson

Narrated by: Andrew Dickson

Length: 20 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays—more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern... Read more

Gotha 85

By: Nicki Pawlow

Narrated by: Nicki Pawlow

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Die halbwüchsige Uta muss im Jahr 1979 mit ihrer Mutter aus der DDR ausreisen. Die Folge: Heimatverlust, Entwurzelung, Heimweh. Jahre später kehrt sie in die Stadt ihrer Kindheit, Gotha in Thüringen, zurück. Dort trifft sie auf ihre ehemals beste Freundin Nele. Doch das Wiedersehen verläuft ganz anders als von Uta erwartet... Read more

In the Psychiatrist's Chair

By: Dr Anthony Clare

Narrated by: Barbara Cartland, Dr Anthony Clare, Edwina Curr...

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve editions of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 interview series presented by Dr Anthony Clare.

A master of incisive interrogation, Dr Anthony Clare became renowned for In the Psychiatrist's Chair. From 1982 until 2001 he conducted in-depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life, inviting them to answer penetrating... Read more

Jane Eyre - Abridged

By: Rachel Joyce & Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Amanda Hale, Full Cast & Tom Burke

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Amanda Hale and Tom Burke star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, adapted by Rachel Joyce.

Orphan Jane learns at an early age that self-control is the surest means of retaining self-respect in adversity. It is a lesson that serves her well in the years ahead as she endures the misery of... Read more

The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of New York City’s Broadway that grew out of the Prohibition era. He created a little world of characters that live on even today in such classic movies as Little Miss Marker and Guys and Dolls, both based on Runyon’s stories.Actor Alan... Read more

Fort Laramie, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Raymond Burr & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fort Laramie was an adult-oriented Western radio series that aired Sunday afternoons on the CBS radio network in 1956. Produced and directed by Gunsmoke’s Norman Macdonnell, this realistic Western drama depicted life at Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, as well as a staging point for various military... Read more

Boston Blackie, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Richard Kollmar, Maurice Tarplin & Jan Miner

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are original broadcasts of the old-time radio show featuring amateur detective Boston BlackieCreated by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a master safecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison. Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crime as an amateur detective. Known as “an... Read more

Classic Radio Spotlights: Lucille Ball - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Lucille Ball

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection showcases Lucille Ball’s amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to mystery and everything in between. As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy’s enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running television program I Love Lucy. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but exasperated husband... Read more

The Great Gildersleeve, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: a full cast & Harold Peary

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character appearing each week on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show. On August 31, 1941, Gildersleeve landed his own situation comedy, The Great Gildersleeve, becoming radio’s first spin-off.Gildersleeve moved from the town of Wistful Vista, where Fibber McGee and Molly lived, to Summerfield, where... Read more

Boston Blackie: Mary Disappears

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Shorty’s been arrested by Inspector Friday for sticking up a gas station and even though he told them it was a guy named Donald Bolton Shorty has ended up in Jail. Inspector Friday informs Mary to tell Blackie that Shorty’s guilty and he’s to keep his nose out of this case. Read more

Boston Blackie: Gambler Joe Garland Killed

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Blackie visits Joe Garland to pays a friend's gambling debt. Joe is murdered while Blackie is locked in an adjacent room. Read more

The Road Home

By: author

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Some say a place is home when you know where all the roads go. Over in Lake Wobegon, all the roads take you there, and it's never been any different. And what you learn along the way is that—quicker than any road sign or street map or pair of shiny red shoes—all you really need is a story to get you from here to there. A story about an ordinary... Read more

Boston Blackie: Atkins, Jewel Theif

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Peggy Williams' pearl necklace has gone missing from her safe and Boston Blackie was at the scene of the crime, so of course in Faraday’s book he’s the prime suspect. But the insurance company thinks it may be staged for a false insurance claim. Read more

Boston Blackie: Murder With An Alibi

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

John Blake seems to have committed the perfect crime. He has killed Thomas Evers, just as he told Blackie that he would. Blake also has a perfect alibi and seems to be making a fool out of Blackie! John Blake, a student of crime has come urgently to see Blackie. He wants to know why a murderer is always caught? Blackie replies “that’s easy... Read more