Performance audiobooks

The School for Scandal

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Narrated by: Stuart Bunce, Jane Carr, John Francis Harries, ...

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Beware the gossips! Lady Sneerwell and her hireling Snake are certainly up to no good in this timeless send-up of hypocritical manners. Thanks to their scandal-mongering, the comely Lady Teazle must fend off the slanderous barbs that have caught the ear of her elderly husband - as well as every other gossip in London! What follows is a torrent... Read more

Death of a Salesman

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Steven Culp, Maureen Flannigan, Jason Henning, ...

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in Arthur Miller’s 1949 masterpiece, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman (Keach) is the play’s iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with success and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about... Read more

Three Sisters

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Josh Clark, Josh Cooke, Dan Donohue, Pamela Dun...

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A full-cast performance of Chekhov’s masterpiece starring Jennifer Westfeldt, Tessa Thompson, Sarah Zimmerman and Jon Hamm.

Meet Olga, Masha, and Irina, warm and cultured young sisters who were reared in the exciting hubbub of Moscow, but have been living in the dull, gossipy backwaters of Russia for far too long. With their father’s passing, and... Read more

Perry Mason and the Case of the Howling Dog

By: Erle Stanley Gardner & M. J. Elliott

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Criminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. His most popular books starred the incomparable attorney-sleuth Perry Mason.In The Case of the Howling Dog, Arthur Cartwright, an anxious man, goes to Perry Mason to have his neighbor arrested for his... Read more

Brian Johnston Down Your Way: Favourite People And Places Vol. 2

By: Brian Johnston

Narrated by: Brian Johnston & Guests

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Down Your Way was one of the most popular programmes on BBC Radio from 1946 until 1992. Every week the presenter would visit a different city, town or village in the UK and interview six local people about its history, traditions and customs. Brian Johnston presented the series for fifteen years and for this recording, his son Barry has selected... Read more

Car Talk Classics: The Pinkwater Files

By: Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The hands-down highlight of many a Car Talk episode, Daniel Pinkwater is responsible for some of the all-time greatest moments of the program’s storied history on public radio. Whether discussing man’s best friend (but worst passenger) or searching for the perfect vehicle for those who are “horizontally challenged,” Pinkwater keeps Tom and Ray... Read more

Brief Encounter

By: Noël Coward

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jenny Seagrove & Nigel Havers

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Laura Jesson is a happily married woman until a chance encounter in a train station café draws her to Dr Alec Harvey. Literally bumping into each other brings temptation, danger and guilt into their lives, and a doomed love affair ensues... A classic love story, 'Brief Encounter' was made into a much-loved and hugely successful film in 1945,... Read more

Winslow Boy, The (Classic Radio Theatre)

By: Terrence Rattigan

Narrated by: Full Cast, Michael Aldridge, Michael Maloney, P...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

‘It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right.’ When he is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order, fourteen-year-old Ronnie Winslow is expelled from naval college. But his father believes his claim of innocence and, determined to clear his name, engages the most famous barrister in England to fight his case. It is up to Sir... Read more

The Holly And The Ivy (Classic Radio Theatre)

By: Wynyard Browne

Narrated by: Stephen Murray, Geoffrey Beevers, John Samson, ...

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 production of Wynyard Browne’s classic play about a 1950s family homecoming at Christmas.
It is Christmas Eve and the family are gathering at Reverend Martin Gregory’s Norfolk vicarage. A soldier son destined for Oxbridge, two elderly aunts with a passion for chatter, a cousin with a military background and a pair of daughters who... Read more

This Happy Breed (Classic Radio Theatre)

By: Noel Coward

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt & Rosemary Leach

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This Happy Breed opens in 1919, when the Gibbons family have just moved to their smart new home in the suburbs of South London. Against a background of social change and national upheaval spanning twenty years, the family celebrate their own triumphs and deal with their personal traumas. Coward’s moving and humourous production, showing what... Read more

Charles And Mary

By: Carlo Gebler

Narrated by: Lia Williams & Paul Rhys

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 3 play exploring the extraordinary relationship between brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb, the writers of 'The Tales of Shakespeare' (1807), the seminal children's introduction to Shakespeare, which is still in print. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' series on 16 January 2011. Although their publication is of... Read more

Prenup

By: Peter Jukes

Narrated by: Adeel Akhtar, Christine Kavanagh, Claire Harry,...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 drama looking at the impact on a divorcing couple of recent changes to British prenuptial law. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 21 January 2011. Two academics, British Paul (Sam Dale) and American Amy (Sally Orrock), have married in the US with a prenuptial agreement. They did so because Paul's previous marriage... Read more

A Coat, A Hat And A Gun

By: Harriett Gilbert

Narrated by: Harriett Gilbert

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

To tie-in with Radio 4's new versions of the Raymond Chandler classic thrillers aired in February 2011, Harriett Gilbert presents a reappraisal of the life and legacy of the man from Upper Norwood who invented the PI as we know him. 'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I... Read more

Haunted

By: Sally Griffiths

Narrated by: Henry Devas, Joanna Monro, Lloyd Thomas, Steffa...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 drama in which professional illusionist, Will Morgan, fronts a TV show in which he exposes spiritualist mediums as frauds. 'Haunted' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 19 January 2011. Hayley Taylor is the spiritualist medium who refuses to back down under illusionist Will's scrutiny - a challenge Will can't walk... Read more

Nick Mohammed In Bits

By: Nick Mohammed

Narrated by: Nick Mohammed

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 series of character pieces showcasing the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a collection of four one-off comic plays. Originally broadcast 31 August 2010 - 21 September 2010. In 'Witness Statement', there's been a robbery and character comedian Nick Mohammed ('Reggie Perrin', 'Sorry I've Got No Head') dons a... Read more

Frankly, Frannie

By: AJ Stern

Narrated by: Michele Medlin

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This debut of AJ Stern's popular Frankly Frannie chapter book series begins the adventures of Frannie-a girl who loves offices. Considering her last field trip ended in disaster, Frannie is relieved she'll be allowed to attend the upcoming excursion to a local radio station. Deciding it's time to get a job, Frannie brings everything she'll... Read more

The Unexpected Man

By: Yasmina Reza

Narrated by: David Suchet & Harriet Walter

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir David Suchet and Dame Harriet Walter star in Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man, translated by Christopher Hampton. A notorious author shares a train compartment with a long-time reader. But can they connect with each other through a silent tide of self-doubt and second-guessing?

Includes an interview with cast members Sir David Suchet and... Read more

Becky Shaw

By: Gina Gionfriddo

Narrated by: Emily Bergl, Matt Letscher, Marsha Mason, Mandy...

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Suzanna sets up Max, her best friend, on a blind date with her husband's co-worker, the mysterious Becky Shaw. What follows is a series of cataclysmic events that forever changes all their lives. Mixing sharp wit and humor with the taut suspense of a psychological thriller, Becky Shaw is a comedy of romantic errors – and a Pulitzer Prize... Read more

The Very Best Victorian Romances

By: Jane Austen, George Bernard Shaw & Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Kate Burton, Melanie Dix, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Fr...

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Pride and Prejudice: A 1997 recording of Christina Calvit’s stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy is a sparkling tale of the Bennets, a family blessed with five daughters and a mother desperate to marry them off. The tempestuous pairing of the witty, independent Elizabeth and her arrogant but honorable... Read more

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

By: L. Frank Baum & Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this adventure, Dorothy gets caught in a California earthquake with her cousin Zeb, and they have many adventures underground with none other than the Wizard of Oz! But can they find their way back to the surface world? Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Joseph Zamparelli, Anastas Varinos & The Coloni...

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

After finding a treasure map belonging to the notorious pirate Captain Flint, Jim Hawkins, Squire Trelawney, and Doctor Livesey charter a ship and set sail for the Island of Treasure. However, they are unaware that most of the crew they have hired once sailed with Flint, including the man with one leg — Long John Silver — and they mean to take... Read more

William F. Nolan's Logan's Run - Last Day

By: Paul J. Salamoff

Narrated by: Tom Berry, Kate DeSisto, J.T. Turner & The Colo...

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s the 23rd Century—at age 21 your life is over.Logan-6 has been trained to kill. Born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. His time is short, but before his life ends he’s got one final mission—find and destroy Sanctuary, a fabled haven for those who chose to defy the system.When Logan meets and falls in love with Jessica, he... Read more

Like Minded People (BBC Radio 4: Friday Play)

By: David Eldridge

Narrated by: Tom Brooke & Ruth Wilson

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This BBC Radio 4 'Friday Play' is a heady mix of marriage, class, and politics, as Gillian and Ray attempt to keep their relationship alive over 25 years of social change. Starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Brooke, Like Minded People was originally broadcast on 4 February 2011.
Gillian and Ray meet at University. She's from a privileged background... Read more

The Need For Nonsense

By: Julia Blackburn

Narrated by: Alexi Kaye-Campbell, Andrew Sachs, James Rastal...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia Blackburn's play captures the warm, heartfelt and comic story of the Victorian poet and painter Edward Lear's lifelong friendship with his eccentric Greek servant, Giorgio, who inspired him to address the painful truths in his life while making us laugh. Stars Andrew Sachs as Edward Lear and Alexi Kaye-Campbell as Giorgio Kokalis. Also... Read more