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The Birds by Daphne du Maurier & BBC
The Birds
Daphne du Maurier & BBC
The Birds by Daphne du Maurier & BBC

The Birds

By: Daphne du Maurier & BBC

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of horror. The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to a farm from her house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field while above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds... Read more

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The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller
The Man Who Had All the Luck
Arthur Miller
The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller

The Man Who Had All the Luck

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Emily Bergl, Kevin Chamberlin, Tim DeKay, James...

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

An early Miller gem about a young Midwesterner who finds good fortune shining on him while it passes others by. As his successes pile up, he starts to wonder if he deserves it - and what will happen when his luck finally runs out. Includes an interview with director Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural... Read more

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A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

A Suitable Boy

By: Vikram Seth

Narrated by: Ayesha Dharker, Full Cast & Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A Suitable Boy is now a major 2020 BBC TV series, and one of the BBC's 100 novels that shaped our world.

The award-winning BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Vikram Seth's masterpiece

'The drama highlight of the year...this sumptuous production, wonderfully atmospheric, written with pace and performed, by an all-Indian cast, quite superbly. The novel may... Read more

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The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff
The Ruby Sunrise
Rinne Groff
The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff

The Ruby Sunrise

By: Rinne Groff

Narrated by: Asher Book, Katharine Leonard, Kate McGregor-St...

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Hailed by The Boston Globe as "a gem," The Ruby Sunrise begins when a 1920s tomboy feverishly works to develop her latest invention - a little something called "television." Twenty-five years later, her daughter will stop at nothing to bring her mother's incredible story to life during TV's Golden Age. But will it get the truth it deserves? "A... Read more

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The Busy World is Hushed by Keith Bunin
The Busy World is Hushed
Keith Bunin
The Busy World is Hushed by Keith Bunin

The Busy World is Hushed

By: Keith Bunin

Narrated by: Jill Clayburgh, Hamish Linklater & Luke MacFarlane

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

With wisdom, humor and insight, The Busy World is Hushed examines the contradictions we find in our faith, our families and ourselves. Hannah, a widowed Episcopal minister, is hoping to translate a long-lost gospel when she is challenged by both her scholarly assistant and her wayward gay son. But when family secrets are revealed, only the... Read more

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Car Talk Classics by Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi
Car Talk Classics
Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi
Car Talk Classics by Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi

Car Talk Classics

By: Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Four all-time favorite episodes from the popular radio show—complete, unexpurgated, and hilarious.



Click and Clack may be America's most trusted car repair experts. They are certainly the funniest, as millions of listeners who tune in each week to Car Talk can attest. As each show unfolds, it develops its own zany feeling and rhythm, sometimes... Read more

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? by Eric Bentley
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Eric Bentley
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? by Eric Bentley

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

By: Eric Bentley

Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson, Michael Canavan, Jake Gr...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the mid-1950’s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were persuaded to “name names,” and the steep price paid by those who refused.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance... Read more

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The Misanthrope by Molière
The Misanthrope
Molière
The Misanthrope by Molière

The Misanthrope

By: Molière

Narrated by: Harry Althaus, Amy Farrington, Bradford Farwell...

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Razor-sharp wit inflames a competitive game of survival in the salons of 17th century France where, in this world of "finest appearances," one man's blunt honesty shatters his society's delicate web of manners. Often considered to be Moliere's Hamlet, The Misanthrope is a wickedly scathing satire.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance... Read more

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It's That Man Again Volume 1 by BBC
It's That Man Again Volume 1
BBC
It's That Man Again Volume 1 by BBC

It's That Man Again Volume 1

By: BBC

Narrated by: Tommy Handley

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

It's That Man Again is a giant in the history of radio comedy. As Mat Coward's book Classic Radio Comedy says, "Surely the most written-about radio series in history, it was successful to an extent which is hard to imagine today. Its international audience was measured in the tens of millions. Its star, Tommy Handley, was undoubtedly the most... Read more

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Never Better by Garrison Keillor
Never Better
Garrison Keillor
Never Better by Garrison Keillor

Never Better

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town…." Each week, more than four million radio listeners hear these words, and settle in for some old-fashioned, up-to-the-minute storytelling.

During live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor takes us to "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve,"... Read more

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The Making Of Modern Medicine by Andrew Cunningham
The Making Of Modern Medicine
Andrew Cunningham
The Making Of Modern Medicine by Andrew Cunningham

The Making Of Modern Medicine

By: Andrew Cunningham

Narrated by: Andrew Cunningham

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This major new Radio 4 series charts the development of Western medicine and healing from the ancient Greeks to the pioneering organ transplant operations of the 20th Century and beyond. ‘The Making of Modern Medicine’ covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original sources from diaries, medical journals and... Read more

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The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild
The Real Dr. Strangelove
Peter Goodchild
The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild

The Real Dr. Strangelove

By: Peter Goodchild

Narrated by: Jordan Baker, Corey Brill, John de Lancie, Reed...

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The birth of Armageddon. The first H-bomb detonates and the proud father is Edward Teller. But he's on a collision course with Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the bomb that obliterated Hiroshima. Now Oppenheimer has turned pacifist and the government will stop at nothing to "neutralize" him. And Teller is their star witness!

An L.A. Theatre... Read more

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Work Song - Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright by Jeffrey Hatcher & Eric Simonson
Work Song - Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright
Jeffrey Hatcher & Eric Simonson
Work Song - Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright by Jeffrey Hatcher & Eric Simonson

Work Song - Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright

By: Jeffrey Hatcher & Eric Simonson

Narrated by: Jim Beaver, Amy Brenneman, Chris Butler, Matthe...

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In Work Song, tensions between master architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his tempestuous relationships are explored in this uniquely prismatic view of one of the great architects of the modern era. This engaging production includes a panel discussion with Wright biographer Harold Zellman.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jim... Read more

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The Watts Towers Project by Roger Guenveur Smith
The Watts Towers Project
Roger Guenveur Smith
The Watts Towers Project by Roger Guenveur Smith

The Watts Towers Project

By: Roger Guenveur Smith

Narrated by: Roger Guenveur Smith

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Smith's edgy and funny The Watts Tower Project focuses on Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who spent 33 years building his towers - only to walk away from them, never to return. Smith blends his own childhood, the life of Rodia, and L.A. history to create a wonderfully eclectic piece.

An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Roger Guenveur... Read more

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Fired Again by Annabelle Gurwitch and company
Fired Again
Annabelle Gurwitch and company
Fired Again by Annabelle Gurwitch and company

Fired Again

By: Annabelle Gurwitch and company

Narrated by: Scott Carter, Rob Cohen, Eric Gilliland, Jonath...

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

If you spend time at all in the work place you're going to get laid off, downsized, let go, out-sourced, axed, terminated, canceled, canned, dismissed - Fired! Odds are you might even get Fired Again! Annabelle Gurwitch's hugely popular book “Fired: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized and Dismissed” has led to the production of a hit... Read more

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The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 16 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty-three great Sherlock Holmes mysteries as published in Strand Magazine. These stories have won over readers in the thousands and have helped make Sherlock Holmes the most popular and most famous detective of all times.Arthur Conan Doyle, was born in Scotland in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools in England and Austria. In 1881 he... Read more

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The Living Room by Graham Greene
The Living Room
Graham Greene
The Living Room by Graham Greene

The Living Room

By: Graham Greene

Narrated by: W. Morgan Sheppard, Julian Sands, Kirsten Potte...

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

London in the 1950s. A mysterious house, home to a family that has seen better days, will not yield its secrets. And a love affair turns to tragedy... Greene, one of the foremost writers of the 20th century, based the play on his own passionate but doomed affairs, and his conflicted view of Catholicism.

Includes an interview with one of the... Read more

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A Huey P. Newton Story by Roger Guenveur Smith
A Huey P. Newton Story
Roger Guenveur Smith
A Huey P. Newton Story by Roger Guenveur Smith

A Huey P. Newton Story

By: Roger Guenveur Smith

Narrated by: Roger Guenveur Smith & Marc Anthony Thompson

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In his brilliantly imagined, Obie Award-winning show, Roger Guenveur Smith explores the life of the controversial Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton through a series of improvisations based on his own words and writings. Biography, satire, and socio-political commentary blend within a landscape of fantastic sound design to create a provocative,... Read more

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Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon
Biloxi Blues
Neil Simon
Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon

Biloxi Blues

By: Neil Simon

Narrated by: Justine Bateman, Rob Benedict, Joshua Biton, Jo...

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The second hilarious installment of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy follows a naïve Eugene Jerome through boot camp. Performed by: Justine Bateman, Rob Benedict, Joshua Biton, John Cabrera, Matthew Patrick Davis, Steve Rankin, Josh Radnor, Russell Soder and Darby Stanchfield Read more

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The Chrysalids & Survival by John Wyndham
The Chrysalids & Survival
John Wyndham
The Chrysalids & Survival by John Wyndham

The Chrysalids & Survival

By: John Wyndham

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt, Nicholas Courtney, Ste...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Two classic tales from acclaimed British science fiction writer John Wyndham. In The Chrysalids, ten-year-old David is a happy, ordinary boy, untroubled except for occasional strange dreams about a mysterious city – until he befriends Sophie, who is unlike anybody he has met before: she has six toes. But, in the ultra-religious village of... Read more

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The Al Read Show by Ronnie Taylor
The Al Read Show
Ronnie Taylor
The Al Read Show by Ronnie Taylor

The Al Read Show

By: Ronnie Taylor

Narrated by: Al Read

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Described by Radio Times as "a brilliant observer of the domestic scene, a master reporter of life as we know it", Al Read's weekly show drew audiences of 35 million during the 1950s and 60s.Born in Salford in 1909, Al started life as a sausage manufacturer, having inherited the family's meat-processing factory. His comedy developed from his... Read more

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The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

The Midwich Cuckoos

By: John Wyndham

Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Full Cast & Sarah Parish

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Driving back from a weekend in London, Richard and Janet Gayford are surprised to find the village of Midwich sealed off because of ‘army manoeuvres’. There are no birds singing, the air seems thick and there is a strange sort of music in the air. It soon becomes clear that there is an invisible wall around the village, and everyone within the... Read more

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Fresh Air: Stars by Terry Gross
Fresh Air: Stars
Terry Gross
Fresh Air: Stars by Terry Gross

Fresh Air: Stars

By: Terry Gross

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Terry Gross interviews eleven stage and screen personalities. Read more

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Mary Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller
Mary Stuart
Friedrich von Schiller
Mary Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller

Mary Stuart

By: Friedrich von Schiller

Narrated by: Sheelagh Cullen, Kenneth Danziger, Seamus Dever...

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "acute study in the art of double-dealing politics." (The New York Times)

An L.A. Theatre Works... Read more

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