The First Nine Volumes

Doctor Who at the BBC: The Collection

A galaxy of fascinating features from the BBC radio & TV archive, from the 1960s to the 2010s. 
 
The first nine volumes of 'Doctor Who at the BBC' form this unique collection of behind-the-scenes interviews, set reports, lively discussions, comedy skits and drama, drawn from the likes of Blue Peter, Woman's Hour, Today, Nationwide, Newsbeat, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Dead Ringers, Week Ending, Graham Norton, Wogan's World and Pebble Mill at One. 
 
Among the rare and memorable gems are interviews with Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann, alongside Billie Piper, Catherine Tate, Freema Agyeman, Lalla Ward, Mary Tamm, Janet Fielding, Terry Nation, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Steven Moffat and many more. 
 
Presented by Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Head, Louise Jameson, Russell Tovey and Nicholas Courtney, the collection also includes three full-cast radio plays - Regenerations, Blue Sands and Golden Veils, and Dalek I Love You - plus the Radio 2 documentaries Project Who? and Who Is The Doctor? 
 
Volumes 1-3 written and produced by Michael Stevens 
Volume 5 written and produced by Malcolm Prince 
Volumes 6 & 7 written by Andrew Pixley and produced by Michael Stevens 
Volume 8 written and produced by David Darlington & Michael Stevens 
Technical presentation by Mark Ayres, Matt Budd, Steven Jones & David Darlington 
 
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

From the Worlds of Doctor Who

Doctor Who: The K9 Audio Annual

Seven colourful stories featuring K9 in the company of Sarah Jane, Brendan, Aunt Lavinia, the Doctor and Romana. 
 
Everyone's favourite mutt-shaped automaton discovers that both outer space and 1980s Earth can be fraught with danger in these colourful tales from the pages of K9 Annual and Doctor Who Annual. 
 
Following their exploits in K9 & Company, Sarah Jane and K9 embark on a watery mission in The Monster of Loch Crag. In Powerstone there's something extraordinary in the cellar of Aunt Lavinia's house, and then K9 is the centre of attention at a Midsummer Night's ceremony in Hound of Hell. Later, Sarah finds that the thrills of a blockbuster movie set are all too real in The Shroud of Azaroth. 
 
K9's travels in the TARDIS are also covered in this collection: when the Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive at an intergalactic conference they must avert The Voton Terror. Later they're ensnared by the Light Fantastic on Planet UX80, and when the Doctor visits an old friend they encounter some very Reluctant Warriors. 
 
John Leeson, Bonnie Langford, Dan Starkey and Geoffrey Beevers read these nostalgic and much-loved adventures. "Affirmative!" 
 
(P) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
 
Readings produced by Neil Gardner 
Sound design by David Darlington 
Executive producer: Michael Stevens

Doctor Who Audio Annual

Doctor Who: The Planet of Dust & Other Stories

A thrilling selection of weird and wonderful short stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual. 
 
Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, Louise Jameson, Dan Starkey and Geoffrey Beevers read seven stories from the legendary Doctor Who Annual of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. 
 
In Justice of the Glacians the First Doctor gets into difficulties in a snowy wilderness. The Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria fall into the clutches of the Mastermind of Space, whilst the Third Doctor and Sarah go in search of The Time Thief. The Fourth Doctor is taken prisoner with Leela on The Planet of Dust, then joins Romana and K9 for A Midsummer's Nightmare. The Fifth Doctor and Tegan encounter the Master at The Creation of Camelot, and the Sixth Doctor and Peri observe an intriguing Interface in time. 
 
 
Set the co-ordinates for nostalgia with these vintage tales, all featuring atmospheric sound design.

A thrilling selection of weird and wonderful short stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual. 
 
 Jon Culshaw, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, Louise Jameson, Dan Starkey and Geoffrey Beevers read seven stories from the legendary Doctor Who Annual of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. 
 
 In Justice of the Glacians the First Doctor gets into difficulties in a snowy wilderness. The Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria fall into the clutches of the Mastermind of Space, whilst the Third Doctor and Sarah go in search of The Time Thief. The Fourth Doctor is taken prisoner with Leela on The Planet of Dust, then joins Romana and K9 for A Midsummer's Nightmare. The Fifth Doctor and Tegan encounter the Master at The Creation of Camelot, and the Sixth Doctor and Peri observe an intriguing Interface in time. 
 
 
Set the co-ordinates for nostalgia with these vintage tales, all featuring atmospheric sound design.

Doctor Who: The Sinister Sponge & Other Stories

A selection of weird and wonderful short stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual.

A selection of weird and wonderful stories from the pages of Doctor Who Annual, featuring the first six Doctors and their companions. 
 
Jon Culshaw, Frazer Hines, Dan Starkey, Louise Jameson and Nicola Bryant read a selection of exuberant and colourful tales from the legendary Doctor Who Annual, a Christmas stocking treat from the 1960s to the 1980s. 
 
In Terror on Tiro the First Doctor endures a punishing journey across an alien landscape in order to find his friend. Follow the Phantoms takes the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria to a land where the boundaries of time are blurred. 
 
The Third Doctor and Jo find themselves catapulted into The House That Jack Built, and then Sarah falls under the influence of The Sinister Sponge. 
 
The Fourth Doctor and Leela encounter The Crocodiles from the Mist, and the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough join forces with the Brigadier to tackle a threat posed by The Nemertines. 
 
In Beauty and the Beast the Sixth Doctor and Peri enjoy the delights of an idyllic world - until they discover an uncomfortable truth beneath the surface. 
 
Take a nostalgic journey through time with these vintage Doctor Who adventures!

30 favourite songs and nursery rhymes

This Little Piggy

A delightful selection of favourite nursery songs and rhymes, ideal for pre-school children

A collection of classic nursery rhymes and songs brought to you by the BBC. 
 
Join in with over 40 minutes of fun with familiar favourite rhymes including This Little Piggy, Incy Wincy Spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Pre-schoolers will love to sing, dance and learn with this traditional compilation of 30 cheerful songs. Head down to the farm with Old McDonald, count with One Potato Two Potato and discover the delightful joys of Hey Diddle Diddle with a CD that will soon become an essential soundtrack to those precious early years. 
 
The tracks in this collection are: 
 
This Little Piggy 
Old McDonald Had A Farm 
Sing a Song of Sixpence 
Baa Baa Black Sheep 
Incy Wincy Spider 
Three Blind Mice 
Five Little Speckled Frogs 
Bought Me a Cat 
Hickety Pickety My Black Hen 
The Farmer's in His Den 
A Farmer Went Trotting 
Cock A Doodle Doo 
Hickory Dickory Dock 
The House that Jack Built 
One Man Went to Mow 
I Went to Visit the Farm One Day 
12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive 
Five Little Ducks 
Two Little Dickie-Birds 
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat 
Old Mother Hubbard 
One Potato Two Potato 
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow 
To Market To Market 
Tom Tom the Piper's Son 
Goosey Goosey Gander 
Little Bo Peep 
Three Little Kittens 
Hey Diddle Diddle 
The North Wind Doth Blow

Doctor Who at the BBC

Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 9: Happy Anniversary

Two joyous archive celebrations of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary presented by Russell Tovey and Graham Norton.

Tom Baker (Reader) Tom Baker is an actor best known for his role as the Fourth Doctor in the BBC hit series Doctor Who from 1974-1981. After leaving the show, Tom continued to act and provide voiceover work for many popular British TV programmes including Black Adder, Agatha Christie’s Marple, Little Britain, and many more. He is the author of an autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? and the darkly comic novel, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs.

Two joyous archive celebrations of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary presented by Russell Tovey and Graham Norton. 
November 2013 marked 50 years since Doctor Who first arrived on BBC television, and Radio 2 marked the occasion with two very special programmes. 
 
Who Is The Doctor? Russell Tovey takes an epic journey through five decades of Doctor Who history and charts the fortunes of the series, from its origins in the 1960s and growing popularity in the 1970s, through the onset of stormy waters in the 1980s, to its triumphant rebirth and second golden age in the 21st Century. Among those telling the story are Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Barry Letts, Philip Hinchcliffe, Jenna Coleman, Louise Jameson, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Christopher Eccleston, Sylvester McCoy, Nicholas Briggs, Mark Ayres, Ben Foster, Mark Gatiss, Waris Hussein and Terrance Dicks alongside numerous other Doctor Who creators and contributors. 
 
Graham Norton In a special edition of his Saturday morning Radio 2 show, broadcast live from the 50th Anniversary Celebration in London, Graham presides over lively and humorous conversation with guests including Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Jenna Coleman, Peter Davison, Carole Ann Ford, Louise Jameson, Katy Manning, Kate O’Mara, Sylvester McCoy, Steven Moffat, William Russell and Matt Smith. Maria McErlane celebrates ten very special Days of the Doctor, and Graham casts an eye over some of the costumes that have featured in the series. Join Russell, Graham and a galaxy of stars for the festivities as they mark half a century of Doctor Who. 
 
Programmes produced by Malcolm Prince for BBC Radio 2. 
Please note that some edits have been made for this commercial release.

13 chilling BBC Radio 4 dramas

Fear on 4

An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas and dramatisations from the long-running Radio 4 horror series

An unsettling collection of full-cast dramas from the long-running BBC Radio 4 horror series. 
 
Throughout five series of Fear on 4 from 1988-1997, Edward de Souza was The Man in Black, a sinister raconteur who introduced a weekly half-hour of terror and suspense. Here, he welcomes us to his house of horrors as he presents thirteen terrifying tales that will make your flesh crawl. 
 
The Snowman Killing by J C W Brook 
Green and Pleasant by Bert Coules 
Survival by John Wyndham 
Soul Searching by Martyn Wade 
The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey 
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
By the River, Fontainebleau by Stephen Gallagher 
The Face by E F Benson 
The Monkey’s Revenge by Guy Jenkin 
Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone 
The Journey Home by Bert Coules 
Dead Man’s Boots by William Ingram 
The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker 
 
With eerie sound effects that enhance the atmosphere of dread, these bloodcurdling adaptations run the gamut from the mysterious to the macabre. With superb casts including Imelda Staunton, Bernard Cribbins, Anna Massey, Thora Hird and Sean Barrett.

First Doctor story

Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space

Peter Purves reads two vintage stories, first published in the 1960s, featuring the First Doctor.

A lovely package of audio treats…BBC Audio’s usual slick package of punctuated sound effects and musical cues.

Doctor Who Magazine review of The Doctor Who Audio Annual

World Distributors' Doctor Who Annual was published from 1965 to 1986, and featured text stories and comic strips based on the TV series. Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space was a spin-off release from the series.

Peter Purves reads two vintage stories, first published in the 1960s, featuring the First Doctor. 
 
"Purves does a great job not just creating this off-kilter version of Hartnell’s Doctor but also those around him in this story." scifibulletin.com 
 
First published as an illustrated book in the 1960s and now a collector’s item, Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space sees the Doctor land in the futuristic world of The One. Along with the Mortimer family, whom he rescued from the Great Fire of London, he finds himself recruited to lead a galactic invasion from Andromeda — with the TARDIS instrumental in the plan! 
 
In Ten Fathom Pirates, a story from The Doctor Who Annual 1967, the Doctor encounters underwater raiders on a distant planet. Forced to accompany them on a mission to find parts for the TARDIS, he must use all his wits and ingenuity if he is ever to escape their company. 
 
Peter Purves, who played the First Doctor’s companion Steven Taylor in the BBC TV series, reads two stories brimming with the charm and naivety of a bygone age. 
 
World Distributors' Doctor Who Annuals were originally published from 1965 to 1986, a highlight of the year for fans of the programme, featuring text stories and comic strips based on the TV series. 
 
Stories taken from Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space and The Doctor Who Annual 1967, first published in 1966 by World Distributors Ltd. Text © BBC 1966 
 
Readings produced by Neil Gardner 
Sound design by David Darlington 
TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
(P) &amp; © 2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd t/as BBC Studios 
 
Text © BBC 1966 
Cover images © BBC Studios 2018 
 
Cover design by Minty Design

Based on the BBC TV series

Robin Hood: The Complete Series 1

An adaptation of the BBC TV  series, narrated by Richard Armitage

Robin of Locksley returns from the Crusades to find his people starving and oppressed by the new Sheriff of Nottingham. Under this tyrannical regime, the slightest crime attracts the heaviest punishment, and dissent is impossible. Robin soon discovers that the only way to reason with the Sheriff is with bow and arrow, even if it means sacrificing his lands and becoming an outlaw. 
 
This exciting adventure is read by Richard Armitage, who plays Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood. It also features Robin and his loyal band of brothers, as seen in the hit BBC TV series. 
 
Crammed with action, humour, wit, and romance, this fantastic adaptation of the classic tale brings the legendary outlaw hero to life for a whole new generation.

The Award Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 16

Four more extended episodes from the multi-award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith.

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1972. The original and much-loved chairman was Hymphrey Lyttelton, who continued in the role until his death in 2008.The original regular members of the panel were Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and (until his death in 1996) Willie Rushton. Following Humph's death, the programme returned in 2009 with a rosta of chairmen, current of whom is the now regular Jack Dee.

Four more extended episodes from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith 
 
'ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name' Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday 
 
‘The funniest comedy quiz show of them all’ Sue Arnold, The Observer 
 
The antidote to panel games returns with this sixteenth glorious collection, in which Jack Dee gives regular panelists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden silly things to do. Joining them in this compilation are special guests Rob Brydon, Victoria Wood, Susan Calman and David Mitchell. 
 
Highlights include Uxbridge English Dictionary, One Song to the Tune of Another, French Monopoly, Swanee Kazoo, Sound Charades, Pensioner’s Film Club, Complete Cats, 84 Chicken Cross Road, Hirsute Film Club, Unromantic Endings, Just a Minim, the delightful Add a Word, Ruin a Film and, of course, Mornington Crescent. 
 
Get ready to chuckle along with the gang as they deploy the finest wit and wordplay, accompanied by Colin Sell on the piano and the lovely Samantha keeping score.

A BBC spoken introduction to the classics

50 Favourite Nursery Rhymes

A classic BBC compilation of 50 favourite nursery rhymes, with light-hearted commentary from two BBC presenters

A classic BBC compilation of nursery rhymes, with light-hearted commentary from two BBC presenters. 
 
In this popular collection, actors Andrew Branch and Anne Rosenfeld perform over fifty fantastic nursery rhymes, from familiar favourites to lesser-known gems, speaking the rhymes aloud and chatting about their meanings. As they listen, children are encouraged to think about and appreciate the words, increasing their communication skills as they join in and play. 
 
Among the favourites included are: Humpty Dumpty; Sing a Song of Sixpence; Hickory Dickory Dock; Hey Diddle Diddle; Little Jack Horner; Polly Put the Kettle On; Mary Mary Quite Contrary; Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Little Miss Muffet; Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat; Goosey Goosey Gander; The Queen of Hearts; Boys and Girls Come Out to Play; Oranges and Lemons; Wee Willie Winkie; The House That Jack Built and Little Bo Peep. 
 
This unique collection brings to life traditional nursery rhymes with music and sound effects to thrill a new generation,and is ideal for preschool children who can listen and follow along.

Maureen O'Brien

Anneke Wills

Tim Treloar

Mina Anwar

Geoffrey Beevers

Dan Starkey

Outlandish stories from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. 
 
The Fishmen of Kandalinga takes the First Doctor to a planet of water, and a re-match with the alien Voord first encountered on Marinus. Planet of Bones see the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly enjoying hospitality on the planet Harmony - until a dreadful secret is uncovered. 
 
In The Phaser Aliens, the Third Doctor and Jo visit Australia to help with invisible UFOs, whilst the Fourth Doctor and Sarah are accused of being spies in Life Anew. The Fifth Doctor finds himself in an alien court of law in The Volcanis Deal, and then the Sixth Doctor and Peri are sent on a mission from Gallifrey by the Council of Time Lords in The Time Savers. 
 
Maureen O'Brien, Anneke Wills, Tim Treloar, Mina Anwar, Geoffrey Beevers and Dan Starkey read these fabulous tales first published in book form between 1965 and 1984. 
 
© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
Readings produced by Neil Gardner (Planet of Bones produced by Chatterbox Audio). Sound design by David Darlington. Executive producer for BBC Audiobooks: Michael Stevens

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