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The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and presenter Aled Jones. In 1200 years, classical music grew from the chanting of medieval monks through the symphonies of Beethoven and the grand operas of Wagner to the huge orchestral sound-world of the 21st century, with its electronics and its film music.

Here are the main stories from The Old Testament: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah’s Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Moses, The Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, Jonah and the Whale, Daniel and the Lion’s Den, and more.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Aled Jones combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák, and Shostakovich. Their colourful lives and their love of music is told against the backdrop of some of their finest works - an ideal combination.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

A collection of dramas set in South and Central America by acclaimed dramatist Mike Walker. An award-winning dramatist, author and feature writer, Mike Walker has written numerous original dramas for BBC Radio 4, including his epic chronicles Tsar, Caesar!, The Stuarts and Castle of the Hawk. Collected here are five of his gripping dramas from the 1980s and '90s, set around the Amazon rainforest and Nicaragua.

Spring Term is here, and if Bobby Dean thought his adventures were over, he couldn't be more wrong! He's going to have to deal with a giant Easter Bunny, an evil wizard and a trip to the zoo—and what is the story behind the strange golden egg? But massive news then comes in and Bobby Dean needs to rescue the school, and his home, from demolition! With the help of his new pal, Noel the mouse, his fantastic gang of friends and the magic of his voice, Bobby is in for another roller-coaster ride of a school term!

Meet Bobby: an ordinary kid with an extraordinary voice! Sent off to school for the first time in his life, nine-year-old Bobby Dean is busy making new friends, learning lines for the Nativity Play, and trying to not laugh at the head teacher's terrible jokes. But then Bobby Dean discovers that when he sings, magical things can happen!

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Moses and Other Stories from the Old Testament collection.

This is a story from the Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the Famous Composers collection.