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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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John Sullivan

The complete soundtracks of the first two series of the iconic comedy show, plus Christmas specials 
 
Often voted Britain’s best-loved sitcom, Only Fools and Horses ran on BBC One from 1981 to 2003, spanning seven series and 16 Christmas specials. Created and written by John Sullivan, the show won a string of awards, including BAFTAs, and the 1996 episode ‘Time on Our Hands’ attracted more than 24 million viewers, the highest ever for a British comedy. It remains one of the most celebrated and enduring programmes in UK television history. 
 
Now you can revisit how it all began, as we’re introduced to the Trotter trio – market trader and entrepreneur Del Boy (David Jason), his ‘little bruv’ Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), who reluctantly gets roped in to Del’s dodgy dealings, and Grandad (Lennard Pearce), who minds their Peckham flat from the comfort of his armchair. 
 
When Rodney becomes a partner in Trotters Independent Traders, things don’t go quite as he’d hoped. Despite Del’s assurances that ‘this time next year, we’ll be millionaires’, his money-making wheezes always seem to backfire – from a bit of bother with some briefcases to an open-top bus tour that doesn’t attract any punters and a chandelier-cleaning scheme that ends in disaster… Plus, in ‘Christmas Crackers’, the Trotters contemplate yet another Christmas of TV repeats, closed pubs and Grandad's cooking; and in ‘Diamonds are for Heather’, Del meets a new woman – can romance cure his yuletide blues? 
 
Production credits 
Created and written by John Sullivan 
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan 
Produced by Ray Butt 
Directed by Martin Shardlow and Ray Butt 
‘Christmas Crackers’ produced and directed by Bernard Thompson 
 
Regular cast 
Del – David Jason 
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst 
Grandad – Lennard Pearce 
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack 
Boycie – John Challis 
Sid – Roy Heather 
 
Other cast includes: Peta Bernard, Nick Stringer, Barry Wilmore, Jo-Anne Good, Caroline Ellis, Renu Setna, Ahmed Khalil, Babar Bhatti, Jill Baker, Beryl Cooke, Gaynor Ward, Derek Newark, Desmond McNamara, Nora Connolly, Kate Saunders, John D. Collins, Terry Duggan, Michael G. Jones, Gaye Brown, Julie La Rousse, Steve Fletcher, Raj Patel, David Rhule, David Daker, Rex Wei, Jim McManus, Anne Bruzac, Jillianne Foot, Michael Attwell, Anthony Jackson, Elizabeth Benson, Donald Bisset, Geoffrey Toone, John Moreno, Rosalind Lloyd, Roger Brierley, Dev Sagoo 
 
Episode guide 
 
Series 1 (8 Sept - 13 Oct 1981) 
Big Brother 
Go West Young Man 
Cash and Curry 
The Second Time Around 
A Slow Bus to Chingford 
The Russians Are Coming 
 
Christmas Crackers (28 Dec 1981) 
 
Series 2 (21 Oct - 2 Dec 1982) 
The Long Legs of the Law 
Ashes To Ashes 
A Losing Streak 
No Greater Love 
The Yellow Peril 
It Never Rains... 
A Touch of Glass 
 
Diamonds are for Heather (30 Dec 1982) 
 
NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes. 
 
Only Fools And Horses logo™ & © BBC 1981 
 
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Only Fools and Horses: Series 1 & 2

15 Classic TV Soundtracks including Christmas specials

The complete soundtracks of the third and fourth series of the award-winning comedy show – plus Christmas specials 
 
First broadcast in 1981, Only Fools and Horses soon became a firm favourite with viewers, running for 22 years and 64 episodes and attracting record-breaking audiences. It received myriad awards, including several BAFTAs, and in 2022 it was named the nation’s best-loved TV programme of all time. 
 
In these pukka episodes, you can relive all the best moments from Series 3 and 4, as Rodney tries to go it alone, Del goes into the antiques business, a fishing trip to Cornwall takes a turn for the worse, and the Trotters embark on a decorating venture – only to find that they get the bird. And as the brothers try to cope with Grandad's death, a new era begins with the arrival of their long-lost, seafaring Uncle Albert… 
 
Also featured are two Christmas specials – ‘Thicker than Water’, in which a Christmas visitor throws the Trotter household into confusion, and ‘To Hull and Back’, which finds the family taking to the ocean on another money-making adventure. 
 
Created and written by John Sullivan, these classic comedy capers star David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, Lennard Pearce as Grandad and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert. 
 
Production credits 
Created and written by John Sullivan 
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan 
Produced by Ray Butt 
Directed by Ray Butt and Susan Belbin 
 
Regular cast 
Del – David Jason 
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst 
Grandad – Lennard Pearce 
Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield 
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack 
Boycie – John Challis 
Mickey Pearce – Patrick Murray 
Marlene – Sue Holderness 
Denzil – Paul Barber 
Mike – Kenneth MacDonald 
Roy Slater – Jim Broadbent 
Sid – Roy Heather 
 
Other cast includes: Ron Pember, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts, John Bryans, Sandra Payne, Miles Rinaldi, Glynn Sweet, Rex Robinson, Dev Sagoo, Mike Carnell, Ray Mort, Bill Ward, Christopher Malcolm, Michael Stainton, Lucita Lijertwood, Juliet Hammond, Robert Vahey, Garard Green, Christopher Mitchell, Michele Winstanley, Toni Palmer, David Jackson, Eva Mottley, Anthony Morton, Peter Woodthorpe, Diane Langton, Oona Kirsch, Nula Conwell, Lala Lloyd, Ben Davis, John Pennington, Maureen Sweeney, Mike Kemp, Colin Jeavons, Dennis Ramsden, Andrew Tourell, James Woolley, Michael Roberts, Les Rawlings, Geoffrey Leesley, Daniel Peacock, Marcus Francis, David Thewlis, Mike Read, Linda Barr, Debbi Blyth, John D. Collins, Brian Jameson, Carolyn Allen, Jane Thompson, Kim Clifford, Johnny Wade, Annie Leake, Tony Anholt, Mark Burdis, Jeff Stevenson, Alan Hulse, Rachel Bell, Joe Belcher, David Fleeshman, Philip Bond, Lorence Ferdinand 
 
Episode guide 
 
Series 3 (10 Nov - 22 Dec 1983) 
Homesick 
Healthy Competition 
Friday The 14th 
Yesterday Never Comes 
May The Force Be With You 
Wanted - Blossom) 
Who's A Pretty Boy? 
 
Thicker than Water (25 Dec 1983) 
 
Series 4 (21 Feb - 4 Apr 1985) 
Happy Returns 
Strained Relations 
Hole In One 
It's Only Rock and Roll 
Sleeping Dogs Lie 
Watching The Girls Go By 
As One Door Closes 
 
To Hull and Back (25 Dec 1985) 
 
NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes. 
 
Only Fools And Horses logo™ & © BBC 1981 
 
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Only Fools and Horses: Series 3 & 4

16 Classic TV Soundtracks including Christmas specials

The complete soundtracks of the fifth and sixth series of the much-loved comedy show – plus Christmas specials 
 
From 1981 to 2003, Only Fools and Horses followed the lives of lovable south London wheeler-dealer Del Boy and his hapless but loyal younger brother Rodney – winning the nation’s heart in the process, along with a multitude of awards. Now, almost 45 years since it was first broadcast, it remains as popular as ever and it regularly tops the list of UK’s greatest ever TV shows. 
 
This cushty collection features a wealth of memorable moments including Del and Raquel’s first meeting, and Rodney and Cassandra’s wedding. In addition, the Trotters become involved in a hold-up at their local supermarket, Del reinvents himself as a yuppy, the boys acquire an explosive box of inflatable sex dolls and Rodney wins a holiday to Mallorca – but there’s a catch… And there’s festive fun in ‘A Royal Flush’, ‘The Frog’s Legacy’, ‘Dates' and ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’, as Rodney romances an aristocrat’s daughter, Del hunts for buried treasure, the duo host a surprise birthday party for Uncle Albert, and Del encounters his lost love. 
 
Created and written by John Sullivan and starring David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert, these timeless episodes are the absolute crème de la menthe. 
 
Production credits 
Created and written by John Sullivan 
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan 
Produced by Ray Butt and Gareth Gwenlan 
Directed by Ray Butt, Mandie Fletcher and Tony Dow 
 
Regular Cast 
Del – David Jason 
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst 
Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield 
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack 
Boycie – John Challis 
Mickey Pearce – Patrick Murray 
Marlene – Sue Holderness 
Denzil – Paul Barber 
Mike – Kenneth MacDonald 
Raquel – Tessa Peake-Jones 
Cassandra – Gwyneth Strong 
Sid – Roy Heather 
Jevon – Steven Woodcock 
Alan Parry – Denis Lill 
Pamela Parry – Wanda Ventham 
 
Other cast includes: John Bardon, Paul Beringer, Andrée Bernard, Gina Bellman, Francesca Brill, Constance Chapman, Martin Cochrane, Mark Colleano, Nula Conwell, Nicholas Courtney, Gerry Cowper, Roger Davidson, Robin Driscoll, Sarah Duncan, Roy Evans, Michael Fenton Stevens, Steve Fortune, Max Harvey, Jack Headley, Daniel Hill, Erika Hoffman, Laura Jackson, Diana Katis, Lusha Kellgren, Rosalind Knight, Diane Langton, Tony Marshall, Roy Marsden, Philip McGough, Mick Oliver, Arnold Peters, Dawn Perlman, Christopher Ryan, Michael Shallard, Joan Sims, P.G. Stephens, Walter Sparrow, Ewan Stewart, Nick Stringer, Peter Tuddenham, Jean Warren, Josephine Welcome, Jake Wood 
 
Episode guide 
 
Series 5 (31 Aug - 5 Oct 1986) 
From Prussia With Love 
The Miracle of Peckham 
The Longest Night 
Tea For Three 
Video Nasty 
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 
 
A Royal Flush (25 Dec 1986) 
 
The Frog’s Legacy (25 Dec 1987) 
 
Dates (25 Dec 1988) 
 
Series 6 (8 Jan - 12 Feb 1989) 
Yuppy Love 
Chain Gang 
The Unlucky Winner Is... 
Sickness and Wealth 
Little Problems 
 
The Jolly Boys’ Outing (25 Dec 1989) 
 
NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes. 
 
Only Fools And Horses logo™ & © BBC 1981 
 
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Only Fools and Horses: Series 5 & 6

The complete soundtracks of the seventh series of the evergreen comedy show – plus Christmas specials 
 
Debuting in 1981, Only Fools and Horses ran for more than two decades, clocking up 64 episodes and 16 Christmas specials. It drew record-breaking audiences, winning multiple BAFTAs and, in 1996, more than 24 million viewers tuned in to ‘Time on Our Hands’ – the most-watched sitcom episode in British television history. Its enduring popularity later inspired two spin-off TV series and a sell-out West End musical. 
 
Collected here are 10 triffic episodes of the legendary comedy, including Christmas special ‘Rodney Come Home’, which sees Raquel moving in, and the double bill ‘Miami Twice’, where Del Boy is mistaken for a mafia Don. There are dark clouds on the horizon in Series 7, as Rodney’s marriage to Cassandra hits the rocks, but moments of hilarity too, as Raquel duets with ‘singing dustman’ Tony Angelino at the local cabaret club. And with the birth of baby Damien, the future looks bright for Del Boy and family… 
 
Created and written by John Sullivan, these sparkling soundtracks star David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert, Tessa Peake-Jones as Raquel and Gwyneth Strong as Cassandra. 
 
Production credits 
Created and written by John Sullivan 
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan 
Produced by Gareth Gwenlan 
Directed by Tony Dow and Gareth Gwenlan 
Executive Producer: John Sullivan 
 
Regular cast 
Del – David Jason 
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst 
Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield 
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack 
Boycie – John Challis 
Mickey Pearce – Patrick Murray 
Marlene – Sue Holderness 
Denzil – Paul Barber 
Mike – Kenneth MacDonald 
Raquel – Tessa Peake-Jones 
Cassandra – Gwyneth Strong 
Sid – Roy Heather 
Jevon – Steven Woodcock 
Alan Parry – Denis Lill 
Pamela Parry – Wanda Ventham 
Roy Slater – Jim Broadbent 
Baby Damien – Grant Stevens 
 
Other cast includes: Paula Ann Bland, Philip Blaine, Tony Marshall, Jean Harington, Linda James, Patrick Lunt, Ron Aldridge, Gordon Warnecke, Lucy Hanoca, Richard Whitmore, Elliott Russell, Ian Barritt, Helen Blizard, Paul Opacic, Ian Redford, Lyn Langridge, Trevor Byfield, Roger Blake, Philip Pope, Joan Geary, Howard Goorney, Herb Johnson, Tony London, Ken Drury, Constance Lamb, Treva Etienne, Danny Rix, Antoni Corone, Tom Kouchalakos, Raphael Gomez, Dave Corey, Jay Amor, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Roberto Escobar, Roger Pretto, Alfredo Álvarez Calderón 
 
Episode guide 
 
Rodney Come Home (25 Dec 1990) 
 
Series 7 (30 Dec 1990 – 3 Feb 1991) 
The Sky's The Limit 
The Chance of A Lunchtime 
Stage Fright 
The Class of '62 
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle 
Three Men, A Woman, And A Baby 
 
Miami Twice – Part One - The American Dream (24 Dec 1991) 
Miami Twice – Part Two - Oh To Be In England (25 Dec 1991) 
 
NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes 
 
Only Fools And Horses logo™ & © BBC 1981 
 
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Only Fools and Horses: Series 7

9 Classic TV Soundtracks including Christmas specials

The complete soundtracks of the last eight Christmas specials – plus The Only Fools and Horses Story documentary 
 
Running from 1981 to 2003, Only Fools and Horses grew into Britain’s most popular sitcom, with audiences of millions and a string of award wins. In 1996, more than 24 million viewers tuned in to ‘Time on Our Hands’, setting the record as the most-watched sitcom episode in UK television history. 
 
Now you can revisit that chart-topping episode, and seven more seasonal editions, in this sensational soundtrack collection. Featured here are all the specials from 1992-2003, starring David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert, Tessa Peake-Jones as Raquel and Gwyneth Strong as Cassandra. 
 
Take a trip back to Christmas past, as Del devises a money-spinning idea to market ‘Peckham Spring’ water; Raquel leaves Del as he returns to his old ways of drinking and gambling; caped crusaders Del and Rodney hit the town for a night out, and Cassandra suffers a miscarriage. 
 
After years of striving, the Trotters become millionaires at last – only to lose it all after investing in the Central American markets. Embarking on a booze cruise to France, they bring back more than they bargained for, in the form of illegal immigrant ‘Gary’. And in the last ever episode, with Cassandra about to give birth, the family is facing bankruptcy and eviction – but there’s a surprise in store in Uncle Albert’s will... 
 
Also included is a bonus documentary, The Only Fools and Horses Story, telling the behind-the-scenes story of the beloved show through interviews with writer John Sullivan, the cast and crew and some famous fans. Lovely jubbly! 
 
Production credits 
Created and written by John Sullivan 
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan 
Produced by Gareth Gwenlan 
Directed by Tony Dow 
Executive Producer: John Sullivan 
Associate Producer: Gail Evans 
 
Regular cast 
Del – David Jason 
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst 
Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield 
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack 
Boycie – John Challis 
Mickey Pearce – Patrick Murray 
Marlene – Sue Holderness 
Denzil – Paul Barber 
Mike – Kenneth MacDonald 
Raquel – Tessa Peake-Jones 
Cassandra – Gwyneth Strong 
Sid – Roy Heather 
Alan Parry – Denis Lill 
Pamela Parry – Wanda Ventham 
Damien – Jamie Smith/Benjamin Smith 
 
Other cast includes: Robert Glenister, Tony Marshall, Robert Liddement, Mel Martin, Andrew Charleson, Derek Martin, Nick Maloney, Lyn Langridge, Bryan Brittain, Angela Bruce, Douglas Hodge, Steve Weston, Scott Marshall, Dan Clark, Fuman Dar, Sheree Murphy, Bhasker Patel, Michael Jayston, Ann Lynn, Jotham Annan, Kim Wall, Joan Hodges, Colum Convey, Daniel Hope, Jonathan Ross, James Ellis, Nasser Memarzia, David Olufemi, Nabil Elouahabi, Peter Blythe 
 
Episode guide 
 
Mother Nature’s Son (25 Dec 1992) 
Fatal Extraction (25 Dec 1993) 
Heroes and Villains (25 Dec 1996) 
Modern Men (27 Dec 1996) 
Time on Our Hands (29 December 1996) 
If They Could See Us Now (25 Dec 2001) 
Strangers on the Shore (25 Dec 2002) 
Sleepless in Peckham (25 Dec 2003) 
 
The Only Fools and Horses Story (20 Dec 2002) 
 
NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes 
 
Only Fools And Horses logo™ & © BBC 1981 
 
© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Only Fools and Horses: The Final Christmas Specials

8 Classic TV Soundtracks

Nick Hancock

Nick Hancock finds out what people, places and pop songs his celebrity guests would consign to oblivion 
 
Room 101 is the anti-Desert Island Discs. Instead of picking the tracks, books and luxuries they love, guests are invited to banish their least favourite things to Orwell's eponymous chamber of horrors. Twenty-seven episodes of the show were broadcast on Radio 5 between 1992 and 1994, and it went on to run for 18 hit series on BBC TV before relaunching on Radio 4 in 2023. 
 
This specially-curated collection contains 16 of the very best editions of the original radio series. Included are the first ever show, in which Paul Merton reveals his aversion to Northanger Abbey, the city of Edinburgh and Kenneth More's laugh, and the final one from 1994, which sees Andy Hamilton hoping to rid the world of Look Back in Anger, 'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' and Field of Dreams. 
 
Among the other famous names discussing their bugbears and bête noires are Helen Lederer, Trevor and Simon, Caroline Quentin, Tony Hawks, Kevin Day, Maria McErlane and Mark Lamarr. Weighing up their arguments (and adding a few prejudices of his own) is host Nick Hancock, who has the final say on what stays and what goes. 
 
Will he let Arthur Smith put Barbara Cartland into Room 101? What has Jenny Eclair got against 'My Little Pony' videos? Why does Ian Hislop detest 'We Are The Champions'? And why does Steve Punt think Platform 5 at East Croydon station is the worst place in the world? All will be revealed in these bright and breezy shows, as some of our favourite celebrities share their peeves, pet hates and personal stories. 
 
Production credits 
Presented by Nick Hancock 
Produced by Lissa Evans and Phil Clark 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 on the following dates: 
 
Paul Merton 9 January 1992 
Jenny Eclair 16 January 1992 
Arthur Smith 30 January 1992 
Steve Punt 6 February 1992 
Ian Hislop 14 August 1992 
John Walters 4 September 1992 
Helen Lederer 11 September 1992 
Donna McPhail 2 October 1992 
Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson 3 September 1993 
Caroline Quentin 10 September 1993 
Tony Hawks 17 September 1993 
Kevin Day 15 October 1993 
Maria McErlane 22 October 1993 
Mark Lamarr 29 October 1993 
Nick Revell 27 February 1994 
Andy Hamilton 25 March 1994 
 
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Room 101

Highlights from the Classic BBC Radio 5 Comedy Series

Colin Murphy

David Booth

Matthew Collins

Three series of the radio show blending comedy, science and stupid questions - plus Edinburgh Special 
 
What do you get if you put a comedian, a scientist and an internet expert in a room together? The answer is Great Unanswered Questions, a panel game in which resident funnyman Colin Murphy teams up with brainiac Dr David Booth and computer geek Matthew Collins to tackle ludicrous questions and provide the correct (or at least the funniest) answers. 
 
Each show features a guest comedian, and as Colin presents them with a quirky query to riff on, David attempts to offer some sense amidst the nonsense. Meanwhile, Matthew trawls the world wide web to find interesting and illuminating content and add some facts to the fun. 
 
Could pigs fly? Which wakes up first - you, or your eyes? Why do pizzas come in a square box? How much fat do you need to become bullet-proof? And does each of us have the potential to be a bright sparkling diamond? 
 
Among the comics answering the unanswerable are Jo Caulfield, Phill Jupitus, Dara O'Briain, Ardal O'Hanlon, Jason Manford and Holly Walsh. And in a special Edinburgh Festival show, Andrew Maxwell joins the team to inform, educate and entertain. You may not get the answers you were expecting, but you'll certainly have a few laughs... 
 
Cast and credits 
Presented by Colin Murphy, Dr David Booth and Matthew Collins 
Produced by Jackie Hamilton 
 
With: Jo Caulfield, Phill Jupitus, Stephen Grant, Tony Law, Dara O'Briain, Neil Delamere, Adam Bloom, Ardal O'Hanlon, Craig Hill, Jason Manford, Martin Mór, Carl Donnelly, PJ Gallagher, Holly Walsh, Dermot Whelan and Andrew Maxwell, 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3-24 November 2008 (Series 1), 20 September-25 October 2010 (Series 2), 30 May-3 June 2011 (Series 3), 24 August 2011 (Edinburgh Special) 
 
 
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Great Unanswered Questions: Series 1-3

A BBC Radio Comedy panel show

Tim Vine

Tim Vine and the Great British public are the stars of this side-splitting radio chat show, featuring his trademark wonderful wordplay, quickfire gags and silly songs 
 
‘Full of laugh-out-loud moments … Vine's razor sharp wit and warmth shine through’ Radio Times 
 
Internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner Tim Vine travels the length and breadth of Britain on a quest to hear the funny, strange and surprising life stories of his live audience – while simultaneously taking the opportunity to showcase his world-famous jokes and preposterous songs. 
 
In these two sparkling series, he is confronted with a death-defying parachutist, a guest with an interesting technique for warding off foxes, an office worker who was inadvertently responsible for half of Welwyn Garden City being closed to the public and a man undergoing some unusual physiotherapy. Plus, there’s an encounter with an anaconda, a quiz about trifle, an impromptu laughter yoga workshop, at least two jokes about chickens and musical entertainment ranging from an imaginary country song to a maritime sing-a-long. 
 
Also included are two ‘SummerTim Specials’, recorded at Cromer Pier and the Edinburgh Festival, and three festive special episodes complete with a sackful of Yuletide jokes, alternative traditional songs and fiendishly silly seasonal games – as well as a former air hostess from the land of Santa Claus and a budding Widow Twanky... 
 
Cast and credits 
Presented by Tim Vine 
Produced by Richard Morris 
A BBC Studios production 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 30 June-21 July 2016 (Series 1), 26 December 2016 (The Tim Vine Christmas Chat Show), 12 September-17 October 2017 (Series 2), 21 August 2018 (SummerTim Extra Special), 25 December 2018 (Christmas Special 2018), 29 August 2019 (SummerTim Extra Special Edinburgh Festival), 26 December 2019 (Christmas Special 2019)

The Tim Vine Chat Show

Series 1 and 2 plus specials

John Finnemore

John Finnemore presents the eighth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme 
 
‘The best sketch show in years, on television or radio’ Radio Times 
 
John Finnemore, creator and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore’s Double Acts, is back with Series 8 of his highly acclaimed radio sketch show, winner of the Academy Silver Award, a Broadcasting Press Guild award and two BBC Audio Drama awards. 
 
In these six episodes, John cooks a particularly good lasagne, Noah gets some bad news about the ark, we hear a legendary swansong, and there’s some helpful guidance on the etiquette of ‘Thank Yous’ – as well as a look into the devastating consequences of World Peace. Plus, there’s some merry names, some handy mnemonics, an epiphany and a show that will make you feel like a princess – whether you want it to or not. And, well… since you ask him whether he believes in ghosts… 
 
Hailed by The Daily Telegraph as ‘funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh’, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme also features his regular ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8

The BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show

John Esmonde

Bob Larbey

Meet Surbiton’s most famous residents; Tom, Barbara, Margo and Jerry. 
It is Tom Good's 40th birthday and he feels thoroughly unfulfilled. If only he can discover what 'It' is, and if he can, will his wife Barbara agree to do 'It' with him? 
The subsequent and sudden transformation of the Goods’ home into a smallholding causes consternation for Margo and Jerry next door, and they decide it’s their duty to interfere... 
 
So begins The Good Life, the much loved classic sitcom starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith. 
 
The escapades of the mismatched next-door neighbours whose friendship is constantly being tested to the limits are collected here with thirty hilarious episodes from the much loved BBC television series. 
 
Series One: Plough Your Own Furrow, Say Little Hen, The Weaker Sex?, Pig’s Lib, The Thing In The Cellar, The Pagan Rite, Backs To The Wall. Series Two: Just My Bill, The Guru of Surbiton, Mr Fix-It, The Day Peace Broke Out, Mutiny, Home Sweet Home, Going to Pot. Series Three: The Early Birds, The Happy Event, A Tug of the Forelock, I Talk To The Trees, The Wind-Break War, Whose Fleas Are These?, The Last Posh Frock. Series Four: Away From It All, The Green Door, Our Speaker Today, The Weaver’s Tale, Suit Yourself, Sweet and Sour Charity, Anniversary. The Specials: Silly But It’s Fun…, When I’m 65.

The Good Life: The Complete Collection

Victoria Wood

Dinnerladies is a classic BBC sitcom based around the lives of the staff of the canteen at Manchester factory HWD Components. Written by and starring Victoria Wood a Brenda, these eight classic TV episodes are brilliantly funny, where the jokes fly as thick and as fast as granary torpedoes. 
Along with the day to day feeding the faces of folk, the canteen staff Bren, Twink, Jean (and all the others!) have to contend with the arrival of a Royal on site, a Japanese-themed party complete with costumes, and the controversial delivery of new uniforms. And will Tony finally succumb to Brenda's advances? 
 
With a wonderful cast including Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie and Thelma Barlow also star in this trayful of comedy from the BBC hotplate. 
 
Episode list: 
Monday 
Royals 
Moods 
Party 
Catering 
Minnellium 
Gravy 
Toast 
 
Please note that sound quality may vary due to the archive nature of these recordings 
 
Produced by Adam Fowler 
A BBC Studios production

Dinnerladies: A BBC Collection

Mark Gatiss

Reece Shearsmith

Steven Pemberton

Jeremy Dyson

Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith star in a compilation from the smash hit BBC TV series 
 
‘This is a local shop for local people. There’s nothing for you here!’ 
 
Welcome to Royston Vasey! Your visit coincides with: 
· Herr Lipp’s German exchange visit! 
· Papa Lazarou’s freak show! 
· A nosebleed epidemic! 
 
In a selection of episodes from Series Two of the award-winning black comedy, Reenie and Vinnie are in charge of the charity shop, Tubbs and Edward are looking to fins a ‘no-tail’ mate for son David, and friendly butcher Hilary Briss is holding a soiree for patrons of his ‘special stuff’. 
 
In Series Three, Pauline is released from HMP Clitclink and harbours dreams of running her own pen shop, joke peddlar Lance regrets dabbling in the murky world of illegal body parts, and Geoff travels to London to become a stand-up comedian. 
 
So welcome to town. You’ll never leave… 
 
Note: You may be wondering why we have not included episodes from Series One of the TV series in this collection. This is because many of the sketches that formed the basis of the first TV series are published in The League of Gentlemen’s original BBC Radio series, On the Town with the League of Gentlemen. Although they were reworked a little for television, the Series One audio of these sketches is similar enough to their radio counterparts that we have not included them in this TV series compilation.

The League of Gentlemen TV Series Collection

Dick Clement

BBC Audio

Thirteen classic BBC radio episodes, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes 
 
One of the most popular TV comedies of the Seventies, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? won a best sitcom BAFTA and attracted an audience of millions before being adapted for radio. 
 
In these 13 episodes, we catch up with Newcastle lads Bob and Terry as they meet by chance after years apart. Now engaged to Thelma, Bob is having pre-wedding nerves; while Terry, demobbed from the Army, is having trouble adjusting to life in civvy street. As they rekindle their friendship, Bob tries to find Terry a date, throws him a surprise party and takes him to the hairdressers to get a new look. In addition, Terry gets some shock news, and helps Bob get ready for his and Thelma’s big day… 
 
Originally lost from the BBC archive, the audio for many of these episodes was recovered by producer Stan Was, the BBC's Archive Treasure Hunt, and a listener to BBC7. 
 
The episodes included are Strangers on a Train, Home is the Hero, Cold Feet, Moving On, I’ll Never Forget Whatshername, Birthday Boy, No Hiding Place, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, Storm in a Tea Chest, The Old Magic, Count Down, Boys’ Night In and End of an Era.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Complete BBC Radio Series

Sixteen TV soundtracks of the award-winning TV show collected together for the first time, starring David Jason as ambitious market trader Del Boy Trotter, and Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter. 
 
For 15 years, the brothers of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' have entertained us both with Del's extreme optimism and scams and, quite simply, Rodney's reactions upon hearing those scams. Now sixteen classic soundtracks from one of the funniest comedy programmes of all time are brought together in audio. So don't be a plonker, do yourself a favour and get your hands on this little beauty. 
 
Episodes: 
The Long Legs of the Law 
The Yellow Peril 
A Losing Streak 
No Greater Love 
Yesterday Never Comes 
May the Force Be With You 
Wanted 
Thicker Than Water 
Homesick 
Healthy Competition 
Strained Relations 
Hole in One 
It's Only Rock and Roll 
Sleeping Dogs Lie 
Watching the Girls Go By 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Only Fools and Horses

16 Classic BBC TV Soundtracks

Ray Galton

Alan Simpson

The complete third and fourth series of the classic radio sitcom starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series. 
 
Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series’ popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded numerous episodes for BBC radio. 
 
Here, collected together for the first time, are all the episodes from the third and fourth radio series, scripted and adapted for radio by Hancock’s Half Hour creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. In these hilarious episodes, Harold breaks some sad news to Albert; introduces his fiancée to his father; meets his older half-brother and receives some unexpected news from a visitor. Plus, a group of card sharks fleece Albert; Harold and Albert argue over their lack of money; Harold’s wedding day doesn’t go quite to plan and Albert is worried about an offer made to Harold. 
 
The episodes included are A Death in the Family, Two’s Company, Tea for Two, TB or not TB, Without Prejudice, Cuckoo in the Nest, Steptoe and Son – and Son!, Robbery with Violence, Full House, Is That Your Horse Outside?, The Lodger, A Box in Town, The Three Feathers, The Colour Problem, And Afterwards At… and Any Old Iron. Also included is a selection of trailers prepared for overseas radio broadcast.

Steptoe & Son: Series 3 & 4

16 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom

Series 1 and 2 of the classic radio sitcom starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfred Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series. 
 
Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series' popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded several episodes for BBC radio. 
 
Here, collected together for the first time, are all 21 episodes from the first and second radio series, scripted by Hancock's Half Hour creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and adapted by Gale Pedrick. Among the classic comic incidents in these timeless episodes, Albert's 65th birthday turns into a disaster; Harold finds love with a French girl; Albert is upset by Harold's plans for a proper bathroom; and the duo get an irresistible offer. Plus, Albert and Harold's creditors arrive seeking payment; two coffins lead to a burst of superstition; Harold regrets taking Albert to the cinema; and Albert disrupts Harold's Labour Party meeting. 
 
The episodes included are The Offer; The Bird; Sixty-Five Today; The Stepmother; The Economist; Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat; The Diploma; Steptoe à la Cart; The Holiday; The Bath; The Lead Man Cometh; A Musical Evening; The Bonds That Bind Us; The Siege of Steptoe Street; Pilgrim's Progress; The Wooden Overcoats; Sunday for Seven Days; The Piano; My Old Man's a Tory; Homes Fit for Heroes; Crossed Swords. Also included are two bonus features: a short 1966 Steptoe &amp; Son sketch from The Ken Dodd Show and a selection of trailers prepared for overseas broadcast.

Steptoe & Son: The BBC Radio Collection: Series 1 & 2

21 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom

Jimmy Perry

David Croft

Twenty episodes from the second BBC Radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. 
 
In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit TV series for radio, featuring the original TV cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976, with episodes adapted from their TV counterparts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. 
 
Now you can enjoy once again these unique recordings, with a supporting cast including John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender. Among the twenty-one episodes are Don't Forget the Diver, Put That Light Out, Mum's Army, A. Wilson - Manager, and The Day the Balloon Went Up.

Dad's Army: Complete Radio Series Two

Twenty episodes from the first BBC Radio series plus an hour-long Christmas special, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. 
 
In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit TV series for radio, featuring the original TV cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976, with episodes adapted from their TV counterparts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. 
 
Now you can enjoy once again these unique recordings, with a supporting cast including John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender. Among the twenty-one episodes are The Man and the Hour, The Battle of Godfrey’s Cottage, Sgt Wilson’s Little Secret, Something Nasty in the Vault, The Menace from the Deep and No Spring for Frazer.

Dad’s Army

The Complete Radio Series One

Antony Jay

Jonathan Lynn

For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes, fourteen Yes Prime Minister episodes and two bonus sketches. 
 
Between 1980 and 1988 on BBC television and radio, the exploits of the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP (Paul Eddington) - later Prime Minister - kept the British nation enthralled. 
 
Helped - and hampered - by his diligent Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) and his Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), Hacker and his department became synonymous with government bureaucracy and administrative double dealing. 
 
Presented here, for the first time in one collection, are the complete radio series of Yes Minister and the complete BBC television soundtracks of Yes Prime Minister. Also included are six TV soundtracks of Yes Minister and two special bonus mini-episodes: The PM’s Plan, recorded in 1984 with Margaret Thatcher as herself, and a special segment created for The Funny Side of Christmas in 1982. 
 
Also featuring; Moira Stewart, Diana Hoddinot, Bill Nighy, Peter Cellier, Tenniel Evans, Richard Vernon, Richard Davies, Arthur Cox, Gerry Cowper, John Nettleton, Graham Crowden, William Fox, Peter Jeffrey, Norman Bird, Ellen McIntosh, Brenda Blethyn, Freddie Earle, Jerome Williams, Ian Lavender, Judy Parfitt, Selina Scott, Anton Rodgers and Graeme Garden.

Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister: The Complete Audio Collection

The Classic BBC Comedy Series

Richard Curtis

Ben Elton

The complete soundtracks of all four Blackadder series, plus over three hours of specials and extras 
 
Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his two imbecilic sidekicks, Lord Percy and Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats. With cunning plans and cutting comedy, listen as the Blackadder dynasty plot their way through history… 
 
The Black Adder – Set in the Middle Ages, this iconic first series follows the fictitious reign of King Richard IV, played by Brian Blessed, through the experiences of his unfavoured second son Prince Edmund “The Black Adder” 
 
Blackadder II - The Blackadder genes resurface in Elizabethan England for more historical comedy 
 
Blackadder the Third - Blackadder turns up as butler to the Prince Regent in the late 18th Century 
 
Blackadder Goes Forth – The scheming Blackadder is dropped into the trenches during the First World War 
 
Also included in this collection are eight Blackadder TV and radio specials: Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, Blackadder: The Cavalier Years, Blackadder: Woman’s Hour Invasion, The Shakespeare Sketch, Blackadder: Back and Forth, Blackadder: The Army Years, Blackadder: I Have a Cunning Plan and the Blackadder instalment of the TV series Britain's Best Sitcom. 
 
Written by film and TV royalty Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson, and starring comedy giants Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, and Rik Mayall, this is history at its grittiest and funniest. 
 
Track Listing:<ul><li>Chapters 1-6: The Black Adder</li><li>Chapters 7-12: Blackadder II</li><li>Chapters 13-18: Blackadder the Third</li><li>Chapters 19-24: Blackadder Goes Forth</li><li>Chapter 25: Blackadder’s Christmas Carol</li><li>Chapter 26: The Cavalier Years</li><li>Chapter 27: Woman’s Hour Invasion</li><li>Chapter 28: The Shakespeare Sketch</li><li>Chapter 29: Back and Forth</li><li>Chapter 30: The Army Years (Royal Variety Performance)</li><li>Chapter 31: I Have a Cunning Plan</li><li>Chapter 32: Britain's Best Sitcom</li></ul>Cast and credits 
Written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson 
 
Edmund Blackadder - Rowan Atkinson 
S. Baldrick - Tony Robinson 
Melchett - Stephen Fry 
Lord Percy Percy – Tim McInnerny 
George – Hugh Laurie 
Queen Elizabeth I / Various – Miranda Richardson 
 
Including standout performances by Rik Mayall, Miriam Margolyes, Patsy Byrne, Brian Blessed, Robbie Coltrane, Jim Broadbent, Gabrielle Glaister, Elspet Gray, Robert East, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Bill Wallis, Stephen Frost, Mark Arden, Lee Cornes, Warren Clarke, Philip Pope, Barbara Miller, David Nunn, Denis Lill, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Stephen Frost, Chris Barrie, Jeremy Hardy and Ben Elton. 
 
 
©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series

Meet the gang in these four classic BBC TV episodes! Enjoy the exploits of the Royal Artillery Concert Party, a motley troupe of military thespians seconded to India during the Second World War. In 'My Lovely Boy', When RSM Williams realises the love of his life is Parky's mum, he sets about recruiting him for the concert party. In 'The Supremo Show', a VIP visit calls for a very special show - but when Gloria sprains his ankle, the Sergeant Major must take his place. In 'We are Not Amused', Gloria plays Queen Victoria in a jingoistic pageant - but the men don't realise they'll be playing to an Indian VIP. In 'Money Talks', when the men discover that Gunner Graham is due to receive an inheritance, they set about winning his favour. Starring Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle and Michael Bates.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

James Woods

Tom Hollander stars in the complete award-winning comedy series, as seen on BBC TV.Tom Hollander ('In the Loop', 'Pirates of the Caribbean') stars as the Rev Adam Smallbone. He’s a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour’s in east London. He has little experience of this world, and it shows.In this series, Adam grapples with an evangelical priest hell-bent on taking over his church, pushy parents fighting for school places and even pole dancers. He succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on 'Thought for the Day', and then suffers a crisis of faith when he’s humiliated within the Christian online community, leading to a drunken incident at a vicars and tarts party...Co-created by Tom Hollander and James Wood, this divine comedy soundtrack also stars Olivia Colman, Steve Evets, Miles Jupp, Lucy Liemann, Simon McBurney, Ellen Thomas and Jimmy Akingbola. Special guests are Alexander Armstrong, Hugh Bonneville, Darren Boyd and Colin Salmon.Winner of the BAFTA Television Award for Situation Comedy.Winner of the South Bank Show Award for Best Comedy.

Rev. The Complete First Series

Michael Palin

Eric Idle

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones star in this innovative and groundbreaking series which includes 19 of their best sketches.   From the memorable 'Nudge Nudge Wink Wink' to the celebrated 'Dead Parrot Sketch', there’s also the hairdresser with a fear of hair who really wanted to be a lumberjack in 'Barber Shop Sketch' and the 'Lumberjack Song'. Also featuring among many timeless classics are leading figures from the Third Reich, who fetch up in a B&amp;B in the West Country, and the famous composer who only has one shed but did once think of getting a second...   Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs, now reissued on CD and as downloads.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The winners of the 1997 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in their first Sony Award-winning radio series.   'Cruelly intelligent, deeply hilarious, unmissably good' - Glasgow Herald.   Welcome to Spent - an isolated and rather odd town somewhere in the North. Its singular inhabitants lead blackly comic lives, from Dr Chinnery, the lethally incompetent vet and Pauline, the monstrous Restart Officer at the Job Centre, to the hideously exacting Dentons who impose their disturbing habits and pet toads upon their visiting nephew Ben.   These and other memorable townsfolk are ferried around by Barbara, a taxi driver half way through his sex change, and served by Mr Iingleby, who brings a whole new meaning to the term 'small shopkeeper'.   Murderously funny and acutely observed, ‘The League of Gentlemen's’ highly acclaimed brand of comedy shows human nature at its most extreme - and most hilarious.

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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