Performance audiobooks

Waiting For The Boatman

By: Stephen Wakelam

Narrated by: Anton Lesser, David Tennant, Harry Livingstone,...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario retraces Caravaggio's last known movements. His search reveals a life lived dangerously. Starring David Tennant as Mario Minniti, with Anton Lesser, Peter... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Gareth Tilley

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, J.T. Turner & The Colonial Radio...

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Within Each Man, There Lies the Capacity for Infinite Good… and Infinite Evil.
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Good-natured, friendly and sociable.
Mr. Edward Hyde: Misanthropic, violent and uncontrollable.Prosecutor Gabriel John Utterson, a friend of Jekyll’s, is about to be plunged into the worlds of both men – and will discover the terrifying secret that... Read more

Vincent Price Presents - Volume Five

By: M. J. Elliott & Deniz Cordell

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Gothic horror tradition of film icon Vincent Price is revived in these twisted radio plays that transplant the best of the horror genre into innovative and bizarre landscapes for these unforgettable stories, which include horrific transformations, twisting plots, perversions of science, labyrinthine castles, Gothic dread, surreal... Read more

Tom Baker Reads A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Tom Baker

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Tom Baker reads Charles Dickens' timeless seasonal story.

Charles Dickens' story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, has become one of the timeless classics of English literature. First published in 1843, it introduces us not only to Scrooge... Read more

NPR Driveway Moments Cat Tales

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

These NPR “driveway moment” stories featuring our feline friends will have you curled up in your seat, purring. Mischievous, mysterious, content, curious, and full of attitude, these stories mirror the personality of these creatures that dwell in our homes and our hearts. Read more

A9

By: Helen Cooper

Narrated by: David Warner, Deborah Findlay, Ewart James Walt...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Article 9 of the Tokyo Judgement at the end of WWII withdrew from the Japanese constitution the state's right of belligerency. Traumatised and guilt ridden for having killed enemy soldiers in war, Bernard has to attempt to coerce his children to continue his life's work, and makes their awaiting inheritance dependent on their abandoning their... Read more

The Meaning Of Love

By: Anna Symon

Narrated by: Aurelie Ambland, Jane Wittenshaw, Jonathan Forb...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

When Ed finds himself sleeping in the spare room he realises he might have to rediscover exactly what love is. But coming up with the correct definition proves harder than he first imagines. Starring Paul Ritter, Tessa Peake-Jones, Aurelie Ambland, Jonathan Forbes, Peter Polycarpou, and Jane Whittenshaw. Directed by Sally Avens. Read more

The Blockade Runners

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From Jules Verne comes this radio production about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War and its attempt to free a prisoner held by the Confederates. A full music score, thousands of sound effects and the award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air bring this classic adventure to life before your very ears. Read more

Jarrem Lee - Ghost Hunter - The Whitechapel Vampire, The Tragic Revenge of Charles Maynard, The Waxing of the Moon, and The Last Stand

By: Gareth Tilley

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In science one reasons by analogy, so when mankind is confronted by experiences entirely beyond its understanding it takes an individual with intelligence and bravery in equal measure to push back the boundaries of the unknown…. In London, in the 1900s, the solutions to supernatural occurrences were investigated by a man who was famous for his... Read more

Man & Superman

By: Bernard Shaw

Narrated by: Full Cast, Judi Dench, Juliet Stevenson & Ralph...

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Man and Superman was the first drama to be broadcast on the BBC's Third Programme on October 1st, 1946. To celebrate Radio 3's 50th anniversary, the play was directed by Sir Peter Hall, and preserved for all time in this lush audio dramatisation. 'A comedy and a philosophy', Man and Superman is based on the Don Juan theme and, using all the... Read more

Miracles R Us

By: Lesley Bruce

Narrated by: Anna Massey & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Caroline is running Household Solutions on her own from the student rooms she is renting - just leaflets through doors, offering a family back-up service. Then she meets Sylvia, who is sure she could be helpful to the business. Caroline is sure she couldn't. But Sylvia persists and gradually, throughout this BBC Radio series, a mutual respect is... Read more

Angela Carter's Love Affair With Radio

By: Charlotte Crofts

Narrated by: Charlotte Crofts

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Angela Carter's relationship with radio began with an accidental sound effect. She went on to write two docu-dramas, Come Unto These Yellow Sands (about the Victorian painter Richard Dadd) and A Self-Made Man (about Edwardian novelist Ronald Firbank) and re-worked two of her short stories into radio plays. Carter loved radio's technical... Read more

The Archers

By: Joanna Toye

Narrated by: Stella Gonet

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

For over fifty years, Britain's most popular radio drama has captured the imagination of listeners throughout the country. Ambridge and its residents have been constant companions to millions throughout the highs and lows of five successive decades. Covering the years 1968 to 1986, Joanna Toye's novel follows the fortunes of Dan and Doris's... Read more

The Degner Defection

By: Stephen Evans

Narrated by: Stephen Evans

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty years ago a dashing, ultra-talented motorbike racer planned to escape from Communist East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Award-winning presenter Stephen Evans tells how Degner, a hero in his homeland, risked everything including the life of his young family to flee to the west, taking with him groundbreaking technology developed... Read more

The Wait Album

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Each week, more than three million listeners tune into Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! to test their knowledge of the week’s news. In the popular “Not My Job” segment, a celebrity guest must answer three questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. The topic seems random but is thoughtfully skewed.
 
Because Henry Winkler... Read more

Look Back in Anger

By: John Osborne

Narrated by: Steven Brand, Moira Quirk, Simon Templeman, Jam...

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Jimmy Porter barely ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Jimmy's scathing tongue and self-loathing seems destined to destroy everything.

Set in the UK at the dawn of the 60’s social unrest, this savage morality tale spawned the... Read more

Tom Keith

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Keith had a wonderful ear for sound and beautiful sense of comic timing.
 
 As a schoolboy imitator of birds, livestock, and people being punched in the face, he had natural abilities that pointed to a career in the Live Radio Sound Effects Production Industry. But by the time he graduated from the University of Minnesota in the late ’60s,... Read more

Vincent Price Presents - Volume Four

By: M. J. Elliott

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The Gothic horror tradition of film icon Vincent Price is revived in these twisted radio plays that transplant the best of the horror genre into innovative and bizarre landscapes for these unforgettable stories, which include horrific transformations, twisting plots, perversions of science, labyrinthine castles, Gothic dread, surreal... Read more

William F. Nolan's Logan's Run - Aftermath

By: M. J. Elliott

Narrated by: Tom Berry, Kate DeSisto & The Colonial Radio Pl...

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Thinker is destroyed and the world is in chaos, and Logan wants nothing to do with it. But the world isn't done with him yet and when the lives of Jessica and his son Jaq are put in jeopardy, Logan must once again don his armor.Logan's Run: Aftermath continues Logan's epic journey as he races towards an uncertain destiny. Read more

Lighthouse

By: Alan Harris

Narrated by: Full Cast, Ifan Huw Dafydd & Paul Rhys

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Lighthouse keepers Howell and Griffith are posted to 6 weeks on the Smalls - a desolate rock 20 miles off the Pembrokeshire coast. But the two men share a past, and because of what happens next, lighthouses would never again have only a crew of two. Based on a true story. Written by Alan Harris, and starring Paul Rhys as Howell and Ifan Huw... Read more

My Name Is Stephen Luckwell

By: Nick Wood

Narrated by: Full Cast & James Rastall

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Luckwell is an autistic teenager with an enquiring mind. His teacher, Claire, helps him through the daily activities which present him with enormous challenges, from deciphering phrases such as 'I was miles away' or 'I wouldn't want to be in your shoes', to understanding private jokes and other people's expressions. It's the day of the... Read more

A Series Of Psychotic Episodes (Bbc Radio 4 Comedy) Series 2

By: Miriam Elia

Narrated by: Dan Tetsell & Full Cast

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Following a successful run on Radio 7, Miriam Elia's fantastical Sony Radio Academy Award nominated comedy sketch series transfers to Radio 4 for a second series, with new characters and a few familiar faces. Originally broadcast from 29 September 2010 - 20 October 2010, this download offers another chance to step inside the deranged mind of... Read more

The Goon Show Compendium Volume Three: Series 6, Part 1

By: Spike Milligan

Narrated by: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast.

This third volume includes: 'The Man Who Won the War', 'The Secret Escritoire', 'The Lost... Read more

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Sapper's Bulldog Drummond

By: Sapper & Cyril McNeile

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Sapper's thrilling adventures of private detective Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond, as heard on BBC Radio. In these six episodes, the demobbed officer offers his services to any client offering adventure. This leads him into danger and dashing escapades, as he finds himself grappling a gorilla; trying to save the realm... Read more