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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall255
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Performance225
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Story222
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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Abridged, but well done.
- By Dean Spilias on 04-07-2016
By: Jane Austen
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Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection
- 14 full-cast productions including Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead & others
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: Rufus Sewell, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walters, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
This is the collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard....
By: Tom Stoppard
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall96
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Performance75
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Story74
In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....
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Adapted
- By Lucy on 18-01-2017
By: Arthur Miller
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Red Dwarf: Series I to IV
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series Re-live your favourite moments from one of the greatest TV comedies of all time, now available to listen to as an audio download. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules)...
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Just the episodes
- By Gretta on 25-11-2025
By: Rob Grant, and others
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes....
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Twelve Angry Men
- By: Reginald Rose
- Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Hector Elizondo, Armin Shimerman
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall31
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Performance28
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Story28
Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old boy alleged to have murdered his own father....
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Reginald rose at his best
- By Bradley martin on 20-04-2023
By: Reginald Rose
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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall255
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Performance225
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Story222
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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Abridged, but well done.
- By Dean Spilias on 04-07-2016
By: Jane Austen
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Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection
- 14 full-cast productions including Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead & others
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: Rufus Sewell, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walters, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
This is the collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard....
By: Tom Stoppard
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall96
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Performance75
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Story74
In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....
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Adapted
- By Lucy on 18-01-2017
By: Arthur Miller
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Red Dwarf: Series I to IV
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series Re-live your favourite moments from one of the greatest TV comedies of all time, now available to listen to as an audio download. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules)...
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Just the episodes
- By Gretta on 25-11-2025
By: Rob Grant, and others
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes....
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Twelve Angry Men
- By: Reginald Rose
- Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Hector Elizondo, Armin Shimerman
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall31
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Performance28
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Story28
Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old boy alleged to have murdered his own father....
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Reginald rose at his best
- By Bradley martin on 20-04-2023
By: Reginald Rose
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The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio Full-cast Productions
- By: Noel Coward
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries....
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Sublime!
- By Mountain Man on 16-02-2019
By: Noel Coward
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Red Dwarf: Series V to VIII
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series The crew of the deep space mining ship, Red Dwarf, return! A legion of hilarious new villains and heroes are here to hinder, help and generally create havoc for the beleaguered crew trying to get home. Re-live their iconic moments with...
By: Rob Grant, and others
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Tom Jones
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- By: Henry Fielding
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 37 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
Tom Jones, a foundling, is brought up by the kindly Mr. Allworthy. Forced to leave the house as a young man after tales of his disgraceful behavior reach his benefactor's ears, he sets out in utter despair....
By: Henry Fielding
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance35
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Story35
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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Shakespeare and McKellen - a Perfect Combination
- By Roderic on 12-08-2019
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The John Waters Screenplay Collection
- Hairspray; Pink Flamingos; Flamingos Forever; Female Trouble; Desperate Living; Multiple Maniacs
- By: John Waters
- Narrated by: John Waters
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of John Waters essential screenplays, adapted for audio. Listen as Waters himself acts out each role in the most delightfully deranged and iconic classics of American filth, camp, and trash! John Waters takes us back to the scenes of his most beloved films, as well as his original...
By: John Waters
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The Claverings
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 20 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
At the opening of The Claverings (1866) the beautiful Julia Brabazon jilts her lover Harry Clavering in order to make a marriage of convenience with a wealthy but dissolute earl. Harry leaves London to train as a civil engineer, and falls in love with his employer's daughter....
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Very enjoyable
- By Kindle Customer on 22-08-2022
By: Anthony Trollope
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Iago
- The Strategies of Evil
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance2
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Story2
In all of literature, few antagonists have displayed the ruthless cunning and unscrupulous deceit of Iago, the antagonist to Othello....
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Bloom colours in one of Shakespeares great villains
- By Daryl on 06-03-2023
By: Harold Bloom
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All's Well That Ends Well
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Emily Woof
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The young and virtuous physician's daughter Helena desperately loves Count Bertram, but he regards her as beneath his notice....
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Judgment at Nuremberg
- By: Abby Mann
- Narrated by: Ryan Anderson, Jake Green, Harry Hamlin, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Abby Mann's classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946....
By: Abby Mann
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 98 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance5
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Story5
For the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one. This collection includes all 37 plays, four narrative poems and the sonnets....
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not in order
- By Anonymous on 22-01-2022
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The Cairo Trilogy (Dramatised)
- By: Naguib Mahfouz
- Narrated by: Omar Sharif
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall6
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Performance4
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Story5
Omar Sharif leads an all-Egyptian cast in a three-part drama, recorded entirely in Egypt's capital....
By: Naguib Mahfouz
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The Forsytes: The Complete Series
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: full cast, Jessica Raine, Joseph Millson, and others
- Length: 15 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels....
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Fabulous
- By L. Sadler on 26-04-2023
By: John Galsworthy
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The Color of Our Sky
- A Novel
- By: Amita Trasi
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance47
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Story46
In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old...
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Breathtaking!
- By Anonymous on 09-11-2025
By: Amita Trasi
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Harewood, Roy Hudd
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance2
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Story2
Shakespeare's most imaginative and merry play is set in an enchanted wood amidst fairies and sprites....
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Story11
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. In Romeo...
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Couldn’t get past the American-style performances and accents
- By kkel on 03-07-2023
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An Inspector Calls (Classic Radio Theatre)
- By: J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Toby Jones, David Calder, Morven Christie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. But then they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole....
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Do I know an Eva Smith?
- By Anonymous on 02-06-2018
By: J. B. Priestley
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, and others
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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Story9
Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds....
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Needlessly Intrusive Narration
- By Gorditcho on 03-11-2022
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Under Milk Wood and Other Plays
- By: Dylan Thomas
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb, Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas's undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece - an affectionate, but hilarious portrait of a small Welsh town.....
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An Exquisite Use of Language
- By Anonymous on 10-12-2022
By: Dylan Thomas
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Krapp's Last Tape, Not I, That Time, & A Piece of Monologue
- By: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Jim Norton, Juliet Stevenson, John Moffatt, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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These four works show Samuel Beckett at his most penetrating....
By: Samuel Beckett
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatised)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever....
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Great
- By Mathew Hobbs on 09-07-2017
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Unboxed
- A Play
- By: Briana Morgan
- Narrated by: Jeremy Reid
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Greg Zipper is a paranormal vlogger whose livelihood relies on his online popularity. When a fight between him and his girlfriend goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Greg purchases a dark-web mystery box in hopes of restoring his audience's faith in him....
By: Briana Morgan
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: JD Cullum, Seamus Dever, Anna Lyse Erikson, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
While attempting to discover the roots of Hamlet’s unhappiness, two courtiers go on a journey to plumb the depths of the universe’s mysteries. Tom Stoppard’s wildly inventive first play takes us through a tilted version of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy....
By: Tom Stoppard
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Arcadia
- By: Tom Stoppard
- Narrated by: Kate Burton, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge....
By: Tom Stoppard
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Under Milk Wood (Dramatised)
- By: Dylan Thomas
- Narrated by: Richard Burton
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
Richard Burton’s voice has been digitally remastered and seamlessly mixed with an all-Welsh cast to create a magical, fresh visit to the unique but universally recognisable world of Llareggub....
By: Dylan Thomas
New Releases
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Red Dwarf: Series I to IV
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series Re-live your favourite moments from one of the greatest TV comedies of all time, now available to listen to as an audio download. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules)...
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Just the episodes
- By Gretta on 25-11-2025
By: Rob Grant, and others
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Red Dwarf: Series V to VIII
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series The crew of the deep space mining ship, Red Dwarf, return! A legion of hilarious new villains and heroes are here to hinder, help and generally create havoc for the beleaguered crew trying to get home. Re-live their iconic moments with...
By: Rob Grant, and others
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Creditors
- By: August Strindberg, Jen Silverman
- Narrated by: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, Justice Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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At a secluded seaside hotel, Adi (Smith), a struggling painter, finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav (Schreiber), a magnetic stranger. Their connection is instant and consuming, but what begins as a chance encounter twists into something far darker when Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla (Siff). Talk into the night devolves into an intricate web of deception, seduction, and revelation, where the lives of all involved may be destroyed or transformed.
By: August Strindberg, and others
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Heart Lamp
- By: Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi - translator
- Narrated by: Sukruta Govindan
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Written originally in Kannada, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a...
By: Banu Mushtaq, and others
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Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
- Theatre Makers
- By: Leo Butler
- Narrated by: Leo Butler
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights. With honesty and humour, Leo Butler shares his experiences from his working-class upbringing in Sheffield, including his disastrous state education, his years on the dole, to his breakthrough into the professional theatre industry.
By: Leo Butler
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Friedrich Schiller: Wallensteins Lager
- Teil 1 der Dramentrilogie "Wallenstein"
- By: Friedrich Schiller
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Wallensteins Soldaten aus vielen Ländern erzählen von ihrer Hingabe zu ihrem Heerführer, der außerordentlich erfolgreich ist und seine Soldaten gewähren lässt. Doch es droht Ungemach: Wallenstein soll auf des Kaisers Geheiß einen Teil seiner Armee abtreten - an den Kaiser von Spanien. Unmut regt sich bei den Soldaten - und der Grundstein für Wallensteins Sturz wird gelegt.
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Red Dwarf: Series I to IV
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series Re-live your favourite moments from one of the greatest TV comedies of all time, now available to listen to as an audio download. Join Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Cat (Danny John Jules)...
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Just the episodes
- By Gretta on 25-11-2025
By: Rob Grant, and others
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Red Dwarf: Series V to VIII
- The BBC TV Soundtracks
- By: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
- Narrated by: Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
The TV soundtracks of the iconic cult sci-fi comedy series The crew of the deep space mining ship, Red Dwarf, return! A legion of hilarious new villains and heroes are here to hinder, help and generally create havoc for the beleaguered crew trying to get home. Re-live their iconic moments with...
By: Rob Grant, and others
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Creditors
- By: August Strindberg, Jen Silverman
- Narrated by: Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, Justice Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
At a secluded seaside hotel, Adi (Smith), a struggling painter, finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav (Schreiber), a magnetic stranger. Their connection is instant and consuming, but what begins as a chance encounter twists into something far darker when Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla (Siff). Talk into the night devolves into an intricate web of deception, seduction, and revelation, where the lives of all involved may be destroyed or transformed.
By: August Strindberg, and others
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Heart Lamp
- By: Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi - translator
- Narrated by: Sukruta Govindan
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Written originally in Kannada, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a...
By: Banu Mushtaq, and others
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Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
- Theatre Makers
- By: Leo Butler
- Narrated by: Leo Butler
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights. With honesty and humour, Leo Butler shares his experiences from his working-class upbringing in Sheffield, including his disastrous state education, his years on the dole, to his breakthrough into the professional theatre industry.
By: Leo Butler
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Friedrich Schiller: Wallensteins Lager
- Teil 1 der Dramentrilogie "Wallenstein"
- By: Friedrich Schiller
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0
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Wallensteins Soldaten aus vielen Ländern erzählen von ihrer Hingabe zu ihrem Heerführer, der außerordentlich erfolgreich ist und seine Soldaten gewähren lässt. Doch es droht Ungemach: Wallenstein soll auf des Kaisers Geheiß einen Teil seiner Armee abtreten - an den Kaiser von Spanien. Unmut regt sich bei den Soldaten - und der Grundstein für Wallensteins Sturz wird gelegt.