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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- The Complete BBC Radio Series
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: full cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
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The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe. Based on the hugely popular novels and brought to life with music and full casts, these evocative productions return us to Botswana, where Precious has more mysteries to solve.
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- The Complete BBC Radio Series
- Narrated by: full cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, Claire Benedict, Joseph Marcell, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 05-01-2023
- Language: English
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Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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'It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn,' Bertie continued. 'When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven't got any, you should share it, if you can.' When despair for the world grows, Bertie's theory of ice cream reminds us that it's the simple pleasures in life that we should hold onto.
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The new offering that does not disappoint
- By Anna Haning on 09-08-2025
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Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-08-2025
- Language: English
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In the Time of Five Pumpkins
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 26
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Life is never dull for Botswana's premier lady detective, Precious Ramotswe. As a particularly delicate situation is brought to her attention, she must, with the help of her loyal associate Grace Matsuki, set out to investigate the peculiar circumstances surrounding the case. Over the course of their inquiries, unexpected information continues coming to light, leaving the pair puzzled. Eventually, Mma Ramotswe will realise that the truth, as ever, is more complicated than it first seems.
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In the Time of Five Pumpkins
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 26
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-09-2025
- Language: English
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case, a man who has been attacked by ostrich rustlers and is eager to reassess his life? Meanwhile, there are difficulties at the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where one of the apprentices has discovered the Lord; problems at home with the mysterious death of a hoopoe; and romantic complications when Mma Makutsi sets up a typing school for men.
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Gentle humour beautiful values
- By RobboGlobe on 05-09-2024
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 31-01-2007
- Language: English
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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, and what if he was to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility, and yet… When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday, he is delighted and intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that reveals the existence of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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As Good as Ever
- By Sweetpea Power on 08-03-2022
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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 13
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 29-03-2012
- Language: English
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Love in the Time of Bertie
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place gardens, it seems that Olive has their future together all planned out. Meanwhile, upstairs at 44 Scotland Street, Bertie’s father, Stuart, is powerless to stop over-bearing Irene and her motion for Bertie to travel to Aberdeen on a three-month secondment. And, further up in the New Town, while Bruce Anderson plots with old-school chums, love blossoms in Big Lou’s Cafe.
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The equivalent to easy-listening music, in a story
- By Ms J. on 30-05-2022
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Love in the Time of Bertie
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-12-2021
- Language: English
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon, all at 44 Scotland Street is not cake and sunshine. Newlywed Angus Lordie has been booked by his bride into what he must not call the loony bin; Bruce's first encounter with hot wax brings more anguish than he bargained for; and Bertie's birthday dreams of scout camp and a penknife look set to be replaced by a game of Royal Weddings and a gender-neutral doll.
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 9
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-06-2014
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 16
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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The latest instalment of the beloved and best-selling series - as endearing and delectable as ever! Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, so at Mma Makutsi’s suggestion, Mma Ramotswe is persuaded to take her first-ever holiday. But just as she’s about to depart, a new client arrives: a young woman whose father was considered a hero in Botswana but whose reputation is now being called into question.
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Brilliant
- By BriguetteF on 10-10-2021
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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 16
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 16
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 27-10-2015
- Language: English
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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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As the countdown to Mma Makutsi’s wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side of the weak against the strong, has reason to reflect on Rule No.3 of The Principles of Private Detection: never lie to the client. Apprentice mechanic Charlie seems to be avoiding certain important responsibilities.
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CONGRATULATIONS GRACE AND PHOOTEE!
- By Farzana on 11-09-2020
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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 12
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-03-2011
- Language: English
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- Detective Varg, Book 1
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo introduced us to Scandi noir. Now, welcome to Alexander McCall Smith's world of Scandi blanc... Ulf Varg works in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. Like all Scandinavian detectives he has his issues. In his case these include his unresolved feelings for his colleague, Anna; his impatience over the seeming incompetence of his irritating colleague Blomquist; and his concerns for the health of his hearing-impaired dog, Marten, the only dog in Sweden (and possibly all Scandinavia) who is able to lip-read (in Swedish).
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- By Denise Mewett on 02-11-2019
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
- Detective Varg, Book 1
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Series: Detective Varg, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 14-03-2019
- Language: English
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Espresso Tales
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Hilary Neville
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own tales of the city, the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them. Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor, set up by matchmaking Domenica Macdonald, finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in Moray Place in the pursuit of true love.
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Delightful listen.
- By Helen Langford on 25-03-2023
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Espresso Tales
- Narrated by: Hilary Neville
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-10-2011
- Language: English
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Tears of the Giraffe
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Following on from the brilliant The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe charts the further adventures of Mma Ramotswe, Botswana's only female private detective. It's going to take all her intuition and eminent sensibility for Mma Ramotswe to crack her hardest case yet: the decade-old disappearance of an American on the edge of the Kalahari.
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Very engaging. Delightful. Stellar performance.
- By Tom Killingbeck on 30-08-2017
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Tears of the Giraffe
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 31-01-2007
- Language: English
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Bertie Plays The Blues
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 7
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return.
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Bertie Plays The Blues
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 7
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 7
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-10-2011
- Language: English
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The Winds from Further West
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: James Rottger
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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Not long after starting a new job, Neil meets Chrissie. Romance soon blossoms and together they move to a lavish flat in Edinburgh. Everything seems to be falling into place perfectly. But an innocuous, throwaway comment unintentionally causes Neil's career to collapse, and, at the same time, a cruel betrayal shatters the life he thought he knew. His only option is to escape to the secluded, remote beauty of a breathtaking Hebridean island. Here, he finds a different way of life, and new friendships develop. But he can't escape the past forever...
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The Winds from Further West
- Narrated by: James Rottger
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-11-2024
- Language: English
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The Colours of all the Cattle
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 19
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 8 hrs
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When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho, who is in the pocket of the hotel developers.
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Excellent audio visit to Botswana
- By Katherine on 19-05-2024
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The Colours of all the Cattle
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 19
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 19, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 19
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 15-10-2018
- Language: English
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Corduroy Mansions
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteelly crumbling mansion block in London's vibrant Pimlico. This is the home patch of - among others - a lovelorn literary agent, possibly the first ever nasty Liberal Democrat MP and Freddie de la Hay, an urbane terrier trained to be vegetarian and respectful of feline rights.
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Corduroy Mansions
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Series: Cordouroy Mansions, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-07-2009
- Language: English
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44 Scotland Street: The Complete Series 1-5
- Full-Cast BBC Radio Adaptations of the Much-Loved Novels
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan, Carol Ann Crawford, Belle Jones, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling series. Inspired by Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.
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44 Scotland Street: The Complete Series 1-5
- Full-Cast BBC Radio Adaptations of the Much-Loved Novels
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan, Carol Ann Crawford, Belle Jones, Anita Vettesse, James Mackenzie, Samuel Keefe, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 02-03-2023
- Language: English
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- Book 14 in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and their eternal cycle, upheaval is taking place at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband but, following her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Makutsi has joyful news.With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire and Mma Makutsi busy with motherhood, cobras and a senior aunt, Mma Ramotswe must grapple alone with tea-making, detective work and a new uncertainty.
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The fantastic reading by Adjoa Andoh
- By Anonymous on 09-03-2024
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- Book 14 in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 14
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 03-10-2013
- Language: English
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The Enigma of Garlic
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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It's the most anticipated event of the decade – Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding and everyone is invited! After a wonderful day, Big Lou crashes back down to earth and finds that she is a victim of her own success. The lure of those famous bacon rolls is preventing her from leaving hungry customers without their daily dose of deliciousness – even to go for a long-awaited honeymoon. Will Big Lou find the happiness she so richly deserves? Everyone in Scotland Street hopes so, but, as Burns warned, the best laid plans.
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I just love the Scotland Street series
- By DEE BEE on 25-08-2025
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The Enigma of Garlic
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 15-12-2022
- Language: English
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Portuguese Irregular Verbs
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Hugh Laurie
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur Clouseau's hapless gaucherie.
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Laughed aloud!
- By Platykat on 20-10-2017
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Portuguese Irregular Verbs
- Narrated by: Hugh Laurie
- Series: Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-02-2007
- Language: English
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