Performance audiobooks

Powder River - Season Four

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, Derek Aalerud, Diane Capen, Linc...

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

New England’s favorite TV Cowboy, Rex Trailer, guest stars in the two-part season opener, “Return of the Legend.” Britt MacMasters and his father track outlaw Jeb Pickett after the Stagecoach hold up - A new band of deadly outlaws appears in the territory as Doc is seriously injured in an explosion – While in Chicago, Britt once again meets... Read more

NPR Road Trips: Fairs and Festivals

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Step right up as the gates swing open at fairgrounds across the USA. This delightful collection explores the unique joys of the public gatherings that take place in cities and small towns, when people of all stripes and sizes meet to gawk at cows, ponder seed art, get hypnotized, compete in husband-calling contests, and eat virtually anything on... Read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare & ...

Narrated by: Bart Wolffe

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles and Mary Lamb's version of A Midsummer Nights Dream from 'Tales from Shakespeare' aimed at children. Music supplied by David Moore and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Felix Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Read more

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By: Dustin Lance Black

Narrated by: Kevin Bacon, Matt Bomer, Campbell Brown, George...

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Martin Sheen lead an all-star cast in a powerful portrait of an American civil rights struggle, written by Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) and directed by Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men).

In November 2008, California’s Proposition 8 stripped the freedom to marry away from gay and lesbian... Read more

Beasts On The Lawn

By: Saki

Narrated by: Full Cast & Pippa Haywood

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by Saki (H. H. Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights. The five stories are: Tobermory,... Read more

Dewey Eyed

By: Sarah Naomi Lee

Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie, Olivia Colman, Paul Rider & S...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Philippa is a librarian from a long line of librarians. When her father dies and her mother loses her wits, Philippa tries the only language Vera understands, that of the Dewey cataloguing system, to guide her back to sanity. Starring Olivia Colman as Philippa, Sheila Reid as Vera, Caroline Guthrie as Sheila and Paul Rider as Alistair. Written... Read more

The Admirable Crichton

By: J.M. Barrie

Narrated by: Full Cast & Russell Tovey

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio adaptation of J. M. Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler. Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature, with masters and servants living together as equals, but Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system. He cannot help... Read more

But If You Try Sometimes

By: Sarah Daniels

Narrated by: Alex Tregear, Amy Golden, Jelena Budimir & Lesl...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Chloe has cerebral palsy and is certain she will lose her adored carer Rose, when Rose falls for an apparently perfect man. First broadcast in BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Drama slot. Starring Lesley Manville as Rose, Amy Golden as Chloe, Alex Tregear as Chloe's voice and Jelena Budimir as Alex. Written by Sarah Daniels. Director: Sally Avens. Read more

The Glums

By: Frank Muir

Narrated by: Dick Bently, Jimmy Edwards & June Whitfield

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight 'Take It From Here' radio episodes from the 1950s, featuring Ron and Eth Glum. Jimmy Edwards stars as the beer-swilling head of the Glum household, with Dick Bentley as Ron and June Whitfield as Eth. Read more

Torchwood Mr Invincible

By: Joseph Lidster

Narrated by: Tom Price

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Ross Chapman is one of life's losers. So when he survives a point-blank shooting, dons a superhero costume and becomes a crime-busting vigilante, something strange is clearly going on. And Ross's transformation isn't the only odd thing happening in Cardiff. Time is distorting - around the city, some people are aging, dying and decomposing in a... Read more

Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You

By: Molly Naylor

Narrated by: Bryan Dick, James Lailey, Jonathan Forbes, Sam ...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

How does it feel to have your world blown apart? Molly moves to London full of naive dreams, high hopes and on a quest to make her life just like the movies. Then on 7/7/2005 she finds herself on a tube train blown up by terrorists and her life is forced to take a different direction. Funny, frank and poetic; this is the true story of what... Read more

Legacy Blood On The Mountains (Woman's Hour Drama)

By: Cath Staincliffe

Narrated by: Claire Keelan, Full Cast & William Ash

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this drama by Cath Staincliffe, probate researchers Dan and Rachel search backwards through the family line to find the true heir and get a slice of the fortune. But their quest leads them to uncover a broken family with a terrible secret. Henry Gaunt has died leaving a sizeable estate but no will. His step-sister can't inherit and there are... Read more

Ditched

By: Doug Lucie

Narrated by: Adrian Lukis, Alison Pettitt, Brendan Patricks,...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Doug Lucie's satirical sequel to 'Hitched' revisits the bride and groom, Emma and Richard, two years after their big day. The honeymoon is well and truly over and wedded bliss hasn't turned out to be, well, blissful. With their relationship at crisis point, Emma returns from America with her young daughter to discover her life isn't the only one... Read more

Rock Of Eye

By: Anita Sullivan

Narrated by: Allan Corduner, Catrin Stewart, Claire Cage, Li...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Three elderly tailors - a trouser-maker, a coat-maker and a waistcoat-maker - have been commissioned to make a bespoke suit for an up-and-coming politician. They have worked together for decades but have only met very rarely, although increasingly, these days, at their colleagues' funerals. The suit has been designed by Mrs White, a mysterious... Read more

Ken Dodd's Palace Of Laughter

By: Ken Dodd

Narrated by: Guests & Ken Dodd

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ken Dodd and a supporting cast give us Ken's unique look behind the scenes and the show at his fictional theatre, the Palace Of Laughter. Enjoy more hilarity from the Squire of Notty Ash in these four classic radio shows, recorded in 1986 and 1987 at the Wigan Little Theatre, the Southport Little Theatre, Crewe's Lyceum Theatre and the Garrick... Read more

Mark Watson's Live Address To The Nation (Complete)

By: Mark Watson

Narrated by: Mark Watson, Tim Key & Tom Basden

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Following on from his hugely successful show Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better, Mark Watson's new series reignites his quest to improve the world, nimbly assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden and with the additional help of the listening audience. Mark asks the big questions that are crucial to our understanding of ourselves and... Read more

Lyrical Ballads

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge & William Wordsworth

Narrated by: Full Cast & Mark Meadows

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of poems from Wordsworth and Coleridge's 1798 collaboration, which marked the beginning of the English Romantic poetry movement. In Episode One, we hear Coleridge's 'Lewti' and Wordsworth's 'The Thorn', while in Episode Two the verses showcased are Coleridge's 'The Nightingale' and Wordsworth's 'Lucy' poems. In the final episode, we... Read more

The Chess Girls

By: Lavinia Greenlaw

Narrated by: Kerry Shale & Sally Orrock

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The emergence of the Polgar sisters in the 1970s and 80s rocked the chess world. In a heavily male dominated game, the three Hungarian girls broke record after record. The youngest, Judit, was talked of as a potential world champion. The Chess Girls is the story of their parents, Laszlo and Klara Polgar, and how they defied the Communist... Read more

The Nation's Favourite Lakeland Poems

By: Various

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Enjoy the best of Lakeland poets Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey in this specially selected anthology, including The Two-Part Prelude, Wordsworth's own shortened version of his great autobiographical work The Prelude, and Coleridge's celebrated Kubla Khan. John Rowe, Alex Jennings and Stephen Critchlow read these perfect evocations of majestic... Read more

Liver Birds - Anybody Here Seen Thingy

By: Carla Lane & Myra Taylor

Narrated by: Full Cast, Nerys Hughes & Polly James

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

These adaptations of four 1974 episodes of the BBC1 comedy series The Liver Birds feature two incompatible Liverpudlian girls, Beryl and Sandra. What they have in common are a tiny flat, boyfriend problems, and a passion for the latest fashion. In the title episode, it's Beryl's birthday, and Sandra is planning a surprise party for her. Among... Read more

Rapture Frequency

By: Abbie Spallen

Narrated by: Full Cast & Richard Dormer

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wire is BBC Radio 3's showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative. In Rapture Frequency, analyst Michael Shorthall is listening to the black box recording of an ill-fated transatlantic flight when he stumbles across an unexpected sound. Interference, white noise, or could it possibly be proof of something more... Read more

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Pride, justice, and vengeance. Aristocracy and democracy vie for ultimate power over Rome, and each faction violently erupts when Coriolanus takes the political stage. After receiving glorious accolades for taking an enemy city when the plebian soldiers cowered without the gates, the common people find his arrogance and pride offensive. Now,... Read more

The Adventures of Old Ironsides

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

USS CONSTITUTION is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat, having been launched in 1797. In The Adventures of Old Ironsides, we dramatize two of her most exciting adventures. In The Barbary Pirates - the year is 1805, and Constitution battles Tripolitan Pirates to free the crew of the captured USS Philadelphia. An “edge of your seat”... Read more

Tom Corbett Space Cadet

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Andrew Tighe, Mark Thurner, Mark McGillivray & ...

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Juggling schoolwork, cadet training and saving the world, Tom is on the adventure of his life. In his new adventure, Tom, and fellow cadets Roger and Astro, have their first encounter with a dangerous new enemy with a surprising origin. "As roaring rockets blast off to distant planets and far flung stars, we take you to the age of the conquest... Read more