Alan Duff

Alan Durant is the author of books for a wide age-range, from picture books such as Burger Boy, Angus Rides the Goods Train and Always and Forever to top-end teenage thrillers (Blood, Flesh and Bones). Having worked as a copywriter at Walker Books, he is now a full-time author. 
 
He's married, with three children and lives in Brighton. He does a lot of school visits throughout the UK and abroad and also runs writing workshops.

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Alan Edge

Alan Ereira

Alan Garner

Alan Gilbey

Alan Gordon is the founder and director of the Pain Psychology Center in California, a leading treatment facility for chronic pain sufferers that sees over 1,500 patients from around the world every year. Debilitated by chronic pain throughout his body for several years and frustrated by the lack of effective treatment, Gordon developed the ground-breaking Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) – a highly effective system of psychological techniques that rewire the brain’s neural circuits to turn off “stuck” pain signals. He is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California.

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Alan Grant

Born in 1926 in New York City, Alan Greenspan worked as a Juilliard-trained professional musician before studying Economics at New York University, where he earned his PhD. From 1974 to 1977, he served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of the bestselling The Age of Turbulence and The Map and the Territory 2.0.

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Alan H Guth

Alan Hansen was one of Britain's most respected football players and is now one of the most outspoken and popular football pundits.

Alan Hansen

Alan Harris is a Welsh playwright who has written several plays for BBC radio including The Lighthouse and The Gold Farmer. His play A Good Night Out in the Valleys launched the new National Theatre Wales in 2010 and he has also been awarded a prestigious Creative Wales Award.

Alan Harris

Alan Hill

Alan Hollinghurst was born in 1954. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, The Swimming-Pool Library, and was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists 1993. His second novel, The Folding Star, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. His novel The Line of Beauty won the Booker Prize in 2004. His most recent novel, The Sparsholt Affair, was published in 2017.

Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hooper is a founder and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, 
University of Exeter, and is also a visiting Professor at Bristol Business 
School. He has been a CEO in the public sector and now consults widely on 
senior management development and the management of change.

Alan Hooper

Alan Isler was born in England in 1934, emigrating to the US at the age of 18. After serving in the US army he went on to study literature at Columbia University, and taught for much of his adult life. Isler was the author of several novels including Kraven Images, The Bacon Fancier, Clerical Errors, The Living Proof and The Prince of West End Avenue, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1994. Isler died in 2010. 
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Alan J Wilson

Alan Jenkins

Alan Johnson was born in May 1950. He is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Johnson was the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle until his retirement from politics in 2017. 
 His first book, This Boy, won the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Orwell Prize in 2013. His second, Please Mister Postman, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year in 2014. His third, The Long and Winding Road, was published in 2016 and won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Memoir.

Alan Johnson

Alan Jones

Belfast-born twins Alan and Gary Keery love cereal. As creators of The Cereal Killer Café, the trendiest new eatery on Brick Lane, they have turned that love of the nation’s favourite comfort food into a thriving business. The opening of their first café saw extraordinary interest with press and broadcast coverage from all over the world. The café was voted best new restaurant by Hot Dinners in 2014. A second café is opening in summer 2015.

Alan Keery

Alan Langford

Alan Lerner

Alan MacDonald

Alan Macdonald

Alan Macfarlane

Alan McDonald

Alan Melville

Alan Moore

Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne, Australia. He travelled to England in 1937 and became a renowned foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. Writer, world traveller, biographer, essayist, journalist, Moorehead was one of the most successful writers in English of his day. During World War II he won an international reputation for his coverage of campaigns in the Middle East and Asia, the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. He died in 1983.

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John Gielgud

Sir John Gielgud was one of his generation's leading actors, who won an Academy Award. In this collection we hear - in his own words - about his family and childhood, deciding to be an actor and his first confident performance. He discusses understudying Noël Coward and failing as Romeo, playing Hamlet for the first time and working with other actors. He also talks about bringing Shakespeare back to the West End, directing plays himself, film vs theatre acting, making mistakes and writing his autobiographies. 
 
Interviews include: BBC radio archive interview (first broadcast 1 January 1941) Great Acting, BBC TV (first broadcast 12 February 1966); Parkinson, BBC 1 (first broadcast 7 October 1972); An Actor In His Time, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 15 October 1978); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 30 January 1980); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 16 May 1981); Sir John Gielgud Looks Back, BBC World Service (first broadcast 19 February 1995). 
 
Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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John Gielgud In His Own Words

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov was an actor, director, author and raconteur who won many awards in his lifetime, including Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes and BAFTAs. In this collection we hear - in his own words - about his thoughts on being a writer and director, and those who influenced him. He discusses his childhood and upbringing as well as providing insights into his family. Peter, in his own unique style, also talks about his work, ageing and the future. 
 
 Interviews include: Frost Over America, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 1 July 1970); Parkinson, BBC television (first broadcast 16 December 1972); Just a Nimmo, BBC television (first broadcast 25 February 1976); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 19 November 1977); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 7 January 1978); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 6 April 1983); Meet for Lunch, BBC Radio Wales (first broadcast 29 August 1984); Bookshelf; BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 8 November 1990); The Big Question, BBC television (first broadcast 11 February 1996). 
 
Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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Peter Ustinov In His Own Words

Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek Jacobi is an award-winning actor who is famous for his many roles on television, film and on stage. He received a Tony Award for his performance as Benedick in the RSC's production of Much Ado About Nothing and is probably most famous for his TV roles in Cadfael and I, Claudius. 
 
 In this collection we hear, in his own words, about his influences, his school years and early acting performances, as well as the many roles he has played. He talks about being a star and working with other famous names, and discusses playwrights, casting, Shakespeare, the skill needed in acting and future roles. Sir Derek also talks about his relationships - on and offstage - and about his personal beliefs and perceptions. 
 
 Interviews include: radio archive interview (first broadcast 1 January 1976, featuring Louis Robinson); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcat 10 June 1978, featuring Roy Plomley); The Brian Morton Show, BBC Radio Scotland (first broadcast 14 August 2000, featuring Brian Morton); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 16 September 2004, featuring Mark Lawson); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 19 November 2012, featuring Mark Lawson). 
 
 Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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Derek Jacobi In His Own Words

Laurence Olivier

Regarded by many as the greatest actor of the 20th Century, Laurence Olivier enjoyed a stellar career in film, theatre and television, winning multiple awards along the way from the 1920s to the 1980s. 
 
 In this absorbing collection of archive interviews he discusses his schooldays and early acting career; his drama training; his spells as actor-manager running the Old Vic and the National Theatre (which he helped create); his wartime service, and his friendship and collaboration with fellow actors including John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. 
 
 Hear all the highlights from Olivier's legendary life, as he recounts his fascinating story in his own words. 
 
 Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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Laurence Olivier In His Own Words

Glenda Jackson

This fascinating collection of archive interviews with the renowned actress and MP begins with an archive radio interview in 1970 and runs through to a guest appearance on Desert Island Discs in 1997. Along the way Glenda Jackson appears on numerous programmes including Omnibus, Profile, Parkinson, In The Psychiatrist's Chair and Start the Week, during the course of which she discusses her background and early years, women in theatre, and her journey from being a highly successful actress to becoming a Member of Parliament (and Minister of Transport). She also appears on A Chance to Meet Glenda Jackson and In The Hot Seat, where she faces the questions of an invited audience and discusses a wide range of topics. 
 
The included interviews are: radio archive interview (first broadcast 5 August 1970); Omnibus, BBC television (19 September 1971); Profile, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 20 March 1972); A Chance to Meet Glenda Jackson, BBC television (first broadcast 1 October 1972); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 24 November 1973); Parkinson, BBC One (first broadcast 23 October 1976); In The Psychiatrist's Chair, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 31 July 1982); Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9 July 1990); In The Hot Seat, BBC radio (first broadcast 31 August 1990); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (28 December 1997). 
 
Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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Glenda Jackson In Her Own Words

Noel Coward

In interviews ranging from 1960 to 1972, Noël Coward talks about being a legend; whether he is a cynical writer; his early days in acting and about his early reputation for upsetting fellow actors on stage. He also discusses acting with Laurence Olivier; his affection for the Navy; his film-making; his knighthood, and writing 'Private Lives' for his friend Gertrude Lawrence. 
 
Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. 
 
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Noel Coward In His Own Words

Spike Milligan

Comic icon Spike Milligan recollects highlights from his stellar career. The comic genius of Spike Milligan changed the face of radio comedy through 'The Goon Show'. Here Milligan chooses and introduces classic clips from his astonishing career: readings from his books 'Puckoon' and 'Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall', poems, songs, sketches, extracts from 'Q6' and 'In the Psychiatrist’s Chair'. He reminisces about India and Bexhill and reads his favourite poems including 'Fred Fernakerpan'. Also included is the complete version of 'The Starlings' - the only 'Goon Show' recorded outside of London and without a studio audience. Plus, of course, there’s a generous helping of 'Goon Show' clips, including 'The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea' and 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster', featuring Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. In this recording you can hear in his own words why Spike was one of the biggest figures in British comedy.This recording was previously released as 'Spike Milligan at the Beeb'.

Remembering Spike Milligan

Jeremy Front

All three series of the comedy about an older couple getting to grips with the absurdities of the modern world, starring Jeremy Front and Rebecca Front. 
 
Jack & Millie is the brainchild of Jeremy Front who, with his sister Rebecca Front had been improvising these two characters for years - and now they’ve been brought to life in a new show... 
 
This beloved comedy written by Jeremy Front (writer of the Charles Paris mysteries for BBC Radio 4), stars Jeremy and Rebecca Front as Jack & Millie Lemman – an older couple who are fully engageed with contemporary life whilst being at war with the absurdities of the modern world... 
 
The show also features Millie’s frenemy Shirley – played by Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jack’s all-too-easygoing friend Harry (Nigel Lindsay), their high-pressure son Melvin (Harry Peacock) and their high-maintenance (and Catholic) (and French) daughter-in-law Delphine (Jenny Bede). 
 
In series 1, Jack & Millie are faced with a sudden death in the Film Club, a "Special Lunch", a son's scary ex-girlfriend and grandkids in an online age, plus the bonus Pilot episode. 
In series 2, Jack & Millie are back and ready to deal with Harry's bongos, Delphine's chicken, Shirley's bombshell, unwanted old friends, hot yoga, and mindfulness pillows. 
And in the final series, Jack & Millie try to care for Mel's mental health with a weekend in Chigwell, have an encounter with an unexpected bean-to-cup coffee grinder, and a wellness disaster. 
 
The show comes from Pozzitive, proud producers of Cabin Pressure, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, Agendum, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, The Brig Society, The Castle, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, Shush! & Kevin Eldon Will See You Now... 
 
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Jack & Millie: The Complete Series 1-3

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

Tim Key

Tim Key returns with more comic chaos, musically supported by Tom Basden 
 
Award-winning comedian Tim Key is back with three more series of his peculiar poetry programme. Having presented the show from a houseboat, a space simulator and the top of the Shard, he now ventures even further afield in his increasingly ineffective attempts to understand life through the medium of verse. 
 
In these 12 episodes, he finds himself stuck in a cable car high above the Norwegian fjords, making a movie in Rome, stranded in an Austrian cave network with the water rising, and broadcasting live from the labour ward where Megan is having a baby. He also prepares to make his TV debut, gets in trouble with Customs at Stansted Airport, heads out on safari (in Woburn) and hits the road in an Americana special... 
 
Accompanying him on his adventures are regulars Tom Basden and Katy Wix, and guest stars including Miles Jupp, Bridget Christie, Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Mike Wozniak, Sam Campbell and Morgana Robinson. 
 
‘His sentences never end where you expect them to and the oddly appealing atmosphere he creates is so spellbinding, it's like emerging from a nice fog when he spits you out at the other end.’ Julia Raeside, The Guardian 
 
Cast 
Key – Tim Key 
Lord – Tom Basden 
Megan – Katy Wix 
Jiffy – Mike Wozniak 
Sir Hayden – Miles Jupp 
Pamela – Carlotta Morelli 
Bunny – Karl Johnson 
Bogle – Bridget Christie 
With Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Sam Campbell, Simon Armstrong, Morgana Robinson 
 
Photo by Jonathan Birch 
 
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Tim Key’s Poetry Programme: The Complete Series 5-7

The BBC Radio 4 Comedy

Mike Leigh

The iconic hit Abigail’s Party alongside banned Leigh radio play, Too Much of a Good Thing. 
 
The BBC bring you this special collection of the award winning director, producer, screenwriter Mike Leigh's famous play and a banned piece from the BBC archives. 
 
Abigail’s Party - At the height of 1970s suburbia, social class and ambition, Beverly Moss, the Hostess with the Mostess, is inviting you to her cocktail party. The latest tracks are on the record player, the drinks are flowing and there’s even a bowl of olives – although it seems that only Laurence likes those. As the night moves on and the party gets thick with sexual tension, Beverly’s exclusive gathering quickly descends into chaos. 
 
Too Much of a Good Thing - Written and directed for radio by Mike Leigh, this play about a driving instructor and his pupil falling in and out of love was recorded on location in London in 1979. The final Drama Now of the season is the premiere of the only original work for radio by one of Britain's leading playwrights and film-makers. 
 
Starring Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Brenda Blethyn and more.

Abigail’s Party & Too Much of a Good Thing

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama Productions

Simon Evans

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Dave Lamb

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Set in a fictional newsroom full of hilarious personalities, this spoof series takes a satirical look at the news. 
 
This topical news spoof show, The Way It Is, ran for five series on BBC Radio 4 between 1998 and 2001. Presented by fictional newsreaders Richard Richard (Simon Evans) and Lolly Swain (Tracy-Ann Oberman/Fiona Allen), listen to a cast of hilarious characters, including the hapless on-the-spot reporter James Gravadlax, who resorts to claiming there are 'scenes of terrible devastation' wherever he happens to be; royal watcher Quentin Rumpleteazer, who is fixated on Prince William; Jackie Trent, who is always posted outside 10 Downing Street no matter where the real story is; Finnish correspondent Pauli Hikillo, who invariably replies to any question about the latest trends in Finland by shivering and saying how cold it is there; mad scientist Dr Benjamin Hardstaff, who solves all problems using his trusty Sinclair ZX81 computer; and many more. 
 
Included here are all 40 episodes of the beloved radio show, plus the one-off BBC One TV special.

The Way It Is: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series

Every episode of the spoof news show including a BBC TV soundtrack special

Samuel Beckett

A sequence of radio plays by Samuel Beckett 
 
Samuel Beckett captures the pathos and irony of modern life like no other dramatist. In the decade following the success of Waiting for Godot (1952), Beckett wrote some of his most absorbing work for radio, including the BBC's Third Programme. 
 
These plays are concerned with human isolation and the frailty of memory and communication, and they are suffused with a musicality that is particularly remarkable in this medium. With the exception of From an Abandoned Work, they can be heard in binaural surround sound, creating a particularly intimate audio experience which makes you feel as though you are in the theatre with the characters around you. 
 
 
This collection includes: 
From an Abandoned Work performed by Stephen Rea 
Rough for Radio 1 starring Ron Cook and Monica Dolan 
Rough for Radio 2 starring Stephen Dillane, Louise Brealey, Brian Protheroe and Nick Underwood, Words and Music starring Ian Mckellen and Carl Prekopp 
Cascando starring Stanley Townsend and David Seddon 
 
 
Matthew Sweet introduces each of the plays and gives context to the productions.

Radio Beckett

Five Full-Cast BBC Plays

Terrance Dicks

Geoffrey Beevers reads the original Target novelisation of this Key to Time adventure for the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9. 
 
Chanting, hooded figures gather inside a ring of ancient stones, using rituals of blood sacrifice to awaken the sleeping evil of the Ogri. 
 
Landing on late-20th Century Earth, the Doctor and Romana find science and ancient mysticism in opposition when they meet the eccentric Professor Rumford, her friend Miss Fay, and their mysterious neighbour Leonard De Vries. 
 
Shuttling between coastal countryside and a deep-space cruiser trapped in hyperspace, the duo attempt to track down an alien criminal and unravel the mystery of the stones of blood. Luckily, they have the help of the faithful K-9... 
 
Geoffrey Beevers reads Terrance Dicks's 1980 novelisation of the BBC TV serial by David Fisher, with John Leeson providing the authentic Voice of K-9. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by Oliver Denman 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
 
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Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood

4th Doctor Novelisations

Nick Revell

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick Revell 
 
Nick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures. 
 
For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like alphabetising his vinyl collection, buying brie and getting rid of Jehovah’s Witnesses are fraught with difficulties – and when it comes to dealing with his imperious agent, Cressida, and his disapproving girlfriend, Caroline, he’s way out of his depth. Fortunately, he can always retreat to the local café run by his friends Shona and Craig – or drown his sorrows at the pub... 
 
In these two series, Nick tries his hand at DIY, quits smoking, heads off on holiday – and acquires a talking Venus flytrap that doesn’t get on with his geraniums. He also finds himself playing surrogate parent when his teenage niece and his oldest rock’n’roll friend come to stay; preparing for the wedding of an old flame (and seething over the way she dumped him); and getting a lucky break with a Hollywood studio. But with his fortunes finally changing for the better, he can’t help asking himself if it’s all going just a little too well... 
 
First broadcast in 1992-3, this offbeat comedy mixes sitcom with a sprinkling of nineties satire – and more than a dollop of the downright odd. Co-starring alongside Nick Revell are a wealth of well-known names, including Doon Mackichan, Alistair McGowan, Stephen Tompkinson and Lesley Sharp. 
 
Cast and credits 
Written by and starring Nick Revell 
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Kate McKenzie, Brian Bowles, Brian Johnston, Doon Mackichan, Alison Sterling, Charles McKeown, Gabrielle Cowburn, Mickey Hutton, Susannah Doyle, Lesley Sharp, Joanna Brookes, Elizabeth Bennet, Stephen Tomkinson, Alison Sterling, John Guerrasio 
Produced by Ioan Magnusson 
 
Series 1 
1. Holy Water 
2. Decoration 
3. Headache 
4. Holiday 
5. Cash 
6. Moving 
 
Series 2 
1. Homeless 
2. Visitors 
3. The Wedding 
4. Health and Fitness 
5. The Promised Land 
6. All’s Well That Ends Well…Well, Well, Well 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 25 January 1991 – 1 March 1992 (Series 1) and 3 June – 8 July 1993 (Series 2) 
 
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The Nick Revell Show

A BBC Radio Comedy

Victoria Wood

The complete TV soundtracks of dinnerladies, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes content 
 
“Brilliant, even with just the audio.” - Customer Review 
 
“Incredibly funny! These show the genius writing of Victoria Wood. As funny here as in the TV. Genius casting. Simply perfect.” - Customer Review 
 
 
Enjoy this wonderful celebration of one of the nation’s best-loved TV shows, discover exclusive behind-the-scenes content as well as a deep dive into the life and work of comedian and creator, Victoria Wood. 
 
16 episodes across two seasons of the classic sit-com dinnerladies follows the lives of the staff of the canteen at Manchester factory HWD Components. Written by and starring Victoria Wood, the audio soundtrack of these classic TV episodes are brilliantly funny, with the jokes flying 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… Featuring an all-star cast including Celia Imrie, Julie Walters and Maxine Peake. 
 
This complete series collection is accompanied by two bonus documentaries: During the making of her much-loved sitcom dinnerladies, Victoria Wood recorded her own personal audio diary, talking not just about the show she was writing and starring in but with thoughts and reminiscences across her whole career. In Victoria Wood: Loose Chippings her biographer, writer and journalist Jasper Rees delves into Victoria’s private archive, including never-before-broadcast stand-up and songs, and treasures such as the previously-thought lost song that launched her career on ITVs New Faces as well as her first ever concert as a student in Birmingham University that lay hidden for 50 years. In Victoria Wood: From Soup to Nuts, Rebecca Front explores Victoria Wood’s stand-up and songs using Victoria's own archives. With unprecedented access to her own boxes of battered cassette tapes, this is a chance to hear some wonderful stand-up comedy, characters and songs, mixed with a look back at what made Victoria Wood so funny and so universally loved. 
 
Bringing together the very best of dinnerladies and a celebration of its iconic creator, Victoria Wood this collection is a must listen for any fan of the laugh-out-loud comedy.Cast and creditsdinnerladiesWritten by Victoria WoodDirected by Geoff PosnerBren - Victoria WoodDolly - Thelma BarlowTony - Andrew DunnAnita - Shobna GulatiPhilippa - Celia ImrieTwinkle - Maxine PeakeStan - Duncan PrestonJean - Anne ReidPetula - Julie WaltersLady Pamela - Richenda CareyDuke of Danby - Simon WilliamsClint - Ken DoughtyConnie - Thora HirdJim - Eric SykesMr Timothy/Mr Michael - Christopher GeetTiffany - Ann-Louise GrimshawMr Tashimoto - Eiji KusuharaHugo - Adam LeeseKeith - Peter LorenzelliBabs - Kate RobbinsBob - Jack SmethurstSecretary - Sue DevaneyMan in queue - David HattonNicola Bodeux - Sue WallaceMalcolm - Ozzie SueFirst Broadcast BBC One, 1998-2000Victoria Wood: Loose ChippingsProduced by Geoff PosnerPresented by Jasper ReesFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 14th Dec 2024Victoria Wood: From Soup to NutsProduced by David TylerExecutive Producer Geoff PosnerPresented by Rebecca FrontFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18th - 25th May 2018©2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

dinnerladies

The Complete BBC TV Soundtracks

Bob Ayres

Dan Starkey reads this original adventure for the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. 
 
“Hello, I’m the Doctor… Doctor someone… can’t remember who at the moment. Hoping it will come back to me.” 
 
On a planet with twin suns, three people wake in the shadow of a crashed spaceship. They don’t know who they are or where they are. All they have to go on is a photograph of themselves marked ‘Amy and her boys: Rory and the Doctor’. It’s obvious who Amy is – but which of them is the Doctor? 
 
A voice recorder in one of their pockets reveals how the TARDIS materialised some days earlier in the centre of a stone circle and the travellers met blue-skinned Sunaya, apparent sole survivor of the crashed ship. 
 
Yet Sunaya isn’t who she claims to be, and she is also far from alone. She and her children have been waiting to feed on the memories and identities of the living. 
 
And as their own memories fade, the Doctor, Amy and Rory are in danger of being left behind for ever… 
 
Dan Starkey, who has played several roles in the BBC TV series, reads Bob Ayres's intriguing tale. 
 
Reading produced by Morrison Ellis 
Sound design by James Murray 
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens 
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Doctor Who Circle of Memory

11th Doctor Audio Original

Louis MacNeice

A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentaryBorn in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting numerous dramas for radio, including the landmark production The Dark Tower and the epic verse play Christopher Columbus. Those two seminal productions are included here, alongside tales drawn from Irish mythology and Graeco-Roman history, a psychological drama about a distracted painter and a fascinating profile of MacNeice himself.They Met on Good Friday – AD 1014, just north of Dublin, and as Good Friday dawns, Brian Boru and his army of Irishmen face a formidable force of Viking warriors on the battlefield at Clontarf. Who will prevail, and gain control of Ireland? Patrick Magee and Patrick Wymark star in MacNeice’s ‘sceptical historical romance’ dramatising a key event in Irish history.Christopher Columbus – First broadcast on 12 October 1942 to mark the 450th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World, this ambitious, theatrical play blends MacNeice’s verse with music by William Walton to tell the story of the famed explorer. Starring Laurence Olivier as Columbus, with Marius Goring, Stephen Murray and Margaret Rawlings.Cupid and Psyche – Jealous of the beautiful Psyche, the goddess Venus orders her son to make the girl fall in love with a hideous creature. But Cupid scratches himself with his own arrow, and becomes enamored with her himself… Alan McClelland and Betty Linton star in this dramatisation of the famous story from Apuleius’ ancient Roman novel The Golden Ass.Trimalchio’s Feast – Dramatised from a section in The Satyricon, a first century AD work by the Roman author Petronius, this satirical story revolves around a lavish, ostentatious banquet hosted by a nouveau riche shipping merchant and former slave. Starring Wilfred Pickles as Trimalchio, with Dylan Thomas as Agamemnon.Persons from Porlock – Louis MacNeice 's last work for radio was broadcast just a few days after his death in 1963. Spanning over 20 years, it tells the story of an artist whose creative process is continually derailed by unforeseen – and unwelcome – interruptions. Jon Rollason stars as the frustrated painter, Hank.The Dark Tower – Initially transmitted in 1946, this iconic parable play in verse was inspired by Robert Browning's poem ‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came’. It centres on Roland, the last of a family whose menfolk are all doomed to set out on a quest from which there is no return… Starring Cyril Cusack, with music specially composed by Benjamin Britten.In the Dark Tower: Louis MacNeice at the BBC – Poet Paul Muldoon recalls a fellow Belfast wordsmith, exploring Louis MacNeice’s life and work through broadcasts from the BBC’s archive.Production creditsWritten by Louis MacNeice 
 Contents: 
 They Met on Good FridayChristopher ColumbusCupid and Psyche Trimalchio’s FeastPersons from PorlockThe Dark TowerIn the Dark Tower: Louis MacNeice at the BBC© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Louis MacNeice: The Dark Tower, Christopher Columbus & more

Six Classic Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas

Armando Iannucci

Revisit your favourite moments from the cult political comedy with this audio collection of the complete TV soundtracks 
 
Described as ‘the 21st century’s answer to Yes Minister’, this scabrous satire set in the corridors of the British government ran for four series between 2005 and 2012. It won numerous awards, including six BAFTAs, and is frequently ranked among the greatest TV shows of all time. 
 
Following the relationships between successive government ministers, their advisors and the media, it takes us behind the scenes at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSac), as hapless MPs Hugh Abbott (Chris Langham), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) and Peter Mannion (Roger Allam) go head-to-head with Number Ten's ferocious, foul-mouthed enforcer, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Trying to keep them out of trouble are SpAds Ollie Reeder (Chris Addison) and Glenn Cullen (James Smith), and press secretary Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan). 
 
Featuring the complete Series 1-4 of the hit show, plus the three Specials, this soundtrack collection brings you all their political machinations and omnishambles to listen to on the go. So prepare to immerse yourself in government embarrassment, ministerial cock-ups, policy U-turns, Coalition rows, backroom deals and back-stabbing, as the DoSac team are caught up in a whirlwind of wild media speculation, career-ending scandal and frantic spin-doctoring... 
 
Also included are all eight episodes of the accompanying documentary series Out of The Thick of It, released online to accompany Series 3 and comprising exclusive bonus content in the form of deleted footage, specially written scenes, and clips and interviews with key cast and crew. 
 
NB: Contains strong language and adult humour 
 
Production credits 
Devised by Armando Iannucci 
Written by Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Rob Colley, Roger Drew, Dan Gaster, Sean Gray, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Tony Roche and Will Smith 
Produced by Adam Tandy and Armando Iannucci 
Directed by Armando Iannucci, Natalie Bailey, Billy Sneddon, Becky Martin, Chris Addison and Tony Roche 
Executive producers: Jon Plowman, Mark Freeland, Armando Iannucci and Andy Forssell 
Edited by Billy Sneddon, David Frisby and Ant Boys 
Production designer: Simon Rogers 
 
Cast 
Malcolm Tucker – Peter Capaldi 
Ollie Reeder – Chris Addison 
Glenn Cullen – James Smith 
Terri Coverley – Joanna Scanlan 
Hugh Abbott – Chris Langham 
Nicola Murray – Rebecca Front 
Peter Mannion – Roger Allam 
Angela Heaney – Lucinda Raikes 
Dan Miller – Tony Gardner 
Robyn Murdoch – Polly Kemp 
Jamie – Paul Higgins 
Julius Nicholson – Alex Macqueen 
Ben Swain – Justin Edwards 
Stewart Pearson – Vincent Franklin 
Emma Messenger – Olivia Poulet 
Phil Smith – Will Smith 
Adam Kenyon – Ben Willbond 
Fergus Williams – Geoffrey Streatfeild 
Helen Hatley – Rebecca Gethings 
 
Series 1, 2 and Specials first broadcast BBC Four: 19 May-2 June 2005 (Series 1), 20 October-3 November 2005 (Series 2), 2 January 2007 (‘The Rise of the Nutters’), 3 July 2007 (‘Spinners and Losers’, ‘Opposition Extra’) 
Series 3 and 4 first broadcast BBC Two: 24 October-12 December 2009 (Series 3), 8 September-27 October 2012 (Series 4) 
Out of the Thick of It first released 26 October-14 December 2009 
 
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The Thick of It

Eoin McNamee

A collection of suspenseful dramas from award-winning Northern Irish writer Eoin McNameeEoin McNamee is the author of 19 novels, two trilogies for young adults and three thrillers written under the pseudonym John Creed, one of which won him the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He has also written several screenplays and TV scripts, as well as numerous plays for Radio 4. Included here are eight of his acclaimed thrillers, exploring hard-hitting issues such as human trafficking, racism and nationalism through compelling stories of murder, revenge and intrigue. Among the star casts are Adrian Dunbar, Niamh McGrady, Denise Gough, Frances Tomelty, Bronagh Gallagher, Amybeth McNulty, David Caves and Claire Dunne.The Haunted Road sees police camera operator Leslie Burden assisting in the hunt for a young Polish woman – but his interest in this missing persons case soon spirals into obsession. In the Imison Award-winning The Road Wife, a truck driver gives a lift to a female Asian hitchhiker, but gets more than he bargained for when his truck is stopped by immigration officers. Intends to Take Action, co-written by Jimmie Potter and Eoin McNamee, revolves around a Belfast man who is forced to uproot his family for their protection, following a police warning that he has been targeted by a paramilitary organisation. Belfast is also the setting for No Trampy Immigrants, a shocking tale of rioting and racist violence inspired by events which took place in the city in the summer of 2009.North of Riga is a contemporary fairytale of magic and myth set in a Northern Irish fishing port, where a lonely 13-year-old girl befriends a mysterious hairdresser whom the locals believe to be a Latvian witch. In The Comets, 11-year-old Kirstie goes missing shortly after her mother’s death – but what does a story about an old and fragile pair of wings have to do with her disappearance? The Lights centres on a retired policewoman diagnosed with MS, who finds herself in the midst of a migrant trafficking ring – and the gangmaster is someone a little too close to home. And in Swans, it’s a race against time to locate a young child being smuggled through Dublin airport. But is it an inside job?Cast and creditsWritten by Eoin McNameeContentsThe Haunted RoadThe Road WifeIntends to Take ActionNo Trampy ImmigrantsNorth of RigaThe CometsThe LightsSwans© 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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