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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Charles Paris: Situation Tragedy
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Jeremy Front, Simon Brett
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor and amateur detective Charles Paris.
By: Jeremy Front, and others
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining Whodunnit
- By Carol Anne Harvey on 15-11-2022
By: CJ Sansom
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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: full cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jolly good.
- By Anonymous User on 27-10-2022
By: Colin Dexter
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The Inspector Chen Mysteries
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Series
- By: Qiu Xiaolong
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book
- By schuzijui on 03-08-2019
By: Qiu Xiaolong
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Wings Above the Diamantina
- The 1941 Radio Serial
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Morris West Theatre full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
The original 1941 radio dramatization of Inspector Bonaparte Mystery—featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective. The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dreadful performance
- By Anonymous User on 12-12-2023
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Charles Paris: Situation Tragedy
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Jeremy Front, Simon Brett
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor and amateur detective Charles Paris.
By: Jeremy Front, and others
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining Whodunnit
- By Carol Anne Harvey on 15-11-2022
By: CJ Sansom
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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: full cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jolly good.
- By Anonymous User on 27-10-2022
By: Colin Dexter
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The Inspector Chen Mysteries
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Series
- By: Qiu Xiaolong
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book
- By schuzijui on 03-08-2019
By: Qiu Xiaolong
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Wings Above the Diamantina
- The 1941 Radio Serial
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Morris West Theatre full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
The original 1941 radio dramatization of Inspector Bonaparte Mystery—featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective. The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dreadful performance
- By Anonymous User on 12-12-2023
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well done
- By Jillian Hancock on 21-11-2018
By: P. D. James
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Inspector Purbright
- Five BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles
- By: Colin Watson
- Narrated by: Peter Jeffrey, John Rowe, John Pullen, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles, set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70s....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great old style crime series
- By Anonymous User on 06-11-2021
By: Colin Watson
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Falco: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Five Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Lindsey Davis
- Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Anton Lesser, Ben Crowe, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Production ……. But………..
- By Mrs E.M.Allen on 28-04-2025
By: Lindsey Davis
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Ann Cleeves: Raven Black, White Nights & Other Shetland Mysteries
- A BBC Radio Crime Collection
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Grant O'Rourke, Steven Robertson, Marnie Baxter, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- 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
Ann Cleeves is well known for her 'Vera', 'Shetland', and 'Two Rivers' crime series. This collection includes full-cast dramatisations of the first two 'Shetland' novels featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, as well as three short stories and a discussion with the bestselling author....
By: Ann Cleeves
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And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book Version!
- By Sophie Lakeman on 23-06-2020
By: Agatha Christie
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Patrick Hamilton: Rope, Gaslight, Hangover Square and More
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- By: Patrick Hamilton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, Amanda Redman, David Thorpe, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall1 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
Patrick Hamilton is renowned for his gritty, slice-of-life tales chronicling the hopes, dreams and obsessions of London's working class in the inter-war years. This collection brings together his key pieces, together with some lesser-known classics and a bonus 2004 documentary....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointment
- By Ron on 04-10-2023
By: Patrick Hamilton
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Murder at the Vicarage (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t realise it was a play
- By Aaisha Ferkh on 20-04-2025
By: Agatha Christie
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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume Three
- The Sixties (1960-1968)
- By: Francis Durbridge
- Narrated by: full cast, Marjorie Westbury, Peter Coke
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Paul Temple swings into the '60s with five complete radio dramas featuring the writer-cum-amateur detective and his wife, Steve, plus bonus archive material....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Paul Temple Review
- By Anonymous User on 07-01-2019
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The Ngaio Marsh BBC Radio Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde, Stephen Thorne, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3 out of 5 stars 4
A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Includes 'A Man Lay Dead', 'A Surfeit of Lampreys', 'Opening Night' and 'When in Rome'....
By: Ngaio Marsh
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Flash Point (Dramatized Adaptation)
- Jason Trapp Thrillers, Book 3
- By: Jack Slater
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford, Christopher Walker, Wyn Delano, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system takes down a passenger jetliner in the skies over Belarus, showering the fields below in burning scrap. As the world begins to mourn the horrific accident, one man–new CIA director, George Lawrence–knows it is anything but.
By: Jack Slater
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Aldrich Kemp: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Thrillers
- By: Julian Simpson
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker, Ben Crowe, Tim McInnerny, and others
- Length: 7 hrs
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A super spy, a mysterious death and a world of yachts, private planes and underground bases - but only one question – who really is Aldrich Kemp?
By: Julian Simpson
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Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (Dramatised)
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens, Trevor White, Saskia Reeves, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe....
By: Raymond Chandler
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Auris 5
- Tödlicher Schall
- By: Vincent Kliesch, Sebastian Fitzek
- Narrated by: Oliver Masucci, Luisa Wietzorek, Simon Jäger, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Der nächste Teil der Audible Original Bestseller Serie nach einer Idee von Sebastian Fitzek! Im 5. Thriller der AURIS-Reihe macht ein psychopathischer...
By: Vincent Kliesch, and others
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Five Little Pigs
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast, John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Carla Lemarchant was a child of five when her mother was accused and convicted of poisoning her father, the famous painter Amyas Crale....
By: Agatha Christie
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Taken at the Flood (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Five of his relatives are desperate to get their hands on Cloade's money....
By: Agatha Christie
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Peter Lovesey: A BBC Radio Crime Collection
- Three Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Mark Straker, Briony Glassco, Robert Lang, and others
- Length: 6 hrs
- Original Recording
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Peter Lovesey is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath.
By: Peter Lovesey
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The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in White & The Moonstone
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd, John Sharp, full cast, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story and pioneer of detective fiction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Woman in white
- By elizabeth b. on 21-12-2021
By: Wilkie Collins
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Nemesis (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels....
By: Agatha Christie
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Fatherland (Dramatized)
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
The year is 1964, and it's a week before Hitler's 75th birthday....
By: Robert Harris
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Sherlock Holmes: The Carleton Hobbs Collection
- 55 Full-Cast BBC Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley, full cast
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary....
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R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and Other Thrillers
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: R D Wingfield
- Narrated by: Derek Martin, June Brown, Leslie Sands, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 2
Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield....
By: R D Wingfield
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The Ruth Rendell BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Oona Beeson, Jamie Glover, Peter Wingfield, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Full-cast dramatisations of seven of Ruth Rendell's tense psychological thrillers: The Bridesmaid, Going Wrong, King Solomon’s Carpet, People Don’t Do Such Things, The Fever Tree, The Dreadful Day of Judgment and Thornapple....
By: Ruth Rendell
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Sergeant Cribb
- Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Timothy Bateson, Frank Windsor, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 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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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Tough, shrewd and determined, Sergeant Cribb is a stalwart of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department....
By: Peter Lovesey
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The Moving Finger (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple....
By: Agatha Christie