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Fawlty Towers, Volume 3
- The Psychiatrist
- By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good laugh at life
- By Rosemary on 01-06-2015
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Fawlty Towers, Volume 2
- The Germans
- By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese....
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The Goon Show Compendium: Volume 11 (Series 9, Pt 2 & Series 10)
- Twenty episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Twenty remastered episodes of the legendary series plus bonus material. Popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking radio series changed the face of British comedy....
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Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - The Complete Audio Collection
- By: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
- Narrated by: Paul Eddington, full cast, Nigel Hawthorn
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and funny
- By Malcolm on 17-09-2017
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Fawlty Towers, Volume 3
- The Psychiatrist
- By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good laugh at life
- By Rosemary on 01-06-2015
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Fawlty Towers, Volume 2
- The Germans
- By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese....
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The Goon Show Compendium: Volume 11 (Series 9, Pt 2 & Series 10)
- Twenty episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Twenty remastered episodes of the legendary series plus bonus material. Popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking radio series changed the face of British comedy....
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Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - The Complete Audio Collection
- By: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
- Narrated by: Paul Eddington, full cast, Nigel Hawthorn
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and funny
- By Malcolm on 17-09-2017
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The Comic Genius of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Volume 1
- By: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
- Narrated by: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were two of the brightest stars ever to light up the world of comedy....
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The Comic Genius of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Volume 2
- By: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
- Narrated by: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were two of the brightest stars ever to light up the world of comedy....
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Fawlty Towers, Volume 1
- Basil the Rat
- By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese....
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The Good Life, Volume 1
- Pig's Lib
- By: John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
- Narrated by: Penelope Keith
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Surbiton's most famous residents bring their endearingly funny mix of self-reliance and snobbery to audio....
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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 1
- By: BBC Worldwide
- Narrated by: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
The show that grabs listeners by the waist, swirls them round in time to a Strauss waltz, and then trips over the banana skins of convention....
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The Two Ronnies
- It's Goodnight From Me
- By: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
For nearly 25 years the two Ronnies were a TV institution, a much loved double-act but each with his own inimitable, individual appeal....
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 Star Comedy
- By michael64 on 22-11-2017
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Blackadder Goes Forth
- By: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story5 out of 5 stars 26
Six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Tony Robinson....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A truly one of the great comedies
- By Kevin on 15-08-2017
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The Goon Show, Volume 12
- Shut Up, Eccles!
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 2
Here is another crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe....
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More Porridge
- By: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Richard Beckinsale
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Here are four hilarious episodes from the classic BBC comedy series Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Richard Beckinsale, and Fulton Mackay....
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The Goon Show, Volume 1
- Moriarity, Where Are You?
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Here's a crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe....
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Vintage Beeb: The Two Ronnies
- By: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
- Length: 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett star in highlights from their BBC TV series....
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The Two Ronnies
- By: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
For nearly 25 years The Two Ronnies were a TV institution, a much-loved double-act....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Two Ronnie's
- By michael64 on 01-11-2017
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I Think the Nurses are Stealing My Clothes
- The Very Best of Linda Smith
- By: Linda Smith
- Narrated by: Linda Smith
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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A never-before-heard collection of archive recordings of the wit and wisdom of Linda Smith....
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
- By: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle
- Length: 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Perhaps the ultimate in TV madness and absurdity, this is innovative and ground-breaking comedy....
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Porridge
- By: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Here is the unforgettable "Fletch", everyone's favourite criminal, making the most of his enforced stay at Her Majesty's Pleasure....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Porridge
- By michael64 on 22-02-2018
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A Tangled Tale
- By: Lewis Carroll
- Narrated by: Joseph Sepe
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Mathematics meets comedy in this collection of 10 stories by Lewis Carroll. When listening to the audiobook, you won’t be able to help yourself from wishing Carroll was your childhood math teacher....
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Saturday Live, Volume 1
- Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
- By: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
Based on the format of the American TV show Saturday Night Live, this home-grown comedy production was an enormous success....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not funny at all
- By Nigel Hawken on 05-10-2018
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The Goon Show, Volume 5
- And There's More Where That Came From
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Here's another crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe....
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Mapp and Lucia
- By: E. F. Benson
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Mapp and Lucia is the centrepiece of E.F. Benson's series of Lucia novels - bringing together for the first time the eponymous middle-aged doyennes of polite 1930s society....
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The Goon Show, Volume 2
- Enter Bluebottle
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Here's another crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe....
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
- By: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Dickens' classic tale of kindness, truth, and virtue is utterly ruined here by having a member of the Blackadder family involved....
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The Noël Coward Collection
- By: Noël Coward
- Narrated by: Annette Bening, Joe Mantegna, Eric Stoltz, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Six phenomenally sophisticated Noël Coward comedies: Fallen Angels, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Blithe Spirit, Present Laughter....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comedy you can understand
- By Culture on 29-04-2018
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Missing Gretyl
- You Only Love Twice
- By: Si Page
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Buckle up for a comedic rollercoaster ride, with bad wigs, waxing disasters, holiday scams, a deluded hitman, lust, arson, and murder....
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The Navy Lark, Volume 17
- Taking Some Liberties
- By: Lawrie Wyman
- Narrated by: Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee, Ronnie Barker
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977....
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The Goon Show, Volume 3
- I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Here's another crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe....
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Dad's Army: The Lost Tapes
- Classic Comedy from the BBC Archives
- By: David Croft, Jimmy Perry
- Narrated by: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier
- Length: 1 hr
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Published for the first time, these four instalments of Dad's Army have been brought together from a variety of archive sources and in each case represents something unique....
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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Included in this collection are 19 of Wodehouse's classic pre-World War II stories....
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A Woman of No Importance
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis, Rosalind Ayres, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Amazon Customer on 08-09-2016
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I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again, Volume 4
- By: Graeme Greene, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and others
- Narrated by: Tim Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Described by Barry Took as 'A kaleidoscope of funny voices, catch phrase and innuendo revolving at breakneck speed and with a complete disregard for logic'....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Misrepresented
- By C. M. Olsen on 19-09-2017
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Ronnie Barker at the Beeb
- Highlights from Ronnie Barker's Comedy Career
- By: Ronnie Barker
- Narrated by: Ronnie Barker
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
"To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh...well, it's the best job in the world," says Ronnie Barker....
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The Goon Show, Volume 15
- The Goons at Christmas
- By: The Goons
- Narrated by: The Goons
- Length: 2 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
GO ON, but watch out for flying Christmas puddings. It's the time of goodwill and custard so join the festive fun with Scrooge and Neddie Scratchit in A Christmas Carol....
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Yes Prime Minister
- Volume 1
- By: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Four episodes of the television comedy series...